Allied Health Engagement

At the Engagement Project workshops we heard from participants about their views and received feedback on the content of CareSearch and palliAGED resources and their awareness and use of evidence-based resources. We learnt how people receive and use information and the channels and avenues for reaching their sector. As part of the project we facilitated the development of a series of allied health articles.

The following articles published in the Occupational Therapy Australia Connections magazine (2019) and describe the role of OT in palliative care and tools that can help OTs to care for people living with a life-limiting condition or approaching the end of their life. These articles may be useful for OTs new to palliative care seeking to develop their understanding of their role. These may also be useful resources to share with other health professionals interested in understanding the role of occupational therapy in palliative care:

• What is palliative care and why is it important for occupational therapists? (37kb pdf)
• Helping occupational therapists work with people at the end of life (2.29MB pdf)
• Finding evidence and clinical guidance you can trust and why it matters (205kb pdf)
• Becoming research active step by step (865kb pdf).

The following articles published in the Australian Physiotherapy Association magazine (2019) describe the role of physiotherapy in palliative care and tools that can help physiotherapists to care for people living with a life-limiting condition or approaching the end of their life. These articles may be useful for physiotherapists new to palliative care seeking to develop their understanding of their role. These may also be useful resources to share with other health professionals interested in understanding the role of physiotherapy in palliative care:

• What is palliative care and why is it important? (195kb pdf)
• Tools to help physios learn about palliative care (175kb pdf)
• Finding evidence and finding clinical guidance you can trust (205kb pdf)
• Self-care for physiotherapists in palliative care which sits within ‘A common thread of caring’ (May 2019 pg 38)
• Communicating with patients, families and carers in palliative care (229kb pdf)
• Physios are well placed to help with pain in palliative care (148kb pdf).

The following articles published in InPsych (2019) describe the role of psychologists in palliative care and tools that can help psychologists to care for people living with a life-limiting condition or approaching the end of their life. These articles may be useful for psychologists new to palliative care seeking to develop their understanding of their role. These may also be useful resources to share with other health professionals interested in understanding the role of psychology in palliative care:

• The misunderstood world of palliative care (175kb pdf)
• Reflective practice in palliative care (137kb pdf).

As part of the CareSearch Engagement project, the following blog was published on the role of social work in palliative care: Dancing Between Two Rooms: Social Workers Engaging with People as they Live with Dying.

The following articles published in the Speech Pathology Australia magazine (2019) describe the role of speech pathology in palliative care, tools that can help speech pathologists to care for people approaching the end of their life, and the importance of self-care. These articles may be useful for speech pathologists new to palliative care seeking to develop their understanding of their role. These may also be useful resources to share with other health professionals interested in understanding the role of speech pathology in palliative care:

• Palliative care and how evidence supports speech pathologists who care for people at end of life (77kb pdf)
• Self-care for speech pathologists who care for people at end of life (445kb pdf).