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Palliative Perspectives

Our blog collection that informs and provides a platform for sharing views, tips, and ideas related to palliative care from community members and health professionals.

Preparing for the future: Starting a platform redevelopment project

Our Director Prof. Jennifer Tieman shares the platform redevelopment project, aimed at improving user experience while adapting to the fast-evolving technical environment.

16/03/2026 | Blog | CareSearch Project | Community | Health Professionals

Tags: Palliative Care | End of life care | Platform Redevelopment Project Views: 317

Supportive care for people with life-limiting chronic conditions is a newish “thing”...

In this blog, Dr Tracy Schumacher and other authors, explore how supportive care uses a holistic, multidisciplinary team approach to help people understand their conditions and... Read more...

12/03/2026 | Blog | Evidence | Community | Health Professionals | GPs | Nurses | Allied Health | HP Education | Specialist Palliative Care

Tags: Palliative Care | End of life care | quality of life | holistic care | Multidisciplinary Care | Supportive Care | Chronic Condition | Chronic Illness Views: 510

What can the Clinical Frailty Scale tell us about planning for death?

In this blog, Dr Robin Blythe and Prof. Adrian Barnett examines the role of the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) in planning for end-of-life care among older people. While the CFS... Read more...

10/03/2026 | Blog | Implementation and Translation | Community | Older Australia | Health Professionals | Primary health care | Residential Aged Care | GPs | Specialist Palliative Care

Tags: Advance care planning | Aged care | Palliative Care | End Of Life | CFS | Clinical Frailty Scale | Frailty | End Of Life Care Planning Views: 385

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: 473

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