Specialist Palliative Care Rural Telehealth (SPaRTa) focuses on palliative care patients and their local health care providers in rural and remote regions of Queensland where tertiary level...
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Five focus groups were held with a total of 21 consumers who were either receiving services as they approached the end of life, or had cared for patients who had received End of Life Care (EOLC)...
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The Care at end of life: Education and training framework has been initiated to assist with developing a localised Hospital and Health Service (HHS) End of Life Education and Training Strategy for...
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The Care at End of Life SEED (Support, Explore, Excel, Deliver) Innovation Program is an initiative that helps to strengthen the capacity of Queensland health services to respond to the needs of...
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Care Alert Kits are designed to conveniently store all important healthcare documents in one location. This allows easy accessibility for anybody who may need to view hardcopy documentation,...
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Decisions regarding eating and drinking during palliative care can be complex and may significantly impact on an individual’s quality of life. Speech Pathologists (SPs) may feel ill prepared...
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The Rainy Day Care project tested a simple, practical, structured (yet flexible) bundle approach to ‘identify, assess and plan’ care for people with progressive life-limiting illness who may be...
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Many patients seek care in the Emergency Department (ED) for acute crises related to chronic, life-threatening illnesses. Such visits tend to increase as a patient’s clinical status deteriorates...
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Queensland Health has invested significantly in the review of the ‘Care Plan for the Dying Person (CPDP), premised on the International Collaborative Best Care of the Dying plan, which supports...
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