This post is the final instalment of Croakey’s coverage of the 12th Australian Palliative Care Conference (you can see all the previous articles here.) It is based on tweets, so is not aiming to provide a comprehensive overview of the sessions reported – more to give readers a flavour of some of the discussions, and […]
Volunteers play an important role in palliative care, according to Jennifer Doggett. Below she reports from the 12th Australian Palliative Care Conference, which was held in Canberra last week. Jennifer Doggett reports: “We’re just ordinary people helping other ordinary people,” says Matt Tripovich when asked about his work as Volunteer Coordinator for Palliative Care ACT. […]
One of the highlights of the recent Australian Palliative Care Conference was learning about the work of Maringka Burton and Ilawanti Ken, who are Ngangkari – traditional Aboriginal healers with a “lifelong vocation”. Jennifer Doggett writes: Some of the most eagerly anticipated sessions at the Palliative Care Conference were the presentations by Maringka Burton and Ilawanti […]
Jennifer Doggett reports from the final day of the 12th Australian Palliative Care Conference: If there is one message that Dr Amy Chow would like to convey to the community, it is that grieving is a very normal and natural part of life. She says that grief is an emotion that people from all cultures […]
Who could argue with The Guardian’s election editorial comment:“What a dispiriting election campaign it has been”. To put it mildly. As Croakey’s election health coverage has made clear, there has been virtually no intersection between the issues that have surfaced in public debate and what are the pressing concerns for the community’s health and healthcare. […]
Many people were in raptures about the music of Peter Roberts at the 12th Australian Palliative Care Conference in Canberra yesterday, judging by the Twitter stream (and you can see a selection at the bottom of this post). Peter is a music thanatologist – which is not to be confused with music therapy. As Jennifer Doggett explains […]
Health economists must become more involved in palliative care research to help ensure better use of health resources in end of life care, according to a leading specialist. Professor Irene Higginson, Director of the London-based Cicely Saunders Institute, says end-of-life care often does not prolong peoples’ lives, and can be traumatic and expensive. “We need […]
The need for greater support and care for people dying at home, and for greater investment in the aged care workforce was highlighted at the 12th Australian Palliative Care Conference in Canberra yesterday. Experts also called for an end to the funding silos of aged and palliative care, and for more consumer, family and carer engagement in […]
The tweeters were out in force at the 12th Australian Palliative Care Conference in Canberra today. Jennifer Doggett will provide more detailed reports on the conference but in the meantime, here are some of today’s tweeted highlights. **** Professor Irene Higginson, Professor of Palliative Care and Policy at King’s College London, spoke on “Meeting the challenges […]
After more than two decades of struggle, Advance Care Directives are finally gaining acceptance within the health system. That’s according to Colleen Cartwright, Foundation Professor of Aged Services and Director of the ASLaRC Aged Services Unit at Southern Cross University. At the 12th Australian Palliative Care Conference in Canberra this week, Professor Cartwright will talk about […]
