Who will have your back at the end-of-life?
Family estrangement remains a taboo subject in Australia. The assumption that families stay connected underpins much of the aged care practice and end-of-life planning in Australia. Yet social worker and academic Dr Kylie Agllias found one in 25 Australians are...
Are they really using values-based care?
Values-based care may be a big selling point for aged care facilities, but that doesn’t mean that it’s an integral part of how a centre runs. Looking beneath the smart marketing phrases and strong claims is part of making sure values-based care is truly on offer. To...
What natural disaster teaches us about the need for death literacy
In Australia, we’re increasingly faced with natural disasters and other emergencies on a personal and a community level. Loss of life is a feature of these sorts of events and therefore, directly calls for a higher level of death literacy in Australia. But it’s not...
Where we face the most threats to death literacy
We normalise care plans for aged care, but can we say that death literacy is increasing? Depending on which reports you go by, 70% to 80% of Australians don’t experience a good death because of a lack of advance care plan. Death literacy is a feature in the halls of...
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