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 means that more people are living with frailty as they grow older, and some are dying without ever receiving a [...]
PCNSW Professional Education Day – AGNSW
REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN PCNSW is holding the annual Professional Education Day at the Art Gallery of NSW during National Palliative Care Week 2019 on Friday 24th May. PCNSW is fortunate this year to be [...]
Woven coffins and affordable funerals
Creative and emotionally healthy funerals are making waves in communities that value personal choices, resourcefulness and good old wholesome naturalness, but for reasons of expense they also appeal to blue collar workers. A rejuvenated fire [...]
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 only eight years old; his cancer cells were not responding to treatment anymore. His body’s leukemic blast cell counts [...]
National Advance Care Planning Week
National Advance Care Planning Week is an annual initiative by Advance Care Planning Australia that encourages all Australians, regardless of their age or health status, to make their future health care preferences known. One of [...]
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 to Orange Health Service patients and will be provided at Uniting's Parkwood facility in Prince Street. A Western NSW [...]
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