Sunday 23rd May - Saturday 29th May National Palliative Care Week is an awareness week organised by Palliative Care Australia. It is held in May each year and its aim is to raise awareness and understanding for palliative care in the Australian community. A number of local and national events are held during National Palliative [...]
Deadline for aged care submissions extended to 30 June 2020. The deadline for submissions to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will be extended by two months to 30 June 2020. Last week the Commissioners suspended all hearings, workshops and group consultations of the Royal Commission for the time being, subject to [...]
Calvary Health Care Kogarah are seeking a Nurse Practitioner (full-time position/fixed term position) based at the Sutherland Hospital. The primary purpose of the role is acting in a clinical leadership and consultancy role for Calvary Health Care Kogarah at The Sutherland Hospital in assessing and advising, coordinating, planning, directing and evaluating the care of palliative care patients. [...]
Closing Date 31 January 2019. St Vincent's Hospital Sydney are seeking Community Palliative Care Team member/s as Registered Nurse (Division 1) (Casual Part Time/Permanent Part Time/Permanent Full time up to 38 hours per week. Applications are invited from skilled and energetic Registered Nurses with a passion for person centred care to join our dynamic multidisciplinary [...]
Applications close 15th December 2018. Ready for a new challenge in 2019? A Transitional Nurse Practitioner (Permanent Full Time) is wanted in Goulburn, part of the Southern NSW Local Health District. "Our mission is that all people across our diverse societies are able to have timely access to the right healthcare in the right setting to [...]
Nurse Practitioners Josh Cohen and Carmen Sanchez offer support to residential aged care facilities, collectively representing some 4,000 aged care beds in their area. Based at Calvary Kogarah in South Eastern Sydney LHD, Josh explained that at commencement in 2017 the service inherited an under-resourced but much demanded liaison role into residential aged care. “Prior [...]
In a media release today the Health, Aged Care and Sport Committee announced the publication of it's Report on the Inquiry into the Quality of Care in Residential Aged Care Facilities in Australia. The inquiry examined the delivery and regulation of the current aged care system and the prevalence of mistreatment. In the media release [...]
From the original story Plans for palliative care respite centre as hospitalisations rise by Katie Burgess in the Canberra Times 18 October 2018. Our colleagues at Palliative Care ACT have revealed plans to build a short-stay respite centre for palliative patients and their carers in Canberra. Palliative Care ACT president Louise Mayo said that their [...]
An eight year boy said, if he was really sick, he wanted “to be safe”. An 80 year old said she just “wanted to be listened to”. To acknowledge National Palliative Care Week and the theme of 'What Matters Most', an interactive display was set up in the foyer of Broken Hill Hospital where patients, [...]
Event postponed - Now planned for 17th October Western Sydney LHD are holding a Palliative Care Community Forum at the Blacktown Workers Club on the 23rd May 2018. This year's theme includes discussions around end of life planning and advance care plans. Speakers are being finalised so stay tuned for more details! What: Palliative Care [...]
