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What is palliative care?
Palliative care helps people with any life-limiting or terminal condition to live their life as fully and as comfortably as possible. It is not just for people with cancer.
Palliative care identifies and treats symptoms which may be physical, emotional, spiritual or social. It also provides practical and emotional support to family and carers.
Palliative Care WA has delivered hundreds of free, informative and interactive community workshops on advance care planning and palliative care in Perth and regional WA over many years.
If you have previously attended one of our Advance Care Planning Community Workshops but haven’t yet been able to take the next steps, then our support service can help you.
Learn more about our latest fundraising and awareness events
Stay informed, get involved and positively impact the delivery of palliative care in Western Australia by being a member of Palliative Care WA.
Supporting health professionals in WA
As a peak body, one of our key aims is to strengthen the sector as a whole by keeping people informed, providing opportunities to collaborate, encouraging celebration of innovation and excellence, and empowering the development of those working within the sector.
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As a peak body, one of our key aims is to strengthen the sector as a whole by keeping people informed, providing opportunities to collaborate, encouraging celebration of innovation and excellence, and empowering the development of those working within the sector.
Become a member
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Hon Nick Goiran MLC and Hon Kate Doust MLC recently convened the first meeting of the Parliamentary Friends of Palliative Care in the 42nd Parliament of…
Fees reduced due to cost-of-living pressures Stay informed, get involved and positively impact the delivery of palliative care in Western Australia by being a member of Palliative Care WA now…
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If you didn’t get a chance to hear Jean Kittson’s interview on ABC Radio Perth as part of National Palliative Care Week 2025, please click on the link below. The…
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At our 19 March CEO Roundtable for Palliative Care meeting, 22 representatives from organisations with an interest in palliative care met to discuss latest developments in palliative care in the…
At our March CEO Roundtable for Palliative Care meeting, 22 representatives from organisations with an interest in palliative care met to discuss latest developments in palliative care in the State….
Our annual awareness raising campaign, National Palliative Care Week 2025 from 11 to 17 May is fast approaching. This year the theme is ‘What’s your plan?’ which aligns perfectly with…
