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These articles are part of the Palliative Perspectives blog addressing palliative care, and end-of-life care issues around ageing and aged care.

Personalised virtual reality in palliative care: Exploring its potential for symptom management

An article written by A/Prof Tobias Loetscher, Justice & Society, University of South Australia

  • 28 March 2024
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Personalised virtual reality in palliative care: Exploring its potential for symptom management

Virtual reality (VR) has emerged as a promising non-pharmacological therapy in palliative care, offering potential benefits for symptom management and overall well-being. In this blog, a group of researchers explore the potential of personalised VR therapy to improve emotional and physical symptoms in palliative care patients.

Looking back and looking forward: Using life story work to facilitate advance care planning for community aged care clients in the EARLI project

An article written by Craig Sinclair and Rebecca Walton

  • 6 March 2024
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Looking back and looking forward: Using life story work to facilitate advance care planning for community aged care clients in the EARLI project

In recognition of Advance Care Planning week (18-24 March), our team asked Craig Sinclair and Rebecca Walton, researchers currently looking at the effectiveness of advance care planning, to tell us about this work and its implications for aged care. 

Helping people share what matters most: Planning for future health care

An article written by Dr Catherine Joyce and Lesley Habel

  • 1 March 2024
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Helping people share what matters most: Planning for future health care

Advance care planning ensures the preferences of aged care recipients for future care are known and respected by those providing this care. In this blog, Dr Catherine Joyce and Lesley Habel discuss the importance of advance care planning and offer practical advice on how to start and conduct these conversations with older people and their families.  

End-of-life care for people living with dementia in residential aged care: Strategies informed by practice

An article written by Madeleine Juhrmann, Josephine Clayton and Jon San Martin, HammondCare

  • 29 February 2024
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End-of-life care for people living with dementia in residential aged care: Strategies informed by practice

A recent Australian study explored the experiences of 56 residential aged care staff in providing end-of-life care to people with advanced dementia. Madeleine Juhrmann, Jon San Martin and Josephine Clayton of HammondCare explain what this research discovered and suggests some implications for aged care.  

Recognising patients at risk of deterioration and dying

An article written by Dr David Marco Research Fellow, Centre for Palliative Care, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.

  • 22 February 2024
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Recognising patients at risk of deterioration and dying

Care provider ability to recognising when a person is at risk of deteriorating or dying is an important skill in providing quality care. Dr David Marco describes the findings of a research study into nurses’ use of one prognostic tool – SPICT – on general medicine wards.

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