Deaths in residential aged care settings occur frequently enough to be core business. It is sometimes difficult to assess when an individual might be dying, and sometimes an acute event means that they may be transferred to hospital and die ...
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Nurses in the vanguard to encourage Advance Care Planning, regardless of age
Nurses advise patients about advance care planning two decades earlier than GPs, a study has found. Advance Care Planning (ACP) gives people the opportunity to write down their preferences for their future health care. Behavioural scientist Dr Stephen Whyte from ...
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Nurses in general practices across Australia will soon have access to training to help older people and those who are chronically ill discuss advance care planning (ACP) and palliative care. Through a federally funded program, called Advance, nurses will have ...
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Urgent action is needed to ensure quality care at the end of life for all Australians, reports Annie May. More than 50 per cent of Australians will die in hospitals, despite the vast majority wanting to die at home. Currently ...
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