The delivery of palliative care in residential aged care communities is challenging, even
more so in rural areas due to workforce ageing and shortages. The objectives of the present …

Objectives: This study reports the results of a cross‐sectional study of residential aged care
facilities in South Australia which sought to quantify the extent of specialist palliative care …

Aim. This paper is a report of an explorative study describing the perceptions and beliefs
about palliative care among nurses and care assistants working in residential aged care …

In developed countries, residential aged care facilities (RACF s) are increasingly becoming
the place of care and site of death for older people with complex chronic illnesses …

Improving the experience of dying in residential aged care units became a significant project
of the Australian Government's National Palliative Care Program in 2004. This initiative …

New approaches are needed to assist residential aged care (RAC) staff increase their skills
and confidence in identifying when residents are nearing the dying phase and managing …

The article by Kristjanson, Walton and Toye in this issue describes the Western Australian
context of caring for older people dying in residential care. This response will very briefly …

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Various methods of delivering specialist palliative care to rural
areas have been discussed in the literature, but published evaluations of these models are …

Background: Hospital-based palliative care consultative teams assist with decision-making,
symptom management, patient and family support, and discharge planning for those with …

Objective: This quality improvement project aimed to explore the experience of home care
nurse managers implementing a general palliative approach to care. Implementation …