Implications of the likely introduction of voluntary euthanasia in Australia will be a focus at the biennial Australian
Palliative Care Conference in Adelaide this week.
• Marie McInerney covered the Australian
Palliative Care Conference in Adelaide — # 17APCC.
The need for greater support and care for people dying at home, and for greater investment in the aged care workforce was highlighted at the 12th Australian
Palliative Care Conference in Can... Read more
This week, journalist @mariemcinerney reported for @croakeynews at the Australian
Palliative Care Conference in Adelaide — # 17APCC.
One of the highlights of the recent Australian
Palliative Care Conference was learning about the work of Maringka Burton and Ilawanti Ken, who are Ngangkari — traditional Aboriginal he... Read more
Kerrie Noonan @Keznoo covered the 4th International Public Health and
Palliative Care Conference, Community Resilience in Practice, in Bristol.
Dr James Ricciardone, a registrar with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Health, graphically illustrated the inequities in access to palliative care in a presentation at the recent Australian
Palliative Care Conference about one of his patients, a man in his 30s.
A keynote speaker at this week's Australian
Palliative Care Conference in Adelaide, Groot - Alberts says her main passion is in «working with difference» — across cultures, as well as in families, workplaces and communities.
Not exact matches
A
conference session on
palliative care in aged
care talked about the «rich tapestry» brought by cultural diversity in aged
care, with an estimated 31 per cent of residents and 32 per cent of staff born overseas.
At last week's
Palliative Care Australia
Conference in Canberra there was a panel session on what should be expected from the new government in its first 100 days.
Palliverse will also be tweeting from the 2015 Australian Advance
Care Planning Conference (#ACPMELB15) in Melbourne on 24 - 25th November, and participating in the weekly global palliative care (#hpmglobal) chat at 11 pm AEDT on Monday, 23rd Novem
Care Planning
Conference (#ACPMELB15) in Melbourne on 24 - 25th November, and participating in the weekly global
palliative care (#hpmglobal) chat at 11 pm AEDT on Monday, 23rd Novem
care (#hpmglobal) chat at 11 pm AEDT on Monday, 23rd November.
(The issue of
palliative care for prisoners also emerged in other sessions of the conference, prompting Palliative Care Australia to put it on the agenda for the next conference
palliative care for prisoners also emerged in other sessions of the conference, prompting Palliative Care Australia to put it on the agenda for the next conference in 20
care for prisoners also emerged in other sessions of the
conference, prompting
Palliative Care Australia to put it on the agenda for the next conference
Palliative Care Australia to put it on the agenda for the next conference in 20
Care Australia to put it on the agenda for the next
conference in 2019).
The specialist
palliative care team from that service featured in one of the
conference poster presentations, showcasing a photographic study («Melorites») by celebrity photographer (and Broken Hill local) Robin Sellick, aiming to explore the balance between life and death.
There were a number of other presentations at the
conference about improving delivery of
palliative care services to remote communities, including work by the Far West Local Health District that was said to be transforming the
palliative approach in rural residential aged
care in far west New South Wales.