Guidelines for a palliative approach for aged care in the community setting: A suite of resources

In Australia, many people ageing in their own homes are becoming increasingly frail and unwell, approaching the end of life. A palliative approach, which adheres to palliative care principles, is often appropriate. These principles provide a framework for proactive and holistic care in which quality of life and of dying is prioritised, as is support for families.

Citation

Toye, Christine and Blackwell, Scott and Maher, Sean and Currow, David and Holloway, Kristi and Tieman, Jennifer and Hegarty, Meg. 2012. Guidelines for a palliative approach for aged care in the community setting: A suite of resources. Australasian Medical Journal 5 (11): pp. 569-574.

Source Title

Australasian Medical Journal

ISSN

1836-1935

Remarks

This article was first published in the Australasian Medical Journal, a peer-reviewed open access journal. This article is published under the Open Access publishing model and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24187

Collection

Curtin Research Publications