Industry End of Life Providers Designing towards the best death The passion for high quality palliative care from one aged care provider’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has led to a...
Consumers Industry End of Life Cash injection for regional palliative care specialists Nine rural and regional areas in New South Wales will benefit from a $3.06 million investment to improve the care and...
Consumers End of Life Government It’s a pass for Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation Victoria has made history as the first Australian state to pass voluntary assisted dying laws following successful...
Consumers Allied Health End of Life Additional palliative care funding for Victoria announced Palliative care services in Victoria are set to benefit from more than $62 million in additional funding following an...
Industry End of Life Providers Research partnership puts focus on the future of aged care A five-year ‘future of aged care’ research partnership has been formed to examine the impacts of ageing on the...
Industry Allied Health End of Life Palliative care projects welcome funding boost More than $60 million in funding has been provided by the Government for new projects that aim to improve the quality...
Consumers Industry Allied Health Victoria one step closer to voluntary assisted dying law History is being made in Victoria following the Legislative Assembly’s vote this morning, which saw the passing of the...
Industry Allied Health End of Life Palliative care improved with the help of a checklist Researchers from Calvary and Australian Catholic University have come together to research, study and create a checklist...
Industry Caring & Carers End of Life Approach to palliative care awarded Aged care provider McKenzie Aged Care has been announced as a winner for Integration and Partnership at the Primary Care...
Consumers Industry End of Life Victorian Parliament introduced with voluntary assisted dying Bill A Bill to legalise voluntary assisted dying in Victoria has been introduced to Parliament, with a vote expected before...
Industry Allied Health End of Life Excellence in Palliative Care recognised with new awards A South Australian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner is the first to be awarded the Excellence in Palliative Care in an...
Industry Allied Health Caring & Carers Industry professionals come together for biennial Palliative Care Conference The upcoming Australian Palliative Care Conference in Adelaide is set to see the best of the industry take to the stage...
Advice Allied Health Caring & Carers Do something for Dying to Know Day Dying to Know Day 2017 is earmarked for August 8 but organisers are encouraging all Australians to host or attend events...
Advice Education & Training End of Life Are you living rural and ‘Dying to Talk’? If you are ‘Dying to Talk’ and engage in conversations about dying matters, a new community engagement project run...
Caring & Carers Education & Training End of Life New South Wales receives $100 million boost for palliative care Record funding has been provided to support people with terminal illness and their families across New South Wales with...
End of Life Government Mental Health Fight for voluntary assisted dying laws continues across Australia The discussion around voluntary euthanasia laws in Australia continues this week, after Tasmania became the latest to...
Caring & Carers Education & Training End of Life Applications open for a scholarship opportunity in palliative care The week after National Palliative Care week, Palliative Care Australia has announced a new scholarship that will allow...
Advice Education & Training End of Life New online resource supporting provision of palliative care A new online resource that will provide more information to older Australians about their end of life care was launched...
Caring & Carers Culture Awareness End of Life Importance of spiritual care for palliative patients highlighted for Palliative Care Week In recognition of National Palliative Care Week, the national peak body for palliative care, Palliative Care Australia,...
Caring & Carers End of Life Housing Palliative care report reveals system is failing rural Australians Despite a rapid increase in the need for palliative care services in Australia, people living in rural areas are still...
End of Life Changing the conversation around end of life care This national Palliative Care week, service providers are working to shift our cultural views on dying.