March 2018
Care Leavers
A section Care Leavers has been added to Specific Needs in the Evidence Centre.
Palliative Perspectives Blog
Centre of Research Excellence in End-of-Life Care (CRE-ELC)
A guest blog post by Professor Patsy Yates, Centre Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in End-of-life Care, Head, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology; Director, Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education
Symptoms and Medicines
The Symptoms and Medicines section of the website has recently been updated. The symptoms and medicines section provides a single gateway to high quality information to support fast and reliable access to evidence to inform clinical practice..
February 2018
Needs Assessment
Needs assessments can help to identify what patients and their families consider important and where they need help and support. Check out the Evidence Summary and the Practice Points around Needs Assessment.
January 2018
palliAGED apps
The palliAGED apps have been updated in the Google Play store to fix an issue that could cause the content to be blank on some Android devices.
Managing Crises
A crisis or an emergency in palliative care is a sudden deterioration in a person’s condition which requires an urgent response. Check out the Evidence Summary and the Practice Points around Managing Crises.
Page Updates
The following pages have been updated to include new and recently published evidence:
Syringe Drivers
Syringe drivers are small portable (usually battery-operated) devices used to administer medication in palliative care. Check out the Evidence Summary and the Practice Points around Syringe Drivers.
December 2017
Symptoms and Medicines
A new section in the Evidence Centre is a gateway to fast and reliable access to evidence to inform your clinical practice. It provides an overview of common symptoms and how to manage medications. There are links to other useful Australian resources.
November 2017
Two new topics have been included in the Evidence Centre and the Practice Centre:
Advance Care Planning (ACP)
Respite care
October 2017
Two new topics have been included in the Evidence Centre and the Practice Centre:
Case Conferences
Spiritual care
September 2017
Models of care
One new topic has been included in the Evidence Centre and the Practice Centre:
August 2017
Cognitive Issues
The provision of palliative care in the context of older age needs to consider some specific issues including cognitive decline, confusion, dementia and/or communication difficulties. As the community ages, dementia is becoming increasingly common. Check out the Evidence Summary and the Practice Points around cognitive issues.
July 2017
palliAGED videos
Check out the range of videos for nurses, GPs and aged care.
Resilience
Resilience in older adults can be defined as the ability to ‘bounce back’ and recover physical and/or psychological health in the face of adversity. Check out the Evidence Summary and the Practice Points around resilience.
palliAGED apps
The palliAGED apps provide nurses and GPs with easy and convenient access to information to help them care for people approaching the end of their life. You can also view palliAGEDgp content online and palliAGEDnurse content online.
June 2017
Emergency Planning and Management
A palliative care emergency is a sudden and life-threatening change in a person’s condition. In this scenario, handovers of care are particularly important to reduce risk of receiving inappropriate treatment. Planning ahead for possible emergencies is good practice and can improve the quality and safety of care. Check out our Evidence Summary and our practice points.
Order resources
You can email us at palliaged@flinders.edu.au to order our palliAGED poster, factsheet or brochure to share with colleagues.
Minister's Launch Speech
You can view Minister Wyatt speech on our Vimeo channel.
May 2017
palliAGED Launch
palliAGED was launched on 25 May 2017 by the Minister of Ageing, the Hon Ken Wyatt, AM.
The palliAGED site supports nurses and care workers in residential aged care or community care, GPs and general practice nurses, allied health professionals and support staff with evidence, tools, guidance and practice resources about palliative care for older Australians. There is also information and resources for older people and their families.
Palliative Perspectives Blogs
Three new aged care blogs have been published:
Page updated 05 April 2018