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The Allied Health Hub: Information to help allied health professionals provide end-of-life care ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS now have access to high quality online palliative care information to better support clients who are approaching the end of life through the Allied Health Hub on the CareSearch website. Allied health professionals contribute to a range of palliative care responsibilities, including: • optimising patients’ functioning despite their deterioration; • providing support to patients, carers and families in relation to their emotional, spiritual and social needs, enabling them to participate in life; • facilitating the achievement of end-of-life goals; • assisting patients to stay out of hospitals for longer periods; and • helping people to recognise that many of the symptoms they experience can be managed. The Allied Health Hub was developed with allied health professionals and academics. The Hub topics were informed by consultation with an allied health advisory group and include sections on Clinical Considerations; Interdisciplinary Teams; Evidence, Quality and Research; and Working with Patients, Carers and Families. Resources will continue to be added to the Hub as new needs are identified. As a web resource, the site is available whenever it is needed. It is free and doesn’t require registration for access. Funded by the Department of Health and managed by Flinders University, all of the content on the CareSearch website is peer-reviewed for quality and currency. CareSearch can be accessed 24 hours a day at www.caresearch.com.au . Australian Allied Health in Palliative Care Australian Allied Health in Palliative Care (AAHPC) formed at the Palliative Care Australia (PCA) conference in Cairns in 2011. We have similar membership to that of the CareSearch AH Hub, comprised of the six disciplines of Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech Pathology, Social Work, Dietetics and Psychology. Connecting more than 150 Allied Health clinicians,

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