Palliative Care Australia

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Join us as we open up the conversation about the last taboo - death and dying. We know it's a difficult conversation to have with yourself and your loved ones, but it's a crucial and empowering one to have. Whether you're someone who works in palliative care, have a loved one going through palliative care, are bereaved, or if you're the one living with a life limiting illness this podcast is for you. We will be talking to experts from the field and people living and working at the end of life. You only die once, so let's do it right...

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The Essence of Spiritual Care 09.02.2023 28:17

In this episode we launch online training that aims to highlight the power of spirituality in the delivery of health and palliative care and support the health professionals and spiritual care practitioners who do this work. Reflecting on their own experiences, we hear from South Australia’s Sara Fleming, a Nurse Practitioner, who comes to this conversation with a 23 year career in palliative care...

Palliative care in a war zone 02.02.2023 33:01

In this episode meet Victorian based palliative care physiotherapist and researcher - Rachel Coghlan. In reflecting on her work as a physio in palliative care, Rachel talks about supporting people to get outside and walk, garden, breath fresh air, and keep fulfilling their life goals as they face death. She says, “How I get them there is physiotherapy, why I get them there is palliative care.” Thr...

"You only die once so make it a good one" - Prof Samar Aoun 19.01.2023 32:55

Samar advocates for a person-centred approach to the end of life. She focuses on under-served groups such as those with motor neurone disease (MND) and dementia, people who are terminally ill and live alone, and those caring for a loved one. Samar is the Perron Institute Research Chair in Palliative Care at the University of Western Australia and an Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University. She co...

In conversation with the NSW Senior Australian of the Year 2023 11.01.2023 32:08

Former nurse Teresa Plane is recognised as a pioneer of modern palliative care in Australia. Having studied palliative care models of care around the globe, Teresa opened a hospice and palliative care unit at Mt Carmel Hospital in Western Sydney in 1978. She also launched a home care program, supported by a charity she’d established to advocate on behalf of the dying. She also has a long history o...