Australian Health & Aged Care Blog

Health & Aged Care Blog

For Patients, their Family and Friends, Care Workers, Volunteers, Media and Policy Makers. Stay up-to-date with the latest research, best practices and industry news in aged and dementia care, palliative care, rehabilitation, older person's mental health and younger onset dementia.

Palliative care is about living, not dying

Posted by Peter Hallett

May 23 2013

“We must get the message out that palliative care is about living, not dying. Because if you are dying, you must be alive!”
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Living life to the full when you’re dying

Posted by Peter Hallett

May 21 2013

Palliative care teams are especially trained to relieve symptoms of life-limiting illness, such as pain and nausea, so that people are able to focus on the things that become really important to them at this stage of their lives.
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Balancing quality and quantity of life in medical treatment

Posted by Peter Hallett

May 20 2013

Australia’s wealth and society’s general anxiety about death are contributing factors to a tendency towards medically futile treatment in which genuine quality of life is sacrificed for small increases in quantity of life.
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Youngest volunteer inspires patients and staff

Posted by Peter Hallett

May 15 2013

“It’s opened up my eyes to what’s going on, beyond school and home, and given me a broader perspective on life,’ says Braeside Hospital volunteer, Jarita Lay.
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James can run again thanks to rehab

Posted by Peter Hallett

May 14 2013

James* says he was the fittest he had ever been, having just completed the Sydney half-marathon, when he began to have some niggling health issues.
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Health & Aged Care Blog

For Patients, their Family and Friends, Care Workers, Volunteers, Media and Policy Makers. Stay up-to-date with the latest research, best practices and industry news in aged and dementia care, palliative care, rehabilitation, older person's mental health and younger onset dementia.

“We must get the message out that palliative care is about living, not dying. Because if you are dying, you must be alive!” Read More

Palliative care teams are especially trained to relieve symptoms of life-limiting illness, such as pain and nausea, so that people are able to focus on the things that become really important to them at this stage of their lives. Read More

Australia’s wealth and society’s general anxiety about death are contributing factors to a tendency towards medically futile treatment in which genuine quality of life is sacrificed for small increases in quantity of life. Read More

“It’s opened up my eyes to what’s going on, beyond school and home, and given me a broader perspective on life,’ says Braeside Hospital volunteer, Jarita Lay. Read More

James* says he was the fittest he had ever been, having just completed the Sydney half-marathon, when he began to have some niggling health issues. Read More

“We must get the message out that palliative care is about living, not dying. Because if you are dying, you must be alive!”
Read More

Palliative care teams are especially trained to relieve symptoms of life-limiting illness, such as pain and nausea, so that people are able to focus on the things that become really important to them at this stage of their lives.
Read More

Australia’s wealth and society’s general anxiety about death are contributing factors to a tendency towards medically futile treatment in which genuine quality of life is sacrificed for small increases in quantity of life.
Read More

“It’s opened up my eyes to what’s going on, beyond school and home, and given me a broader perspective on life,’ says Braeside Hospital volunteer, Jarita Lay.
Read More

James* says he was the fittest he had ever been, having just completed the Sydney half-marathon, when he began to have some niggling health issues.
Read More