WentWest Stories, Palliative Care Team: Geoff’s Story
WentWest has expanded its End of Life and Palliative Care team to provide additional support to GPs in Western Sydney. The team has coordinated and facilitated a series of webinars for primary care providers and works closely with primary care and palliative care service providers to facilitate integration, information sharing and streamlined pathways of […]
WentWest Stories, Palliative Care Team: Rob’s Story
WentWest has expanded its End of Life and Palliative Care team to provide additional support to GPs in Western Sydney. The team has coordinated and facilitated a series of webinars for primary care providers and works closely with primary care and palliative care service providers to facilitate integration, information sharing and streamlined pathways of care. […]
Maintaining the Best Quality of Life for Palliative Care Patients
Palliative care is considered a human right, however, only approximately 14% of people worldwide who need palliative care receive it[1]. Palliative care is not just about dying but is an approach that improves the quality of life of people with a life-threatening illness and their families. This includes the prevention and relief from the […]
Helping Older People Find the Right Aged Care Service
One in six Australians are aged 65 years and over, and the number of older Australians is expected to grow[1]. While many people may prefer to live independently, their ability to live a high quality of life can depend on how they manage day-to-day activities, their physical health and any long-term health conditions. My Aged […]
Still Standing: Helping Older People Stay on their Feet
As people get older, they are more at risk of having a fall due to a combination of reduced strength, balance, reflexes, mobility along with deteriorating eyesight and hearing. Falling over can cause serious ongoing issues for older people. Broken bones and other serious complications require hospitalisation and can lead to continuing health issues […]
Wellbeing in Aged Care
27 January 2022 In Australia, approximately 39% of all permanent aged care residents are living with mild to moderate depression[1]. As the average life expectancy increases and the number of Australians aged 65 and over rises, representing 13.3% of the population in June 2009 to 15.9% in 2018, more people will be utilising residential aged […]
WentWest Stories, WHOS: Eli’s Story
We Help Ourselves (WHOS) run therapeutic programs for those recovering from alcohol and other drug dependencies. The Opioid Substitution To Abstinence Residential (OSTAR) program is a live-in program designed to help people reduce their dependencies on methadone and other opioid addictions. Using a Therapeutic Community (TC) model, clients receive drug reduction treatment and counselling, […]
WentWest Stories, ITC: Frank’s Story
Long-term health conditions affect almost 90% of Aboriginal Elders or Torres Strait Islander people over the age of 551. One-quarter of Indigenous people also report problems accessing service providers to support their health and social care needs. The Integrated Team Care (ITC) Program improves health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic […]
A Time to Talk About What Matters Most
More than 85% of Australians are without an Advance Care Directive and as we face the impact of COVID-19, advance care planning is more important than ever in these uncertain times. In the months ahead, thousands of Australians face the chance of becoming suddenly and seriously unwell. Advance care planning can reduce a family’s stress […]