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Nursing boost in regional South Australia to improve palliative care

Regional health centres around South Australia will benefit from 10 new senior full-time equivalent palliative care nursing positions opening across all six regional Local Health […]

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Victoria green lights cannabis for kids

Victoria will conduct a world-first trial to see whether the use of medicinal cannabis to reduce symptoms for children in palliative care.

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Hopes for national network of children’s hospices, as WA build draws inspiration from NSW

WA’s first children’s hospice could lead to the establishment of a national network to fund hospices in every State, PerthNow can reveal. A site earmarked […]

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Surprisingly common deathbed regret that could change how you live

A health care professional reveals the one main regret she hears expressed consistently from people at the end of their lives.

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Eyre Peninsula organisations extend partnership to continue to support home hospice service

Two local organisations are set to continue their partnership to support a regional Home Hospice Service. The Eyre Peninsula Community Foundation (EPCF) and Matthew Flinders […]

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Push for palliative funding overhaul

Victoria’s palliative care sector has forecast a $91m annual funding shortfall by 2025, based on modelling by KPMG.

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How to cope with grief when everyone expects you to move on

I’m no royalist. And I have complicated feelings about the British monarchy. Much as I have long admired the Queen’s stoicism – I come from […]

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It’s not easy to tell kids about death. But the stories we spin can help light the dark

When we think of how we’ll be remembered after death, it may seem that simple words and basic descriptions don’t do us justice. But for […]

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Melbourne artist Efterpi Soropos creates Human Rooms for aged care, palliative care to improve end-of-life experience

When Efterpi Soropos’s mother was dying from breast cancer in the 1990s, the artist was struck by the intense light and chaotic sounds of her […]

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