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Our information on issues to do with end-of-life planning, palliative care and grief and loss aims to help you to identify and understand your options, and equip you ask the right questions and take the next step.
Palliative care helps people with any life-limiting or terminal condition to live their life as fully and as comfortably as possible. Palliative care…
Palliative Care WA has compiled this directory of services in order to improve access to palliative care across Western Australia. The directory is…
What is grief? Grief is how we respond when we experience loss. Grief is a normal, natural and inevitable response to loss and…
Responding to the challenge of a life-limiting illness is an emotional and overwhelming time for patients, family and carers. No-one can prepare us…
Voluntary Assisted Dying is the name of a process for someone to access medication and legally choose the manner and timing of their…
When facing end of life, many people worry about what will happen to their pets. This can be very upsetting as they navigate…
Esperance community members learnt all about Advance Care Planning last week when PCWA team members Sabena and Julia visited the south-east coastal community. Our two workshops – My Future Care…
Our Writing Life and Death Together workshop on Friday 6 February led by authors Peta Murray and David Carlin in beautiful surroundings at the Herdsman Discovery Centre was a big…
You can find out more about Advance Care Planning by attending one of our workshops. Here is the latest schedule for January and February for our workshops in the metropolitan…
Join Palliative Care WA as we again host the Dead Right Quiz Night. With a new and improved format, it promises to be a fun night of trivia, fellowship and…
Palliative Care WA (PCWA) today announced the appointment of Mark Kinsela as its next Chief Executive Officer, commencing 2 March 2026. Mark will succeed Lenka Psar-McCabe, who will retire from…
As we begin a new year and chapter, Palliative Care WA would like to acknowledge outgoing Board President Dr Elissa Campbell. Dr Campbell, who had been Board President for eight…
We would like to take this opportunity to once again thank you for your support this year and to extend our very best wishes for a safe and joyous festive…
It’s been a very busy and rewarding year for Palliative Care WA. We have continued to strive to support the sector to allow our incredible palliative, health and aged care…
Following our Annual General Meeting, we are proud delighted to announce that Palliative Care WA (PCWA) has a new President, Liz Behjat. Liz is State Manager of Ageing Australia. Hiren…
HBF recently interviewed our staff members Julia Kennington and Sabena Lund about advance care planning and palliative care and shared the videos on Facebook. You can view these videos here:…
Our Palliative Care in WA Awards 2025 last week sponsored by Silverchain saw the sector come together to recognise and celebrate the exceptional people, teams and organisations who make such…
