Round 5 of the Local Palliative Care Grants was for projects with a focus on innovative approaches to palliative care for people with a mental illness, Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias. Twenty-one organisations received grants of between $271,000 and $600,000. The successful organisations are:

NSW

• Hunter New England Area Health Service
• University of Western Sydney
• Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong
• HammondCare
• Palliative Care Association of NSW
• Amaranth Foundation

NT

• Department of Health and Families

QLD

• Uniting Church in Australia Trust
• The Corporation of the Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane
• Queensland University of Technology

SA

• Lyell McEwin Palliative Care Service
• Flinders University (2 projects)
• Southern Adelaide Palliative Services
• Resthaven

TAS

• Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania

VIC

• Mercy Health and Aged Care Inc.
• Palliative Care Research Team, Monash University
• Deakin University

WA

• Central Institute of Technology
• Alzheimer’s Australia WA Ltd.

Last updated 8 November 2011