It’s just days away until we launch the new CareSearch Portal. You can still register for the online event to learn how the portal was built and how it will support patients, families, health professionals, and communities to make informed decisions.  

Hosted by CareSearch Director Professor Jennifer Tieman, the launch will feature the following speakers: 

• Judith Leeson AM
• Ms Helena Kyriazopoulos, CEO, Multicultural Communities Council of SA
• Professor Leeroy William, President, Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine
• Professor Virginia Lewis, Research Chair, Australian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing
• Dr Katrina Erny-Albrecht, Senior Research Fellow, CareSearch.

Along with the launch, we will be featuring a refreshed CareSearch brand which highlights the different sectors we work with.

Keeping a dying person comfortable at home requires GP involvement, and nursing and pharmacy inputs.  CareSearch has new resources to support GPs in caring for a dying person at home, including the Checklist - Planning for an expected home death (235kb pdf).  

The current COVID-19 restrictions are impacting many of us in Australia. Given the changing circumstances, we are postponing the launch of our new CareSearch portal to September 2021. This will enable us to focus on supporting our community. 

Our current website is still available 24/7 and you can email us at caresearch@flinders.edu.au in case you have questions or feedback. We will post regular updates as the launch date draws near.

In the meantime, please take care and keep safe.

Palliative Care Australia (PCA) is inviting the public to submit entries to their 2021 Art competition. This year's theme is Live as well as possible, as long as possible and the deadline is on 25 August 2021.

Palliative Care Australia (PCA) is seeking feedback on the Paediatric Palliative Care Discussion Paper to help inform the national action plan. Children, young persons, family members or carers who have experienced or is experiencing paediatric palliative, including health services and interested professionals, are invited to answer the online questionnaire.