#SoMe (social media) meets palliative care again!

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Palliverse loves a bit of #SoMe  interacting with palliative care discussions.

If we have not converted you to tweet chats yet, check out this transcript of the healthcare leaders weekly tweet chat which comes out of North America on a Wednesday 1130 AEDT. This week it was on Palliative Care (yay) but it’s often about change, innovation and patient experience in heath.

http://t.co/h8xF4PnUdx

It highlighted again for me the differences between palliative care in the USA and in Australia and New Zealand.  I know from hanging out on tweet chats out of the USA that often you must sign up to forgo all active treatments in order to qualify for hospice care.

I gave NZ a plug as an example of  a country with a good palliative care system (ahead of Aus cos I think NZ is better with community palliative care integration.) Was I right or wrong? What do you think?

Sonia xx

Reflections on research – Responding to peer review

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So your precious paper has been sent for peer review and you’ve been asked to submit some revisions. This is the second post in a series on peer review.  This post has a few of our best tips for responding to the reviewers’ comments.

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IAHPC Traveling Scholarship – ALCP Congress 2016 – for those in developing countries

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The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) is pleased to announce 15 scholarships from the IAHPC Traveling Scholarship Program, to help support the travel of palliative care workers in developing countries to the VIII Congress of the Latin American Association for Palliative Care (Asociacion Latinoamericana de Cuidados Paliativos – ALCP).

The ALCP Congress will take place at the Hotel Royal Pedregal in Mexico City, Mexico, April 14-16, 2016.

Applicants must be living in a developing country, be active members of IAHPC and of ALCP, and actively working in palliative care. Applications from physicians, nurses, psychologists and other disciplines are welcome.

If you wish to apply for the Traveling Scholarship and are not member of IAHPC or ALCP, you may join through the corresponding websites:

IAHPC website
ALCP website

Applications to the IAHPC Traveling Scholarship are available through the IAHPC website

Preference will be given to individuals who have not received an IAHPC grant in the past three years with accepted poster or oral presentations in the Congress and to individuals living and working in developing countries in the Latin American and Caribbean Region. If applicable, please send proof of acceptance of the poster or oral presentation, along with a copy of your current CV. Selected grantees will also be eligible to receive a discounted registration fee from the Congress.

Deadline to apply is December 31st, 2015. Results will be announced by January 2016.

Additional information about the ALCP Congress can be found in the congress website.

Elsewhere in the Palliverse – #WHPCDay15 Edition

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WHPCD15

Today, 10th October 2015, is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (#WHPCDay15). This year’s theme, “Hidden Lives, Hidden Patients”, puts the focus on people with palliative care needs who may struggle with access to palliative care, “including children, LGBT individuals, HIV prisoners, soldiers and those living in rural settings.” Below are some recent articles from around the web, drawing attention to some of the “hidden lives” in palliative care.

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#PALLANZ tweet chat

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Join team Palliverse (@Palliverse) and Liz Callaghan, CEO of Palliative Care Australia (@PCACEO), for a tweet chat about “Hidden Lives / Hidden Patients” – the theme of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2015, focusing on patients living in unique situations who often struggle with access to palliative care, including children, LGBT individuals, prisoners, soldiers and those living in rural areas.

Date: October 8th 2015

  • 7pm AEDT (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart)
  • 6:30pm ACDT (Adelaide)
  • 6pm AEST (Brisbane)
  • 5:30pm ACST (Darwin)
  • 4pm AWST (Perth)
  • 9pm NZDT (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
  • Other time zones London/Dublin 9am, Hong Kong/Singapore 4pm

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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2015

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WHPCD15

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is a global day of action organised by the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance and held on the second Saturday of October every year. It aims to:

  • Raise awareness of the needs of people and families living with a life-limiting illness
  • Create opportunities to talk about the issues around improving access to hospice and palliative care around the world
  • Raise funds to develop and support hospice and palliative care services around the world

The theme this year is “Hidden Lives, Hidden Patients” – focusing on people whose palliative care needs are often not recognised, such as children, indigenous people, those living in rural settings, prisoners, soldiers, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex individuals.

To help to raise awareness about “Hidden Lives, Hidden Patients”, Palliverse and Palliative Care Australia invite everyone to join us for a tweet chat on Thursday, October 8th using the hashtag #PallANZ  Continue reading →

Decision Assist – education for GPs in EoL care

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GPs in Australia are managing increasing numbers of older Australians with complex progressive conditions. I am managing a project that is producing education and resources to support GPs provide the best care of this patient cohort in the last year of life. Palliative medicine specialists and trainees have an opportunity to participate in this project by letting informing their networks of the activities of the project and participating in educating GPs in their service’s catchment area to help promote linkages.  This blog post is to give you all an outline of this work and information on how to get more involved.

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#PALLANZ tweet chat

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Join team Palliverse (@Palliverse) and Liz Callaghan, CEO of Palliative Care Australia (@PCACEO), for a tweet chat about “Hidden Lives / Hidden Patients” – the theme of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2015, focusing on patients living in unique situations who often struggle with access to palliative care, including children, LGBT individuals, prisoners, soldiers and those living in rural areas.

Date: October 8th 2015

  • 7pm AEDT (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart)
  • 6:30pm ACDT (Adelaide)
  • 6pm AEST (Brisbane)
  • 5:30pm ACST (Darwin)
  • 4pm AWST (Perth)
  • 9pm NZDT (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
  • Other time zones London/Dublin 9am, Hong Kong/Singapore 4pm

Spread the word and hope to see you then!

Reflections on research – Peer review

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Dear [____________],

“Thank you for submitting your paper titled [insert title] to [insert journal name]. You will notice that the reviewers had a number of concerns, and we invite you to respond to their comments and re-submit a revised document.”

Hmmm, now what?

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Palace of Care – My kingdom for a horse…

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Stig Nygaard Pårup Christmas 2010

Stig Nygaard
Pårup
Christmas 2010

A few years ago I had formulated a plan to reunite a patient, who had been in inpatient care for a number of months, with his horse who I had been informed, he missed dearly. Something had been lost during the clinical handover – the patient had actually sold his horse some months prior. Instead I arranged for him to receive the Trackside horse-racing channel, and assured him that he could do phone-betting. I filed the plan away in the recesses of my brain, and looked forward to bringing it out again if the opportunity ever arose again to make use of it.

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