end-of-life care

‘Faith-based’ VAD Bill rejected

Proposed legislation that would have allowed aged care providers in New South Wales to block residents from accessing voluntary assisted…

Advocates slam ‘cruel’, ‘ill-conceived’ VAD bill

Eighteen health and legal organisations have signed a joint statement opposing legislation that would allow aged care providers in New…

Allan government lifts GP VAD ‘gag clause’

Legislation tabled in the Victorian state parliament last week contains 13 proposed amendments to the laws, including the removal of…

How VAD will be different in the NT

The Northern Territory remains the last jurisdiction to legalise voluntary assisted dying, however, the delivery of this complex service will…

Aged care needs to get honest about VAD

Over 8,000 people have applied for VAD since the first law was implemented in Victoria in 2019. Yet, of 72…

Palliative care workforce under siege

A new report by Palliative Care Australia has revealed that escalating demand, coupled with persistent funding constraints and workforce shortages,…

What aged care staff say about their grief

Research suggests aged-care staff experience a unique type of grief when residents die. However, their grief often goes unrecognised, and…

Palliative care gets $3m funding boost

Vulnerable patients in south western Sydney will receive a $3 million boost from the Minns government for end-of-life care -…

Give aged care nurses a voice in digital transformation: Research

Researchers are calling for nurses to have more say in the digital transformation of aged and palliative care, as the…

Palliative care reimagined: the compassionate communities model

It has been suggested that the western world has lost its 'death literacy' as we increasingly look to outsource end of…

Too few talk end of life: peak

We make plans for our holidays, careers and families but a new study shows just how many Australians baulk when…

Giving Australians the death they’d prefer

In 2004, chief executive Kim Macgowan was chatting with The District Nurses team and came across a student nurse who…

Palliative care standards open for feedback

Peak body calls for comment to help shape new, streamlined set of guidelines for best practice.  Australia’s peak organisation for…

Different paths, one end

Three different types of palliative care specialists discuss their roles and how to serve patients better. By Dallas Bastian. The…

Death’s ethical dimension

We are more likely to pass away in hospital, among strangers, than at home surrounded by our own, which places…

Palliative Care Week update

Following Palliative Care Week, professor Patsy Yates, president of Palliative Care Australia, explains the role nurses can play. Throughout our…