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Read palliative care news and events around Australia. Please note that the links below were current at the time of posting, however links may become obsolete as websites update their content.
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.
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) engaged Flinders University's Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying to undertake a rapid review of the literature to provide an update of the current evidence base that could inform a revision of the National Consensus Statement: Essential elements for safe, high-quality end-of-life care. Recommendations from the study include the need to support Australian hospitals to apply a whole-of-organisation approach to enable quality end-of-life care.
The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet invite you to complete a 10 minute survey to help improve your experience as a valued user of the Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care Portal on the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet website.
By completing the survey you will have the opportunity to enter a prize draw to win a $200 Coles Group & Myer gift card.
Begin the survey here.
Open from: 7 June to 20 June 2021
On Friday 13 November, 2020 the Board of Palliative Care Australia (PCA) released a media statement to announce that they would commence recruitment of a Chief Executive Officer following the resignation of Chief Executive Officer Rohan Greenland to take up an appointment as Chief Executive Officer of MS Australia. In the interim Ms Tamara Mckee has been appointed as acting CEO of PCA during the recruitment process.
caring@home has new resources available for health professionals providing palliative care in the community - new versions of palliMEDS and Medicine Guidelines.
Palliative Care Self Assessment (PaCSA) provides services with an online portal to self-assess against the National Palliative Care Standards (5th ed.), mapped against the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (2nd ed.), resulting in a quality improvement action plan.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare is seeking input and feedback from the public on the draft National Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care Information Priorities. The draft document aims to help guide efforts in palliative care and end-of-life care information development over the next 10 years. The deadline to submit feedback is on 8 November 2020.
CarerHelp is hosting a panel discussion on Caring at the end of life: Navigating grief and loss on 13 October 2020. Hosted by Di Darmody, speakers in the panel include: Mr Chris Hall (CEO, Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement), Associate Professor Lauren Breen (School of Psychology, Curtin University), Ms Voula Kallianis (Social Worker, Palliative Care, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne), Ms Briony Lyle (bereaved carer of her late husband), and Ms Rennie Neasey-O’Connell (Funeral Director, Parkside Funerals). The discussion will be livestreamed on Carers Australia Facebook Page at 5:00 pm AEDT, Follow the Carers Australia Facebook page to be alerted when the livestream begins.
11-17 October is National Carers Week and this year's theme is Tell Us Why You Care which aims to highlight the realities of caring and help build a carer-friendly Australia.
One in eight Australians provide unpaid care and support to family members or friends with a disability, mental illness, chronic condition, terminal illness, an alcohol or other drug issue or who are frail aged. Unpaid carers make an enormous contribution to our community and economy and National Carers Week gives everyone a chance to show their appreciation.