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It seems that palliative care patients could be the ones to suffer under the Department of Health’s crackdown on doctors prescribing opiates. The Department’s heightened scrutiny of opioid prescribing has resulted in some doctors stopping prescribing opioids for patients in palliative care, and others have cut back visiting patients in palliative care. Department’s letter to nearly 5,000 GPs... Read More

If you were told you had to give up most foods that you enjoyed eating, because there was a risk of choking, would you? Or would you want to keep eating solid foods, with the simple pleasures of eating food, even if the risk may actually potentially cause death? That’s a choice that some people... Read More

  It’s a common situation we see all too often in aged care facilities: a resident doesn’t want to eat their meal. The person may not be able to communicate why they don’t want to eat, they may not like the meal, or the food may be too difficult for them to eat. They may... Read More