Category Archives: News
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...
WHERE WE DIE MATTERS, SO LET’S TALK
“My attitude is that [nursing homes] are waiting rooms. You go there to wait to...
Voluntary assisted dying commences in Victoria today
Thank you to the End of Life Law in Australia Team, QUT, for collating these...
National Palliative Care Awards 2019
National Palliative Care Awards Do you know an individual or team who is making a...
Election promise of additional $45 million for palliative care services confirmed
Media Release Election promise of additional $45 million for palliative care services confirmed in 2019-20...
Please welcome our new Volunteer Support Services Program Manager
I am honoured and excited to be joining the team at PCNSW as Program Manager,...
I Tried To Give My Dying 8-Year-Old Son A ‘Good’ Death. Here’s How.
Since before he was born, we’d done everything we could to give our son a...
The way we die will be considered unthinkable 50 years from now
While medical advances have moved forward at blinding pace, the ethical discourse surrounding many technologies...
What is the evidence that people living with frailty have needs for palliative care at the end of life?
People are now living longer than ever before, something we should celebrate. But it also...