CALD communities lack support to protect health during COVID-19

Migrants, refugees and Australians born with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds may have difficulty keeping up with constant changes in COVID-19 public health alerts, a new study has found. Conducted by Flinders University, the research suggests a failure to engage and communicate clearly with individual members of CALD communities can put people’s protective health […]

Overdue normalisation of nurse-led advance care planning interventions in Australia

When life is irretrievably coming to an end from progressive chronic illness in advanced age, patients aspire to have time and opportunity for conversation on quality enhancement by compassionate and talented health professionals. Clinicians who have had adequate capacity building on communication know how to start a discussion on our choices, manage fear, support anticipatory […]