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   caring@home

   11 July 2019

   Palliative Care WA were pleased to welcome Professor Liz Reymond and Dr Karen Cooper from the caring@home project to our recent quarterly forum. A national palliative care project, caring@home has been developed and implemented by the Brisbane South Palliative Care Collaborative and funded by the Commonwealth Government. caring@home aims to improve the quality of palliative care […]

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   National Palliative Care Awards – Closing 10 July

   20 June 2019

   Do you know an individual or team who is making a difference in palliative care? Why not acknowledge their work and nominate them for the National Palliative Care Awards? Palliative Care Australia’s National Palliative Care Awards seek to recognise innovation, teamwork and emerging talent in the palliative care sector. The awards reward the efforts of those […]

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   WA Palliative Care Awards and induction of honorary life member 2019

   30 May 2019

   Induction of Dr Douglas Bridge as a Honorary Life Member A highlight of the 2019 Awards Ceremony was the induction of Dr Douglas Bridge as an honorary life member of Palliative Care WA.  Our President, Dr Elissa Campbell said “it was such a privilege to be able to present Doug with his honorary life membership”. […]

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   Upcoming Conferences

   29 November 2018

   Oceanic Palliative Care Conference 2019:  10-13 September Registrations are now open for the inaugural Oceanic Palliative Care Conference which will be held in Perth in September next year.  PCWA are excited to be part of this international event and encourage members to register – https://oceanicpallcare.com/.  Members of PCWA are entitled to a special early bird […]

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   End of Life Choices Forum Series

   29 November 2018

   In October we held the first of three forums exploring the recommendations within the My Life My Choice report in greater detail.  The first forum, focussing on the palliative care recommendations gave a very clear indication of the sector’s desire for greater funding and focus on palliative care resources and funding for rural WA.  Attendees at […]

6. Palliative care sector welcomes the recommendations from the End of Life Choices Report

   29 August 2018

   Last night a packed room of representatives from the palliative care sector welcomed the release of the WA Parliament Select Committee End of Life Choices Report at a forum, hosted by Palliative Care WA, to understand and discuss the findings and recommendations. Guest speaker, Ms Amber-Jade Sanderson, MLA and Chair of the Committee gave the […]

7. PCWA Quarterly Palliative Care Forums

   27 August 2018

   Spotlight on Paediatric and Adolescent Palliative Care After the long, awaited opening of the new Perth Children’s Hospital, our next quarterly forum will highlight the WA Paediatric Palliative Care Service, as well as allied services offering holistic and compassionate care to children and their families who live in Western Australia with a life-limiting condition. With an impressive […]

8. Education Sessions – Childhood Grief

   27 August 2018

   Lionheart Camp for Kids are seeking expressions of interest in attending courses on bereavement counselling run by the National Centre for Childhood Grief. If more than 10 people are interested in attending training, they will consider running sessions in Perth.  If you are interested in attending this training please contact Shelly at Lionheart Camp for […]

9. Dying2Learn

   16 May 2018

   Dying2Learn is a FREE Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that aims to provide all Australians the opportunity to learn and talk about death, dying, and palliative care. It is a place to learn, overcome the uneasiness in talking about dying and death, and share insights with the wider community. This online course will run from […]

10. National Palliative Care Week is only six weeks away

    17 April 2018

    The theme for this year is ‘What matters most’. Palliative Care Australia have social media and communications resources available for download on their website so individuals and organisations can promote National Palliative Care Week. There will also be tea towels, posters and pens available if you or your organisation will be holding an information stand […]