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Aged care and end-of-life care is becoming a frequent topic of conversation in Australia, particularly with the advent of the recent Royal Commission into Aged Care and a large number of our population moving into the senior years of their lives. Community attitudes and expectation towards ageing and person-centred care is evolving with the increasing numbers of people moving into residential aged care facilities when home support is not enough. If you become very sick or have a serious injury, who will help make care decisions for you? At Floreat Medical we support the idea of starting conversations that matter with our elderly patients and their families. An important consideration is the completion of legal documents to provide for planning for the final years when autonomy and cognitive reasoning may become more limited. The WA Cancer & Palliative Care Network provides a kit which includes advice aimed at empowering people to make their own medical treatment decisions according to their values. It is never too soon to start sharing with your doctor the thoughts you may have about your future and the decisions you will need to make.  We can provide you with the kit, which includes an Advanced Care Directive and My Advanced Care Plan forms. Talk about your end of life choices with your doctor at Floreat Medical. To make an appointment to do this today click on the Make Appointment button on the Floreat Medical home page. For further information on Advance Care Planning Support call 9222 2300.

5 minutes of your time, for 5 years peace of mind The Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation will be celebrating National Cervical Cancer Awareness Week 2019 from November 11-17. Australia is on track to become the first country in the world to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035. Floreat Medical is keen to be part of making this happen. Our GPs will be reminding women to put themselves first by taking care of their health and making sure they are up-to-date with their cervical screening. More than 70% of cervical cancers occur in women who have not had regular cervical screening. Early detection by having a Cervical Screening Test (it used to be called a pap smear) is the best form of cervical cancer prevention. Thanks to vaccination and screening, cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers. Vaccination prevents infection from the most common strains of HPV, the virus responsible for almost all cases of cervical cancer. Cervical screening detects changes to the cells of the cervix, often caused by prolonged HPV infection, and allows abnormalities to be treated before becoming cancerous. For more information go to the Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation website.