Brisbane North PHN is inviting applications for the Palliative Care Access, Translation, and Quality Improvement program (Palliative CATQIP).
The Palliative CATQIP seeks to empower candidates in various workplace settings to champion enhancements within their organisations. From translating research into evidence-based practice to implementing quality improvement projects, candidates will lead small-scale change activities.
The Palliative CATQIP program asks successful applicants to
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be Inspired by attending the Oceanic Palliative Care Conference 2025
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reflect on what you have learned and how this could be applied to your work
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design and implement a change activity that would improve access or quality of palliative care within your workplace
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evaluate your change activity- what impact did it have? Celebrate your achievements and plan future action.
No experience with implementing change is necessary- support and templates are provided.
Benefits to candidates:
- strengthened palliative and end of life knowledge
- Increased confidence and skills in designing, implementing, and evaluating change activities within your workplace
- Expanded professional networks.
Benefits to organisations
- Upskilling of staff to make improvements to practice based on evidence.
- Improved efficiency and/or quality of work delivered; or valuable lessons in change management.
Benefits to the community
- Collectively- improved access and quality of palliative care.
Candidates in aged care, disability support, or primary care are strongly encouraged to apply.
See Information Sheet for more information
Apply via the online application form or download and email the pdf form
Applications close 3 August 2025
[From ACPA]
Advance Care Planning Australia are excited to share the key findings from our 2025 Advance Care Planning Prevalence Study – a landmark national report highlighting the current state of advance care planning in Australia.
The findings reveal that advance care planning is still not embedded as a routine part of basic health care. Many Australians are missing crucial opportunities to document and communicate their preferences for future care, leaving health professionals without clear guidance during critical moments.
This is the first national study to take a contemporary, holistic approach — expanding beyond documentation to explore conversations with loved ones, appointment of substitute decision-makers, and the underlying attitudes and motivators influencing participation.
Explore the full report and learn how these insights can support your practice.
Dementia Australia have released a new palliative care course on their Ask Annie app
Ask Annie app
On-the-go dementia training designed for care workers. With short, practical and interactive modules, Dementia Australia’s award-winning Ask Annie app helps you fit dementia care skills development into your busy day.
New course: Palliative care
This course assists residential aged care workers (including clinical and allied health staff) in understanding and practising the different cultural customs and traditions around death and dying, using a case study of a Greek woman, Anastasia that is specific to the Greek culture.
https://www.dementia.org.au/professionals/professional-development-and-training/ask-annie-app
[From End of Life Essentials]
A new animated video launched by End-of-Life Essentials (EOLE) at Flinders University helps to equip healthcare professionals with the tools to respond to grief with care and confidence.
Developed in consultation with bereavement care experts and a family caregiver who generously shared his own experience, the animation supports the broader goal of the EOLE project, to strengthen end-of-life care through free, evidence-based, and accessible education for all health professionals.
Watch the video here - https://vimeo.com/1086218060
[From Caring@Home project]
caring@home is proud to launch new resources to support First Nations families.
The new resources support culturally safe practical care and medicines safety for First Nations people who are receiving care at home or on Country.
Clinical services can download and print the resources to give to families as needed. Each resource is available with either Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander artwork.
NEW Providing practical care step-by-step guides
A short training video – How to move and position a person in bed – will be available soon.
Supporting terminal care at home: new checklist for community nurses
Thorough and proactive planning by community nurses is essential to support people who wish to die at home, and their families. It can help prevent unnecessary hospital transfers during the terminal phase.
caring@home has developed a new resource to assist with this: the Terminal care planning checklist for nurses in the community.
The checklist:
✅ outlines key steps to support the well-coordinated care of a person at home. It helps nurses follow a clear process, supports effective education and preparation for families, and strengthens communication between health professionals.
✅ can be used as part of routine clinical practice to improve the quality of end-of-life care and support people to die at home, if that is their preference, in the last hours, days or week of life.
