NSW Advance Care Planning Seminar
Do you already understand the basics of advance care planning and now want to take your skills to the next level? Advance Care Planning Australia, the Advance Project and HammondCare are presenting a one-day seminar [...]
Interview – Dr Rachel Clarke: ‘Wrinkles, middle age, grey hairs… these are reasons to celebrate’
Dr Rachel Clarke worked as a television documentary-maker before deciding – as a GP’s daughter, this was always on the cards – to study medicine. She now specialises in palliative care, partly because it is [...]
Dr Frank Brennan, of Kogarah, receives a 2020 Australia Day honour for his work in palliative care
Palliative Care New South Wales would like to extend our congratulations to Dr Frank Patrick Brennan, of Kogarah, who has been awarded the honour of Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service [...]
2020 International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife
This year, 2020, is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, who is known as the founder of modern nursing. Because of this, the World Health Assembly has chosen 2020 to be the [...]
Research study on allied health in palliative aged care
End of Life Directions for Aged Care (ELDAC) at Flinders University are running a study looking at the role of allied health professionals providing palliative care for older Australians in residential and community aged care. [...]
Living Longer Is Not Enough: The Case For Aging Well
One of the greatest achievements to come of modern medicine is that humans are living longer than ever. Life expectancy is reaching new heights and showing no sign of dropping. More years to live, naturally, means [...]
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