end-of-life care

Give aged care nurses a voice in digital transformation: Research

Researchers are calling for nurses to have more say in the digital transformation of aged and palliative care, as the…

Palliative care reimagined: the compassionate communities model

It has been suggested that the western world has lost its 'death literacy' as we increasingly look to outsource end of…

Too few talk end of life: peak

We make plans for our holidays, careers and families but a new study shows just how many Australians baulk when…

Giving Australians the death they’d prefer

In 2004, chief executive Kim Macgowan was chatting with The District Nurses team and came across a student nurse who…

Palliative care standards open for feedback

Peak body calls for comment to help shape new, streamlined set of guidelines for best practice.  Australia’s peak organisation for…

Different paths, one end

Three different types of palliative care specialists discuss their roles and how to serve patients better. By Dallas Bastian. The…

Death’s ethical dimension

We are more likely to pass away in hospital, among strangers, than at home surrounded by our own, which places…

Palliative Care Week update

Following Palliative Care Week, professor Patsy Yates, president of Palliative Care Australia, explains the role nurses can play. Throughout our…