Those who have lived experience of palliative care should be involved in designing and evaluating services, says the author of a new research paper. Australian society, by and large, is not comfortable talking about death, and it follows that we are also uncomfortable having conversations about palliative care. Reluctance to talk about palliative care...
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I have read with interest late last week the very freshly released Royal Commission research paper into aged care staffing requirements, and the shortfall in funding needed to raise the staffing mix and levels to appropriately care for the average residential aged care service consumer. The following excerpt from the recommendations paints a picture of...
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Voluntary Euthanasia has been a “hot topic” in Australia for sometime now. With attempts to legalise assisted suicide having been rejected a number of times by the South Australian government, all eyes are on Victoria for new changes to legislation. Should it pass, Victoria would be the first Australian state to allow assisted death in...
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