Nial Wheate, Macquarie University and Tina Hinton, University of Sydney Australia currently finds itself in the unusual position of being both in an opioid epidemic and experiencing a shortage of these critical medicines. The Therapeutic Goods Administration has placed eight ...

Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) laws have been passed in all Australian states and territories with the exception of the Northern Territory. Currently VAD availability in Australia is limited to people with a terminal diagnosis, with decision-making capacity and the support ...

In the past year, at least six pain-relief products have become unavailable in Australia. The Australian & New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine (ANZSPM) says the withdrawals have resulted in prescriptions for less-effective medicines and increased confusion over dosage and ...

Two Victorian aged care providers are changing the way they deliver end of life care. Peninsula Home Hospice and Vasey RSL Care Frankston South have joined forces on a pilot project that focuses on the education and empowerment of staff, ...

Last year in February, Wally Kewley and his wife Jackie were making plans for their next adventure to Vietnam. However, their plans were halted and lives turned upside down when Mr Kewley was diagnosed with brain cancer, needing urgent surgery. ...

Paramedics could play a bigger role in helping palliative care patients die at home under a proposed national framework, which would also ease pressure on emergency departments. Through consulting paramedics, palliative care doctors, peak bodies, carers with lived experiences, and ...

The Chief of Australia's leading palliative care organisation has called to embed end-of-life services into aged-care homes after new data showed increased pressure on public hospitals. Last week the Australia Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) reported that the number ...

An aged care nurse has called for Australians to become more open in conversations about death and dying during National Palliative Care Week. Multi-award-winning palliative care nurse, Juliane Samara, highlighted the need for a cultural shift in society about mortality ...

An aged care provider has spearheaded a palliative care program to raise the sector's awareness and increase support for family members. Not-for-profit organisation HammondCare has been trialling 'The Last Days' program over the past year and will officially launch the ...

A long-time nurse has been celebrated for bringing palliative care to the fore in Australia's aged and healthcare system. RSL LifeCare resident 89-year-old Teresa Plane became NSW Senior Australian of the Year 2023 this month for her outstanding efforts in ...