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When it comes to palliative care, awareness and understanding are essential to achieving best practice and navigating a difficult and sensitive experience.
November 1, 2024
World Compassionate Communities Day 2024
On World Compassionate Communities Day, PCQ encourages everyone to promote the understanding of Compassionate Communities and to seek out opportunities to support those who are lonely, those with a life-limiting illness, those that are grieving or those that are caregiving. Visiting Ipswich Hospital Palliative Care Unit, Ipswich Community Palliative Care…
October 15, 2024
Palliative Care Queensland Annual Summit and Awards 2024
A fantastic day of education, conversation and awards. Alongside incredible sector insights from staff on the ground, each one of the Palliative Care Queensland Summit attendees have assisted us in shaping the palliative care priorities for 2025. Every bit of insight and information gathered will be used to finalise the…
September 23, 2024
Palliative Care Queensland Statement – Voluntary Assisted Dying Coroner’s Inquest Report
In Short A coroner has found Queensland’s voluntary assisted dying laws are not “well-considered” after an elderly man took his own life using drugs prescribed for his partner. Coroner David O’Connell has recommended a health professional be present every time a deadly substance is administered. The government will consider bringing…
September 18, 2024
Aged care reforms lack detail on workforce (ABC News Radio National)
Under sweeping aged care funding reforms, some older Australians will have to pay more for their care, particularly if they’re self-funded retirees. The idea is it’ll improve the quality of services and alleviate pressure on the sector, as well as encourage more people to stay in their homes and receive…
August 29, 2024
People encouraged to completely rethink their perspective on death, by thought-provoking and bittersweet new campaign
The way we care for our dying is a meaningful indicator of our society’s values. Yet, death isn’t a subject most of us like to think about. In fact, Western society tends to take a very head-in-the-sand approach to the subject. Palliative Care Queensland (PCQ) passionately believes that we need…
August 13, 2024
An Embrace of the End. How Palliative Care Volunteers Can Transform Our Perception of Death.
With the rate of volunteering declining within the palliative care sector, and the demand for volunteer services at an all time high, the need for community assistance in building personalised final arrangements and removing the stigma surrounding end of life planning will be essential for a dignified death. But how…
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