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Interview with Teresa Plane: Advocate for palliative care

Every death is different. It’s unique. Every person’s experience is unique in their bereavement.

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Extra nurses to support locals’ end-of-life care

Riverlanders will soon have better end-of-life care closer to home with the addition of two full-time equivalent palliative care nurses to the region’s local health […]

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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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