Today, we continue an earlier conversation with our friends at ELDAC – End of Life Directions for Aged Care. 

The Aged Care Royal Commission and the current reform agenda from the federal government makes it clear that older Australians need and deserve better end of life experiences. 

When we last spoke to ELDAC, we heard about the role that aged care providers need to play and the tools and supports ELDAC offers, we take that further today looking at some of the technology available to support this important work and we look at the role that primary health can play in the delivery of palliative care and end of life care. 

Shaping that conversation is Naomi Sheridan a Policy Analyst at the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association, and Dr Priyanka Vandersman, a Research Fellow with ELDAC and at the Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying at Flinders University.  

Click play to dive deeper into the tools and thinking empowering better end of life care for older Australians, and explore the ELDAC website to access those resources, including the Home Care App and Self Care Room – it's all free. 

You will find further advice, tools, and support with ‘matters of life and death’ at the Palliative Care Australia website where you can also make a donation to support our work.