Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy: Exploring new treatments for distress at end of life In this blog, Dr Marg Ross, Senior Clinical Psychologist at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, explores the emerging role of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy in... Read more... 4/03/2026 | Blog | Evidence | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Primary health care | Allied Health Tags: Mental health | Palliative Care | End Of Life | Psilocybin Assisted Psychotherapy | Existential Distress | Life Limiting Illness | Depression | Anxiety Views: 413
Improving collaboration between clinicians and interpreters to promote advance care... In this blog, Dr Ashfaq Chauhan, Anna Kenny, Kylie Ash, Dr Mila Obucina and Professor Reema Harrison outline the iCanPlan Program, a co-designed education initiative... Read more... 24/02/2026 | Blog | Implementation and Translation | Community | Diverse Communities | Health Professionals | HP Education Tags: Advance care planning | End of life care | culturally and linguistically diverse communities | CALD | cancer care | iCanPlan Program | clinician–interpreter collaboration | migrant communities Views: 443
How are pressure injuries managed at the end of life? In this blog, Dr Pauline Gillan and Professor Christina Parker examine current approaches to managing pressure injuries at the end of life, identifying inconsistencies between... Read more... 17/02/2026 | Blog | Implementation and Translation | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Residential Aged Care | Nurses | Allied Health | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Person-centred care | Palliative Care | agedcare | Symptom management | End of life care | quality of life | patient comfort | pressure injuries | wound management Views: 594
When the hiccups don't stop: Rethinking care for a hidden struggle in palliative care In this blog, Dr Adarsh Das and A/Prof Jayamangala Sampath Kondasinghe explore the often overlooked impact of chronic hiccups in palliative care and the limitations of current... Read more... 12/02/2026 | Blog | Evidence | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | HP Education | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Person-centred care | Palliative Care | Symptom management | quality of life | chronic hiccups | evidence-based practice Views: 429