Death education should be taught in the classroom to demystify ageing and dying among younger Australians, Queensland doctors have argued. Australian Medical Association Queensland said young people need to be educated about medical, legal and other issues that surround ageing ...

We make plans for our holidays, careers and families but a new study shows just how many Australians baulk when it comes to preparing for the inevitable – their death. Only one in four Australians have had a conversation with ...

Death is often dealt with poorly in aged care even though most residents know they won't be going anywhere else, Molly Carlile tells Megan Stoyles. Aged care staff must work out what they think about their own death, and dying ...