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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.

What are the needs of parents who have a child in paediatric palliative care?

What we set out to do The goal of paediatric palliative care is to improve the quality of life of children with life-limiting or life-threatening disease and their families through… Read more

Tags: Bereavement / Emotional Support / End of life care / Paediatric Palliative Care / Palliative Care / Psychosocial Support

Palliative care & Parkinson’s: It’s about living well, not just dying well

When my husband was finally diagnosed at 50 with Young Onset Parkinson’s, we were overwhelmed. We were told it was progressive and incurable, but no one mentioned palliative care, let… Read more

Tags: Early Support / Palliative Care / Parkinsons / Quality of Life / YOPX / Young Onset Parkinsons

Community-based end-of-life care for children

Why research in this area is needed When a child is diagnosed with a life-limiting condition, many families express a strong preference for their child to spend their final days… Read more

Tags: Community Care / End of life care / Health Research / Paediatric Palliative Care / Palliative Care / Palliative Care Nurses

End-of-life care in dementia: Are we doing enough?

A recent study from Concord Hospital in Sydney has raised an important question: Is hospital-based end-of-life care for people with dementia truly good enough? By studying patients who died during… Read more

Tags: Dementia / End Of Life / End of life care / Geriatrics / Inpatients / Nursing Homes / Palliative Care / Pneumonia / Science of Nutrition / Terminally Ill