Palliative Care
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.
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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. Palliative care…
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Find palliative care in WA
Palliative Care WA has compiled this directory of services in order to improve access to palliative care across Western Australia. The directory is…
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Grief and loss
What is grief? Grief is how we respond when we experience loss. Grief is a normal, natural and inevitable response to loss and…
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When you need help and advice
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…
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Voluntary Assisted Dying
Voluntary Assisted Dying is the name of a process for someone to access medication and legally choose the manner and timing of their…
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Care and support for pets
When facing end of life, many people worry about what will happen to their pets. This can be very upsetting as they navigate…
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View allNotice of Annual General Meeting – 9 December 2025
PALLIATIVE CARE WA INCORPORATED Western Australian Association Number A0822230Y NOTICE is given that the annual general meeting of the members of the above Association will be held at The Boulevard…
AMA Hippocrates Award goes to Dr Simon Towler – congratulations Simon!
Congratulations to Chief Medical Officer Dr Simon Towler, a long-time Palliative Care WA Board member and current Deputy President, who was presented with the Hippocrates Award at the recent Australian…
Nominations for the Board of Palliative Care WA for 2026 are now now open
Nominations are now open for election to the Palliative Care WA Board for 2026. As the peak body for the palliative care sector across the State, Palliative Care WA is…
Palliative Care in WA Awards 2025 – Finalists announced!
We are excited to announce the finalists for the Palliative Care in WA Awards 2025 sponsored by Silverchain. They are: PROFESSIONAL – sponsor Parkinson’s Western Australia Professor Davina Porock Dr…
Recruitment begins for new Palliative Care WA CEO for 2026
Palliative Care WA (PCWA) today announced that Chief Executive Officer Lenka Psar-McCabe will be retiring in 2026 after three years with the organisation. Lenka has advised the Board of her…
National Palliative Care Standards and PaCSA tool strengthen care
The National Palliative Care Standards and PaCSA tool make it easier for those working in aged care, a rural clinic or the community to deliver the best care. The Standards:…
Sensory Loss Project resources launched – enhancing access to advance care planning
A series of quick guides and Auslan videos explaining advance care planning (ACP) and palliative care have been developed by Palliative Care WA in association with WA Primary Health Alliance…
Palliative Care in WA Awards 2025 – Nomination date extended to Friday 26 September!
The Palliative Care in WA Awards 2025 acknowledge the efforts of professionals and volunteers who care for people who are at end-of-life and offer public recognition of individuals, teams and…
WA finalist in 2025 Live Well Die Well Art Prize
Congratulations to Leeann Pedersen, Aboriginal Health Liaison Officer, Palliative Care in Geraldton, for being one of 33 artists from across Australia and the only Western Australian to be selected as…
Thank you Suncorp and Tour de Cure!
A huge thank to Suncorp’s Tour de Cure and Spirit to Cure. We are so very grateful to be the recipients of a $10,000 grant to help us work with…
Nominations for the Palliative Care in WA Awards 2025 are now open!
The Palliative Care in WA Awards 2025 acknowledge the efforts of professionals and volunteers who care for people who are at end-of-life and offer public recognition of individuals, teams and…
Advance Care Planning International to develop global definition of ACP
Advance Care Planning International is seeking input via a questionnaire from those involved in Advance Care Planning to support the development of a global definition of Advance Care Planning. Welphi…