Decision Assist – Palliative Care support for Aged Care
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For aged care staff, making decisions that provide the best possible palliative care for older people has become increasingly complex. And that’s a good thing. People now live longer and, increasingly, are able to live out their lives in their own homes, whether in the community or residential aged care. With fewer “unexpected” deaths, older people can now plan, with their families, how they want to be treated in their end stage of life. So how can aged care staff support older people and their families through this planning process and provide the best possible palliative care – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?
Decision Assist, a specialist palliative care and advance care planning advisory service was developed by a consortium of national health and aged care organisations, funded by the Australian government. The service provides free, easily accessible and comprehensive resources designed specifically for aged care staff at all levels – 24/7.
The Aged Care Channel (ACC) is proud to have co-produced a program in support of this project titled: Decision Assist – Palliative Care support for Aged Care. This free TV event will discuss the issues facing staff working in residential and home aged care services in accessing and providing quality palliative care services. It will explore the many resources available through the Decision Assist program and how they can, and have, been used by aged care staff across Australia to access training, information and case-specific expert advice.
“Viewers of this program will learn that the Decision Assist Program includes an offer of free training workshops which focus on practical and peer learning opportunities, a very user friendly website with a plethora of useful resources and tools to assist with symptom control, as well as an advisory line manned by palliative care specialists to talk to 24/7. Decision Assist Is a wonderful initiative and a one stop shop to assist health professional with the challenges they face with end of life care,” says Karen Martin, ACC Strategic Partners Manager.
This free TV event is suitable for Registered Nurses; Enrolled Nurses, experienced aged care staff, Case Managers, GPs, and allied health professionals working for providers of Residential Aged Care and Home Care Packages. Please register for free and save the date: Wednesday 29th July 2015 at 2:15pm EST for 30 minutes.
To register for this free TV Event, please click here. For more information about Decision Assist, please click here.
The Program Panel:
- Karen Martin ACC Presenter
- Ms Sarah Margery Aged Care workshop trainer
- Associate Professor Deborah Parker Director of the Australian Centre for Evidence Based Community Care (ACEBCC), a collaborating centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute
The Subject Matter Experts:
- Dr Elizabeth Reymond Clinical Director Corinda Palliative Care
- Associate Professor William Silvester Director Respecting Patient Choices
Special Thanks:
To the Management, staff and residents of the Whiddon Group