Palliative Care Australia

Palliative Care Australia is the peak national organisation representing the interests and aspirations of all who share the ideal of quality care at the end of life for all.

Palliative Care Australia is an incorporated body whose members are the eight state and territory palliative care associations and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine. The membership of those associations includes palliative care service providers, clinicians, allied health professionals, academics, consumers and members of the general community.

What's new?

National Palliative Care Week 2013 This year's theme is Palliative care...everyone's business and the campaign dates are 19th - 25th May; Keep up to date with the latest NPCW news here.

12th Australian Palliative Care Conference - 2013 Palliative Care – everyone’s business will bring together over 700 delegates from across Australia and the world to explore the importance of palliative care in all its dimensions. The 12^th Australian Palliative Care Conference is from Tuesday 3 – Friday 6 September 2013 in Canberra. Click here for more information

Palliative Care eBulletin Keep informed about Palliative Care Australia publications, resources, events as well as new initiatives and projects in specific areas of practice. To read the latest edition, click here.

IAHPC Statement IAHPC release a position statement regarding the recent reports about a link between opioid usage and cancer growth. Click here to read.

News

LIFE before Death PCA and Moonshine Movies won the Arts and Health Foundation Award from the Australian Business Arts Foundation in Victoria for the screening of the award-winning documentary LIFE before Death in Canberra earlier this year. You can learn more about the film and purchase a copy here.	Australians deserve to Age Well PCA is part of the National Aged Care Alliance (NACA) Australians Deserve to Age Well Campaign which calls on the Government to implement the recommendations made in the Productivity Commission's report Caring for Older Australians. We need your support for the campaign - you can sign up by clicking the link on the right of this page.

Guidelines for a Palliative Approach for Aged Care in the Community Setting The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing have released an electronic copy of the guidelines, which have been approved by the NH&MRC. The guidelines are available here	National Palliative Care Consensus Statement Palliative Care Australia's call to action to ensure all Australians have access to quality care at the end of life. The Consensus Statement can be viewed here To read PCA's media release, click here

Importance of palliative care recognised The Productivity Commission's final report on Caring for Older Australians argues that palliative care should be core business of aged care. Read PCA's media release here The final report is available here	Submission to the Productivity Commission's Draft Report on Caring for Older Australians PCA has provided some additional comments to the Productivity Commission following the Draft Report on Caring for Older Australians. Read the submission here

Submissions for the Allied Professionals Forum Abstract submissions for the Allied Professionals Forum, to be held in Milan, Italy (December 2013) are due by 1 June 2013. For more information click here