palliative care
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Mar- 2025 -3 MarchIndustry & Reform
Include palliative care in Medicare reform, says peak body
In light of recent announcements made by the major political parties pledging billions of dollars to a major Medicare overhaul,…
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Feb- 2025 -3 FebruaryClinical Practice
Voluntary assisted dying is legal in Australia ā but many of us donātĀ know
Voluntary assisted dying is lawful in all Australian states. This allows terminally ill adults who are suffering and have decision-making…
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Dec- 2024 -2 DecemberTechnology
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…
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Sep- 2024 -26 SeptemberIndustry & Reform
Offering end of life support as part of home care is important ā but may face someĀ challenges
Jennifer Tieman, Flinders University Earlier this month, the government announced major changes to aged care in Australia, including a A$4.3…
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Aug- 2024 -29 AugustClinical Practice
Australia is running low on oral morphine. What does that mean for pain relief in palliativeĀ care?
Nial Wheate, Macquarie University and Tina Hinton, University of Sydney Australia currently finds itself in the unusual position of being…
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15 AugustIndustry & Reform
Queenslanders’ petition for compassionate assisted dying
Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) laws have been passed in all Australian states and territories with the exception of the Northern…
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Jul- 2024 -18 JulyClinical Practice
End-of-life patients suffering unnecessarily due to pain med shortage
In the past year, at least six pain-relief products have become unavailable in Australia. The Australian & New Zealand Society…
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1 JulyClinical Practice
Collaborative palliative care pilot project empowers aged care staff
Two Victorian aged care providers are changing the way they deliver end of life care. Peninsula Home Hospice and Vasey…
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May- 2024 -20 MaySpecialty
National Palliative Care Week: Volunteer support integral for quality care
Last year in February, Wally Kewley and his wife Jackie were making plans for their next adventure to Vietnam. However,…
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6 MaySpecialty
Plans for paramedics to do more to support palliative care patients
Paramedics could play a bigger role in helping palliative care patients die at home under a proposed national framework, which…
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Jul- 2023 -17 JulyTop Stories
‘Not working’: Calls to embed end-of-life care into nursing homes
The Chief of Australia's leading palliative care organisation has called to embed end-of-life services into aged-care homes after new data…
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May- 2023 -25 MayClinical Practice
Palliative Care Week: Let’s talk about death and dying
An aged care nurse has called for Australians to become more open in conversations about death and dying during National…
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Feb- 2023 -24 FebruarySpecialty
HammondCare launches palliative care program
An aged care provider has spearheaded a palliative care program to raise the sector's awareness and increase support for family…
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Nov- 2022 -24 NovemberSpecialty
āThe last act of loveā ā advocate talks about palliative care
A long-time nurse has been celebrated for bringing palliative care to the fore in Australia's aged and healthcare system. RSL…
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Sep- 2022 -14 SeptemberClinical Practice
Palliative Care Needs Rounds assist residents facing the end of their life: opinion
Deaths in residential aged care settings occur frequently enough to be core business. It is sometimes difficult to assess when…
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Mar- 2021 -1 MarchAged Care Royal Commission
āA watershed momentā: sector reacts to royal commission report and four areas for immediate action
āGet cracking.ā Thatās the overwhelming call from advocacy groups in response to the release of the aged care royal commissionās…
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Dec- 2018 -11 DecemberNews
Palliative care reimagined: the compassionate communities model
It has been suggested that the western world hasĀ lost its 'death literacy' as we increasingly look to outsource end of…
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Jun- 2018 -28 JuneNews
A dying wish: Lobster for Josino
What would be your last meal? For Josino, all he wanted was lobster, but that wasnāt to be. āYou know…
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Mar- 2018 -12 MarchNews
Palliative care standards updated
Palliative Care Australia has launched the fifth edition of the National Palliative Care Standards and the Palliative Care Service Development…
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Nov- 2017 -6 NovemberNews
End of life research given funding boost
Australia is set to become a leader in palliative care research, thanks to a $60 million grand for end-of-life care…
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Aug- 2017 -18 AugustIndustry & Reform
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…
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Nov- 2016 -17 NovemberClinical Practice
Training offered to help nurses discuss death and dying
Nurses in general practices across Australia will soon have access to training to help older people and those who are…
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Sep- 2014 -2 SeptemberClinical Practice
Palliative care standards open for feedback
Peak body calls for comment to help shape new, streamlined set of guidelines for best practice.Ā Australiaās peak organisation for…
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Feb- 2013 -5 February
Removing the mystique of death
Internationally recognised palliative care nurse Molly CarlileĀ spoke to Amie Larter about her career, recent awards and thoughts on the future…
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Dec- 2012 -18 December
Call for more scholarships
The shortage of palliative care nurses is being felt across the nation, with Queensland and remote areas having the least…