Culturally-appropriate palliative care kits will be rolled out across Australia to help Indigenous families care for their dying loved ones on Country.
With the introduction of aged care reform bills to parliament, Palliative Care Australia (PCA) is hoping to progress with plans to have registered nurses (RNs) 24/7 in residential aged care.
Palliative care in NSW will receive a $743 million boost as Premier Dominic Perrottet makes good on his promise to fix end-of-life care, making amends for failing on the issue when treasurer.
During this Palliative Care Week, it is important for aged care workers to check in with themselves and ask how they are coping with the reality of death in their workplace? Flinders University's Professor Jennifer Tieman, tells BIANCA ROBERTS about how she and her team have been working on resources developed to provide some much needed care to the emotionally fatigued in the sector.
National Palliative Care Week provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the rights that Australians have to access high-quality care, where and when they need it Home Instead care-givers Donna Watling and Judy Norman share their challenges and provide an insight into caring for those in palliative care.
No one in the “prime of their life” thinks to sit down and discuss with their family how they want to be treated at the end of their life, but it’s an important discussion that we should all have. As we look toward Palliative Care Week (May 22-28) those of us who work in the sector hope it will spark more open conversations about what happens at the end of life.
The University of Sydney and HammondCare have announced a formal partnership aimed at shaping the sector through collaboration on research, education and social impact.
Today - National Close the Gap Day – the PCC4U (Palliative Care Curriculum for Undergraduates) project has launched the Caring for Australian Indigenous peoples affected by life-limiting illness toolkit.
International expert in end-of-life care, Professor Samar Aoun, has been appointed Perron Institute Research Chair in Palliative Care at the University of Western Australia.
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