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

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   Serving up care and support at the dinner table

   28 May 2020

   In tough times it’s often the small things that make a big difference. An offer to pick up the kids from school; a sympathetic ear from a friend; a neighbour collecting your mail and putting […]

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   Australians face surge in palliative care needs

   27 May 2020

   The threat of a surge in deaths from COVID-19 brought the value of palliative care sharply into focus. The palliative care sector was proactive, working with governments and health and aged care professionals to be […]

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   Dance makes it all better (almost): remembering Jules Domigan

   24 May 2020

   What do you when you’re 35 years old and in palliative care during COVID-19? You dance, of course. Why? “Because you can’t choose what happens to you in life but you can choose how you […]

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   Keeping a library open through the window

   21 May 2020

   Maurie Voisey-Barlin speaks with a soft, yet very warm voice full of expression and joy. However, because of the current visitor restrictions due to COVID-19, his “elders”, as he calls them, cannot hear him anymore. […]

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   Connecting in times of crisis

   18 May 2020

   In the first months of 2020, many Australians had to learn to connect online while they were isolating to avoid COVID-19 spread. Family celebrations became video calls and work meetings transformed into online catchups. While […]

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   Collaboration in a time of stress and uncertainty

   7 May 2020

   In the face of the COVID19 pandemic, Australia’s testing and distancing strategies have minimised disease spread. However, at the same time, our health systems have been engaged in preparing for an alternative, far worse scenario […]

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   Music Therapy at home during COVID-19

   7 May 2020

   The richness of the Bear Cottage culture has made it possible for me to transition to providing online Zoom music therapy sessions with an ease which has taken me by surprise. Working from home, as […]

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   caring@home further supports community palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic

   29 April 2020

   The National Palliative Care Project, caring@home, has adapted its popular package for carers to now include an emergency COVID-19 pack to further assist service providers and carers. COVID-19 presents an unprecedented challenge for patients, carers, […]

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   “Everywhere I take the baby alpacas, people smile”

   12 March 2020

   The first thing that strikes you when you meet Nils Lantzke is his generosity of spirit. When he tells the story of how he got his first alpaca, Honeycomb, as a gift in 2003, Nils […]

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    Advocates highlight palliative care as “essential component” of healthcare at WHO Executive Board meeting

    18 February 2020

    Palliative care advocates, including direct stakeholders highlighted palliative care as an “essential component” of healthy ageing, universal health coverage and the response to non-communicable diseases at the World Health Organization Executive Board meeting in Geneva […]