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From Palliative Care Australia Stories about living, dying and Palliative Care

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   11 National Palliative Care Award winners celebrated

   28 October 2021

   Winners of Palliative Care Australia’s (PCA) highly esteemed national awards were announced at the virtual 2021 Oceanic Palliative Care Conference Awards Night, on 7 September 2021.   PCA’s National Palliative Care Awards recognise innovation, teamwork and emerging talent in Australia’s palliative […]

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   Step outside the bubble and take a breath – my advice to young carers

   14 October 2021

   Work. Socialise. Repeat. My early-to-mid-20s lifestyle was relatively stress-free. I’d finished studying, hadn’t yet had kids, and was employed full-time. I would work during the week, play sport on the weekends and then spend time […]

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   When the Time Comes: Stories from the end of life

   30 September 2021

   Dr Magnolia Cardona & Nurse Ebony Lewis’s book – When the Time Comes: Stories from the end of life – published by Hammersmith Health Books, is a collection of rich and incredibly honest true short […]

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   Hundreds of palliative care professionals to meet at virtual conference

   30 August 2021

   The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on palliative care, the need for far greater investment in palliative care in aged care and paediatric palliative care are among some of the topics to be canvassed at […]

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   Palliative care packages give comfort to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

   26 August 2021

   A strong conviction, a COVID-19 lockdown, and the loss of four siblings, led 71-year-old Sally FitzGerald, ACT Councillor for NATSICC (The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council), to initiate the unique creation of […]

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   Cultural wishes respected in end-of-life care

   24 June 2021

   My parents were born in Naples, in the south of Italy. After my mum passed away in 2013 in Italy, my dad lived in Sydney with my brother Joe. A couple of years ago, at 87 years of age, dad started complaining of […]

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   Palliative care at home in the bush

   3 June 2021

   If given the choice, most Australians with a life-limiting illness would prefer to be cared for, and to die at home. For people living in rural and remote locations, where a medical appointment may be […]

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   A good death, a good life

   27 May 2021

   “We will ensure he has a ‘good death’.” These were the words registered nurse Jemma Graffin spoke as she sat with the family of 91-year-old Allan Patterson, the night before he died at Dougherty Villa, […]

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   Marc’s Story – His journey with Lissencephaly

   31 March 2021

   When Marc was born on January 8th, 2012, he was a perfectly healthy newborn baby boy with blonde hair and big blue eyes… and a lifetime of adventures before him. The first few months of […]

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    Talking about end-of-life care in ICU

    25 March 2021

    As the Australian populations ages, more Australians get admitted to hospital with increasingly complex needs. Many of these patients will sadly die after hospital admission. Whether they reach the end of their life in ICU, […]