✅ aligns with the terminal care management clinical process as described in the Prompts for End-of-Life Planning (PELP) Framework
[From PCNA]
2026 Palliative Care Nurses Australia Biennial Conference
10 - 12 June, 2026
Adelaide Convention Centre, South Australia.
Join us in Adelaide for what promises to be another unmissable event!
The 2026 PCNA Conference is a fantastic opportunity for healthcare professionals, researchers, educators and palliative care experts to come together to collaborate, connect, share industry experiences and learn about the latest advances in palliative care nursing.
Call for Abstracts Opening - August 2025
Registrations Opening - December 2025
www.pcnaconference.au
What’s your story?
Calling for papers for #IDC2026
Your work or lived experience could make an impact on dementia care – so tell us all about it!
Submit a paper if you:
- Work in health and aged care with a focus on complex dementia, palliative care and positive ageing
- Are a scientific, clinical or psychosocial researcher
- Are a person living with dementia or a carer
Help transform dementia care – tell us what you’re doing!
Submit a paper or ePoster: https://www.dementiaconference.com/submit
[From Somerset Regional Council]
Kilcoy Multicultural carnival promises to be another engaging event. There will be an opportunity for services which are keen to reach our Kilcoy multi-cultural community to have a presence at the event.
Event: 2025 Kilcoy Multicultural Carnival
Date: Friday 24 October 2025
Time:
- Commence 4pm (vendors must be on-site and set-up as per the bump in schedule which will be approx. 3pm)
- Conclude 7pm (the programming will conclude at 7pm and vendors are expected to stay until the end of programming before bump-out)
Location: Yowie Park Kilcoy (next to the visitor information centre)
Cost: There is no site costs for information/support service vendors
Requirements: Vendors are to provide the following for their booth
- Appropriate 3x3M marquee
- Battery operated lighting for under the Marquee as the event is held at dusk.
- Trestle/chairs if required
- Branded tablecloth if required
- Collateral and signage (pull up banners etc)
- Any giveaways
Information and support service booths must fit within the funding objectives.
The objectives of the Multicultural Carnival are to promote Queensland’s multicultural identity through:
- Intercultural connections and community participation.
- Increased understanding between culturally diverse groups.
- Increased opportunities to support the economic and social aspirations of people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
- Increased community capacity to address emerging issues and foster access to services; and/or
- Increased engagement of general community groups in connecting and welcoming people from culturally diverse backgrounds into a wide range of community activities.
For more information, contact Somerset Regional Council (mail@somerset.qld.gov.au)
[From OPCC]
A range of pre-conference activities will take place as part of the 2025 Oceanic Palliative Care Conference.
Attendees are invited to deepen their learning through a series of interactive workshops led by experts in the field.
In addition to the workshops, pre-conference tours will offer unique insights into local services and community-led palliative care initiatives. All pre-conference tours are available at an additional cost and places are limited, so early booking is recommended.
Entries to the the Live Well, Die Well Art Prize are also open, which celebrates creative expression and storytelling in palliative care.
Pre Conference workshops:
- Workshop 1 | Train-the-Trainer: The Waiting Room Revolution | 1.30pm - 5.00pm, Rydges Hotel South Bank
- Workshop 2 | Connecting Disability & Palliative Care | 1.30pm - 5.00pm, Rydges Hotel South Bank
- Workshop 3 | Compassionate Endings | 1.30pm - 5.00pm, Rydges Hotel South Bank
- Workshop 4 | REFLECT, WRITE, REVISE | 1.30pm - 5.00pm, Rydges Hotel South Bank
- Workshop 5 | Breathless Moments - TSANZ x ANZSPM Respiratory Palliative Care Special Interest Group Workshop | 1.30pm - 5.00pm, BCEC
https://icebergevents.eventsair.com/25opcc/pre-conference-workshops
Preconference tours
Adult and Paediatric- see https://icebergevents.eventsair.com/25opcc/pre-conference-tours
Fees apply and registration is essential
Proposed Meeting Schedule 2025 (61.7 KB) (pdf)
July 2025