Category Archives: News
National Advance Care Planning Week
Your choice. Now and always. National Advance Care Planning Week (21 – 27 March 2022) provides...
Friends of Palliative Care walkathon
Lace up your walking shoes because Friends of Palliative Care’s 28th annual walkathon is coming up...
Government launches inquiry into unpaid carers’ leave
The government has asked the Productivity Commission to look into the merits and economic impacts...
Yokohama opens the 2nd children’s hospice in Japan
We opened a new children’s hospice “The Ocean and Sky Children’s Hospice in Yokohama” on...
Carers invited to Art Gallery NSW “Matisse Alive” free exhibition
Take some time out for a mindful journey through the Matisse Alive exhibition. Explore guided...
End of life care to become a legal right in the UK
For the first time in the history of the NHS, dying people will have an...
Teresa Plane: 0ver 40 years of advocating for palliative care
Author: Sonja Kama, Palliative Care Australia Even as she approaches her 90th year of life,...
Speaking truth to power: Elders have their say on aged care policy
On 25 January, the Council of Elders met via Zoom, marking the first time the...
“I had the last hug”: palliative care workers lament the good deaths COVID took away
Credit: theguardian.com Rachel Coghlan first witnessed death as a four-year-old when she watched her grandfather...
On the impact of COVID – in their own words
COVID-19 has left no healthcare sector untouched in NSW. It is a subject that is...
The grieving brain: How your mind deals with a loved one’s death and how to heal
After a loved one passed away, I kept being haunted by the feeling that I...
Paediatric palliative care website launched
Palliative Care Australia and Paediatric Palliative Care Australia and New Zealand (PaPCANZ) are excited to announce...