Prof Clayton, Director of HammondCare’s Centre for Learning and Research in Palliative Care, was one of two speakers invited to the 25th International Hospice Workshop at Peace House Hospice in Kanagawa, Japan.
A $2 million Federal Government grant will equip GPs and other clinicians working in primary and chronic care settings with the skills to initiate conversations about advance care planning and to screen for palliative and supportive care needs.
A ground breaking program at Neringah Hospital (Wahroonga) is meeting the sexual and intimacy needs of people coming to the end of their life.
Specialist palliative care provider, HammondCare, has been commissioned by the Sydney North Primary Health Network to provide quality End of Life Care education and training for staff working in residential aged care across Northern Sydney.
HammondCare has appointed leading palliative care specialist, Associate Professor Josephine Clayton, as Director of the HammondCare Centre for Learning and Research in Palliative Care.
Figures released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) today highlight the need for increased choice and availability of palliative care, according to HammondCare’s Director for Learning and Research in Palliative Care, A/Prof Josephine Clayton.
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