By Karen Anderson, Edith Cowan University Dying doesn’t disappear at Christmas. For those who know death will come soon but don’t know exactly when, the festive season, when the air is thick with “joy”, can be particularly unsettling. As a psychotherapist working in palliative care, I often see distressed patients in the lead up to Christmas....
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Taking from those that need it most, a Judge blasted the “getting rid of rats” excuse an intensive care nurse gave to explain repeatedly stealing powerful sedatives.
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With the sudden increase in sanctions of Australian aged care homes over the last few years, it’s difficult to understand whether the quality of aged care homes has declined, or if the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission has been forced to reassess what they deem to be acceptable practices of care due to recent...
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