Danielle Roach

Danielle Roach

Danielle Roach, Nurse Practitioner in Palliative Care at the Mater Cancer Care Centre

1 - Introducing Hospital Based Palliative Care

In this video Danielle talks about how palliative care is delivered in hospitals and the role of the palliative care team in the outpatient cancer clinic. She talks about the palliative care team helping with psychological support, symptoms and referring on to a community palliative care team when patients may stop coming to the clinic.

2 - Community Palliative Care Services at Home

Danielle talks about how specialist palliative care teams work with patients and families at home. She describes the differences in accessing community palliative care services in Queensland metropolitan, regional and remote areas.

3 - Palliative Care, Supportive Care and End of Life Care

Danielle describes how supportive care encompasses palliative care and end of life care and how palliative care offers support to people at different times when it is needed, including when treatment is being given.

4 - Do We Need a Referral to Palliative Care?

Danielle explains the reason why a medical referral is required to access a specialist palliative care team.

5 - SPARTA – Specialist Palliative Care Teams in Queensland

Danielle explains the role of SPARTA, she explains that not everyone requires referral to the specialist team and outlines how a specialist team may assist with specific needs.

6 - Managing Practical Issues at Home

ABCG group members share the challenges of accessing funded domestic and practical support, especially for people with cancer under 65 years.

7 - Support for Family Members

Danielle talks about the support services available to family members.

8 - Pain Management Strategies with Metastatic Breast Cancer

The journey of metastatic breast cancer is now longer and may require pain management strategies that extend beyond strong pain killers. Radiotherapy and interventional strategies delivered by pain specialists can be effective in treating some pain.

9 - Accessing Palliative Care When Treatment Finishes

Danielle shares different services that deliver end of life care in both hospital and community settings.

10 - Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care at Home

Danielle talks about the importance of planning ahead to ensure the palliative care team understands patients preferences of care and the provision of care at home.

11 - Accessing Support When Things Change

Danielle talks about how people can access support via 24 hour palliative care services and community palliative care when things change. Danielle also shares how planning ahead can help family members.

12 - Voluntary Assisted Dying

Danielle provides information about Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) service in Queensland, which is a separate service to palliative care.

13 - Prescribing Medicinal Cannabis

Danielle talks about the use of medicinal cannabis in cancer pain.