Submission to the to the Royal Commission Into Aged Care Quality And Safety - major submission October 2019

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Submission to the to the Royal Commission Into Aged Care Quality And Safety - major submission October 2019

Friday, July 03, 2020

This submission, prepared by PCA for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, highlights a range of systemic factors which underpin the poor recognition of, and structural impediments to, the delivery of quality palliative care in aged care and makes recommendations to address them:

  • Palliative care should be core business for aged care.
  • Aged care policy should align with the World Health Organisation (WHO) definition of palliative care.
  • Palliative care should not be restricted to 'end of life' or last days or weeks of life.

Submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety

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