News and Resources - CarerHelp

Beth Doggett is a specialist cancer navigator with Rare Cancers Australia. In this blog she tells us how she uses the CarerHelp website with her patients and families. The CarerHelp team caught up with Beth at the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia Congress and asked her about her role at Rare Cancers Australia.

 Dr, Kristina Thomas, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Palliative Care, visited Yarning circle for better understanding and improved recourses for First Nations people. 

 Dr, Prof. Liz Reymond, Director, caring@home for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families project. 

 Dr, Kristina Thomas, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Palliative Care, summarises CarerHelp's resources and achievements for 2022. 

Dr. Aileen Collier, Assiociate Professor Palliative Care & Aged Care Nursing Division of Aged Care, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care Northern Adelaide Local Health Network & Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying Flinders University, discusses older aged carers, wellbeing and the importance of diverse support. 

Yumi Naito, Casual Academic at the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, discusses how cultural influences impact advanced care planning and care in Japan and the absence of individual decision making by the patient. 

Associate professor Mark Boughey, Deputy Director, Centre for Palliative Care and Director of Palliative Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne discusses CarerHelp, end of life care and the new information and resources that are available on the CarerHelp website for Australia's diverse communities. 

Dr. Katrina Erny-Albrecht, Senior Research Fellow, CareSearch, discusses the intersecting barriers that Australia's diverse population face when accessing health care, the importance of supporting varied needs at the end of life, and how the CareSearch Diversity Hub helps to address barriers and connects communities with the support they need. 

Antonios Maglis, Community Engagement and Capacity Building Officer at PRONIA, discusses translated health resources, Greek culture and how the community manages advanced care, and death and dying.

Neha Gogia, Academic Research Assistant at the University of Melbourne and Anti-Racism Advocate at Eastern Community Legal Centre, discusses the importance of translated health information and death and dying from the perspective of Indian culture and values.