Category Archives: News
Is Dying at Home Overrated?
“If time were short, where would you want to be?” As a palliative care physician,...
Sometimes Treating Pain Is As Important As Treating Disease
Amy Berman of New York City had been living with inflammatory breast cancer for about...
PAUSE – Engaging with art and creating a time and space for self-care
Do you care for someone who is dying? Is self-care something you would like to...
Death and learning to understand it
“How people die lives on in the memory of those who live on.” – Dame...
How Play School’s Little Ted is helping parents and kids talk about death and grief
From Mufasa in The Lion King to the loss of Bambi’s mother, death is never...
Helping dying patients say goodbye
“You need to know you’re leaving before you can say goodbye.” These poignant words from...
Dying To Know Day – August 8
Dying To Know Day is designed to encourage communities to become more death literate. But...
Best practice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Care
Under the theme – Voice. Treaty. Truth. Let’s work together for a shared future – NAIDOC...
Compassionate care program offers inmates chance to care
Compassionate care and hospice programs are being implemented in prisons across the United States. Compassionate...
What do Aboriginal Australians want from their aged care system? Community connection is number one
The Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is ageing at a much faster rate than the...
From Music into Silence – Film Screening Sydney
From Music into Silence is a film directed and produced by Farshid Akhlaghi, an independent Iranian/Australian filmmaker....
2019 Art Competition – ‘To infinity and beyond’
Palliative Care Australia’s online art competition is back again in 2019, with this year’s competition...