Palliative Care Australia

🚩Webinar this Thursday - 5 December! Join us for an in-depth, expert led webinar and equip yourself with the tools to deliver better experiences and outcomes for people receiving generalist palliative care. The key tool that will guide you through this journey in primary care and aged care is the National Palliative Care Standards for All Health Professionals and Aged Care Services. This webinar is your opportunity to take a deep dive into the Standards with sector leaders who will discuss the importance of having a framework for high quality palliative care regardless of the setting, and provide key strategies that you can take back to your everyday practice. PCA Connect is free to attend, join us on Thursday, 5 December, 4pm to 5:30pm, register now ➡️ https://ow.ly/C3rf50Ucq4V

Richard and Hieke say having access to palliative care makes all the difference. Tragically, two of their three children were born with a rare terminal condition that lead to their death aged 17 and 18. Bodhi and Kai's experiences in their final days were like "chalk and cheese". Bodhi had access to palliative care, Kai did not. Nine's 'A Current Affair' highlights the impact of Manly's Adolescent and Young Adult Hospice ➡️ https://ow.ly/nQzv50UiG7B Thanks for sharing your family's story Richard and Hieke, rest in peace Bodhi and Kai. Better access to palliative care - worth voting for. Sign our petition, share your story, support our plan ➡️ https://ow.ly/RSyw50UiG8U #MattersOfLifeAndDeath

A face and voice many Australians will recognise believes 'better access to palliative care' is worth voting for. While you might know Jean Kittson best for swinging from the rafters of The Big Gig in pink leotards – what you might not know is that for the last ten years at least, Jean has been a carer for her beloved mum and dad – Elaine and Roy, both lived with relative independence in their own home within a retirement village, until they needed a short stint in residential aged care – part of a chain of events that led to their death earlier this year, Elaine 99, and Roy 96. “No one should have to go through what we did," Jean says. For her family and every Australian family, Jean wants to make access to palliative care is an election issue, can you help? Take a moment to sit with Jean as she shares her story, then take action and as Jean says "lets make some noise." Sign our petition, share your story, and show your support ➡️ https://ow.ly/oGVA50UhOrH #MattersOfLifeAndDeath

🤩Be a speaker at the 2025 Oceanic Palliative Care Conference - abstracts submissions are now open! Aged care, primary health, oncology, dementia care, disability services, paediatrics, First Nations health, pharmacists, allied health – all have a role to play in someone’s palliative care journey and we need you to be part of the conversation at #25OPCC. This is your opportunity to share your work, share your experience, or share your story under the broad theme of 'Connecting Systems for Better Care.' Whether you're sharing the latest research, a successful project, a fresh idea, a volunteer experience, or a consumer story, we want to hear it all. And if you haven’t done an abstract submissions before, thanks for considering it and putting yourself forward - our Abstract Mentoring Program is here to support you every step of the way. Start here ➡️ https://ow.ly/kmKG50UhOOg

🚨 New addition to the ELDAC aged care Allied Health Toolkit. The ‘How’s it Going’ checklist is a handy, whole-body guide to help spot potential health or functional red flags. It can help show changing needs and identify allied health professionals who can help. See how it can support your work in aged care ➡️ https://ow.ly/XKFP50UhORg

Thank you to all those who helped launch our 'Better access to palliative care - worth voting for' campaign at Parliament House, Canberra. Especially the incredible Jean Kittson, who opened her heart to share her trauma around the death of her parents earlier this year. On a very busy day a bunch of MPs and Senators came to show their support, as well as our partners in health and care including MND Australia, Painaustralia, COTA Australia, Dementia Australia, National Seniors Australia, National Rural Health Alliance, Carers Australia, Silverchain Group, the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, and others. Thank you! For 'better access to palliative care' - sign the petition, share your story, show your support ➡️ https://ow.ly/sxIZ50Uhawj #MattersOfLifeAndDeath

Palliative Care Australia and our members are making access to palliative care an election issue! Yep - we are competing with some other big issues for attention, but few issues will touch every family the way access to palliative care does. Jean Kittson, one of Australia's most loved performers shares her family's trauma in trying to access palliative care as a way of raising awareness. We are about to hit the campaign launch button. Show your support, sign our petition, share your story ➡️ https://ow.ly/ph1o50UfwAw #MattersOfLifeAndDeath

Join us for an in-depth, expert led webinar to equip yourself with the tools to deliver better experiences and outcomes for people receiving generalist palliative care. The key tool that will guide you through this journey in primary care and aged care is the National Palliative Care Standards for All Health Professionals and Aged Care Services. This webinar is your opportunity to take a deep dive into the Standards with sector leaders who will discuss the importance of having a framework for high quality palliative care regardless of the setting, and provide key strategies that you can take back to your everyday practice. PCA Connect is free to attend, join us on Thursday, 5 December, 4pm to 5:30pm, register now ➡️ https://ow.ly/ELJ950Ucq4W

Annette and Sara from PCA's 'Shaping the Future of Paediatric Palliative Care' project have been in Perth at the RACGP conference up-skilling the end of life communication skills of GPs. This is such important work, good communication is central to how a family experiences the challenges of a palliative care journey. Thank you to all the GPs who came along and got involved - you and your community will be better for it. You don't need to go to Perth to get these skills! Our End of Life Communication course is free, and just one click away ➡️ https://ow.ly/wcZR50UcpST

We want to make 'better access to palliative care' an issue at the federal election, and one of Australia's most loved performers is helping us - Jean Kittson! Jean will share her heartache around the death of her beloved parents earlier this year. All will be revealed very soon with a powerful video series that honour's Elaine and Roy, and tries to create change for other families. Join us for the launch of the campaign live from Parliament House, Canberra, with Jean. You will smile, cry, and hopefully as Jean says, "help us make some noise." Register now and join the live stream from 11:45am (Canberra time), Wednesday, 27 November ➡️ https://ow.ly/kWvv50UazZB #MattersOfLifeAndDeath