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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.

From knowledge to practice: Reflecting on the Palliative Care in Aged Care Forum

Acknowledgement: AI-assisted drafting tools (Microsoft Copilot) were used to adapt conference presentation slides. All revisions, interpretations, and conclusions are the author’s own. There is no shortage of evidence on the… Read more

Tags: Aged care / End of life care / From Knowledge To Practice / Implementation / Palliative Aged Care Forum / Palliative Care

The inner journey: Distress and survival in people living with a life-limiting illness

Exploring the journey Palliative care is about more than managing symptoms, it’s about supporting people through one of life’s most difficult transitions. Yet in rural Australia, those living with a… Read more

Tags: End of life care / Holistic Care / Palliative Care / Psychosocial Support / Rural Health

Can we make the best use of our resources while getting the best possible results? Early specialist palliative care for older people with acute myeloid leukaemia

The problem Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) is a devastating disease, particularly for older people (over 60 years). While AML can strike at any age, most diagnoses occur after 65. Prognosis… Read more

Tags: Acute Myeloid Leukaemia / Aged care / AML / Economic Evaluation / End of life care / Older Geriatric / Palliative Care / Quality of Life

Community solutions to end-of-life care: Where connection, culture and community meet

If you’ve ever sat in a circle at a Death Café, joined a Dying to Know Day event, wandered through a Death Expo, settled your body into a somatic workshop… Read more

Tags: Compassionate Communities / Death and Dying / Death Literacy / End of life care / Grassroot Movements / Local Communities / Palliative Care