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Palliative care
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Discussion Starter – Working Out What’s Right For You
First Nations Peoples and Palliative Care
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What can you expect from your palliative care service providers?
Massage therapy in palliative care
Palliative care and oncology
Pediatric palliative care
Myths and facts about palliative care
Palliative Care within residential aged care
Where is palliative care provided?
Are all persons’ palliative care needs the same or similar?
Who needs palliative care?
What types of services does palliative care include?
How much does palliative care cost?
How can you access palliative care?
A focus on quality of life
Holistic care approach
Palliative care is for living
The role of Palliative Care Specialists
What is palliative care?
End-of-life care
End-of-life legal considerations
End-of-life ethical considerations
What are the benefits of preparing timely for end-of-life?
Why is it difficult to prepare for end-of-life?
What is end-of-life care?
Carers
Plan for the care of the carer
Compassionate communities
Respite care
Providing care in the home
Strategies to support the carer in their caregiving role
What are the carer’s sources of stress?
Who is the carer or caregiver?
Pain and pain management
Can pain always be controlled?
How to help control pain?
Are strong pain-killers (opiates) addictive?
Must medication be taken?
How is pain controlled?
Why are we afraid of pain?
What is pain and pain management
Dying process
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What should you do?
How will you know that death has occurred?
What are the dying process signals?
What is the Dying Process?
Grief
The Older Person and Grief
Helping a Young Person after Loss
Children and Grief
How can you assist a grieving person?
When is professional help needed?
Will you accept help or do it alone?
Managing your own grief
What may the grief journey look like?
How long does grief last?
What happens when grief is suppressed or avoided
What can you expect when grieving?
Is there a right or wrong way to grieve?
Practical suggestions
Are you familiar with the 7 types of grief?
What is grief?
Resources – Healing After Loss Booklet
Definitions
Terminal sedation
Palliative sedation
Palliative care
Life-limiting illness
Bereavement, grief, loss and mourning
Euthanasia, assisted suicide and physician-assisted suicide.
Open and Honest Conversations
Starting a conversation about dying and death
Key considerations
What are the benefits of timely end-of-life planning?
What makes an end-of-life conversation difficult?
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