Category Archives: News
Global palliative care community statement for Ukraine
A group of palliative care institutions has published the following statement to express solidarity towards...
The Digital Death Survey 2022
The internet and communication technologies have changed many things. It has changed the ways in...
PCNA conference scholarships
The Commonwealth Department of Health is funding a scholarship package for delegates to attend the...
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...