Category Archives: News

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...

PCNSW Professional Education Day – AGNSW

PCNSW is holding the annual Professional Education Day at the Art Gallery of NSW during...

Woven coffins and affordable funerals

Creative and emotionally healthy funerals are making waves in communities that value personal choices, resourcefulness...

Three Magical Phrases to Comfort a Dying Person

At 3 p.m. on a Monday afternoon, death announced it was coming for him. He was...

National Advance Care Planning Week

National Advance Care Planning Week is an annual initiative by Advance Care Planning Australia that...

New palliative care facility opens in Orange

Orange’s long-awaited palliative care facility began a 12-month trial on Monday. The four-bed service is available...

Join PCNSW now and receive $200 off Oceanic Palliative Care Conference rego

Palliative Care Australia is hosting the 2019 Oceanic Palliative Care Conference in Perth from 10 – 13...

CareSearch: ‘What palliative care information is most needed by patients, carers and families?’

Trustworthy information. CareSearch shares trustworthy information on palliative care to everyone who needs it. We recently spoke...

The NSW Health End of Life and Palliative Care Framework

The NSW Health End of Life and Palliative Care Framework: 2019-2024 has been released and...

NSW Labor responds to today’s palliative care funding announcement

In response to the announcement of an additional 100 palliative care nurses for NSW this...