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
Healthcare Management Advisors are undertaking an independent evaluation of the Australian Government-funded Improving Palliative Care Training and Outcomes in Aged Care Measure (Measure). This Measure, established in 2021, aims to improve palliative care for older Australians by enhancing palliative care training for the aged care and primary care workforce.
Two key programs funded through the Measure are:
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Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA) Aged Care: provides tailored, on-site palliative care training and education for staff in organisations delivering aged care through experiential ‘reverse placements’
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Palliative Aged Care Outcomes Program (PACOP): supports residential aged care homes/providers to integrate standardised palliative care assessment tools and clinical response protocols into routine care delivery.
You can read more about the evaluation here.
Who can participate and why your input matters
This anonymous survey is open to all organisations delivering aged care across Australia (residential aged care providers, home care providers, and other types of organisations providing aged care).
We want to hear from you, whether or not your organisation has participated in PEPA Aged Care or PACOP. Your feedback will help us understand current palliative care practices, training needs, challenges, and program impacts to improve future palliative care initiatives.
All staff in aged care organisations are eligible to respond to the survey. However, please respond from your organisation’s perspective rather than as an individual staff member.
Important things to note
- The survey will take 10-15 minutes if your organisation has participated in PEPA Aged Care or PACOP, 15-20 minutes if your organisation has participated in both programs, and 5-10 minutes if your organisation has not participated in either program.
- Responses from all participants will be combined, and this aggregated data will be analysed and incorporated into an evaluation report for the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.
- Your responses will be completely anonymous. You and your organisation will not be identified in any reports or papers using information from this survey.
- All information collected will be stored securely and only used for the purpose of this specific evaluation.
- The survey will close on Friday 15 August at 5pm.
Caring@Home is offering 2 modes of education to enhance palliative practice:
Proposed Schedule for 2025 (v8) (139 KB) (pdf)
November 2025