Education
Palliative Care WA runs free, informative and interactive community workshops on advance care planning and palliative care in Perth and regional WA thanks to funding from the WA Department of Health.
Our series of PalliLEARN online workshops are supported by the Lockwood Charitable Foundation.
These workshops are open to the public and are listed on our Events page.
To find out more about the specific workshops we run, please see below:
My Future Care – Advance Care Planning Community Workshops
Advance Health Directive (AHD) document support workshops
PalliLEARN workshops – online only
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PalliLEARN workshops – online
Our online community workshops, called PalliLEARN, are supported with funding from the Lockwood Charitable Foundation and cover the following topics: What is palliative…
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AHD document completion workshops
Our free Advance Health Directive (AHD) document completion workshops, held across the metropolitan area and in some country areas, will assist you to…
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Resources
The following PCWA resources and links to other resources are available for your use: Palliative Caring booklets Palliative Caring – Revised September 2024 My…
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Palliative care workshops – in person
Palliative Care WA delivers a range of free, informative and interactive community education workshops to help people learn more about palliative care. Palliative…
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ACP community workshops
Palliative Care WA runs free, informative and interactive community workshops on advance care planning and palliative care in Perth and regional WA thanks to…
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Death cafés
What is a death café? Deathcafe.com is a worldwide movement started in London in 2010 by Jon Underwood and Sue Barsky Reid, based on…
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Grief cafes
A grief cafe is a compassionate space to have open conversations and find mutual support over coffee or tea. Our grief cafés are…
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