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...