When the time comes, will you be ready to leave? Will you be of sound enough mind to tell others how you’d like to go?  The truth is, few of us are. Just 3 per cent of Australians over 65 have ...

Death remains the inevitable conclusion to the lives of all of those who reach advanced old age. And despite all the advances of modern medicine, it also continues to end the life of those who won’t ever get to grow ...

Three different types of palliative care specialists discuss their roles and how to serve patients better. By Dallas Bastian. The growing demand for end-of-life care is making the role of the specialist palliative care nurse increasingly important, those within the ...

A recent COTA survey takes on some of the assumptions about what older people want and underscores ways aged care can better serve the consumer.  Seniors are probably happier than you think. When COTA New South Wales investigated consumer attitudes ...

To celebrate National Palliative Care Week, Palliative Care Australia is making end-of-life care everyone’s business. Throughout our lives, every one of us will experience the loss of someone close, whether a family member, neighbour or friend. At some point we ...