In this issue

Policy update 2

News 4 Australian Pallia ve Care Conference 5 NSAP update 5 Member updates 6 Sector News 7

Conferences and events 9

July 2010

Brand new look coming in a week’s me!

PCA and its members unite under new na onal brand We are excited to announce that Pallia ve Care Australia and the state and territory pallia ve care organisa ons will be launching a new na onal brand next week. The adop on of na onal branding seeks to reflect a contemporary and unified approach to pallia ve care regardless of jurisdic on, to increase awareness about pallia ve care in the community, and present a strong voice and cohesive pallia ve care sector to all of our audiences to achieve the best possible outcomes.

From the President I am very pleased to announce that Ms Liz Callaghan has accepted our offer of appointment as CEO of Pallia ve Care Australia.

Liz is currently Director of Strategic Policy for Catholic Health Australia. She comes to us with significant policy, leadership and management experience in the not for profit and government sectors.

She has previously held roles in the South Australian and Victorian Departments of Health, Metropolitan Domiciliary Care, the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards and the Department of Management at RMIT University Melbourne.

Liz has been involved in a statewide review of health services in South Australia and led the development of a ten year rural health plan in Victoria.

Liz has qualifica ons in Nursing, holds a Bachelor of Social Work, a Graduate Diploma in Human Services Research, Monitoring and Evalua on and a Master's Degree in Public Policy and Management.

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She has edited and contributed to two books: Determining the Future: A Fair Go & Health for All and Exploring the Connec ons: Catholic Social Teaching and the Social Determinants of Health. Liz is also a board member of Companion House, a medical and counselling service in Canberra for refugees and asylum seekers who are vic ms of torture and trauma.

Liz has a strong vision and commitment to pallia ve care and issues associated with social determinants of health. The Board is very pleased to welcome her to the PCA team. She will commence in the role on Monday 27 October.

I would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the fantas c contribu on that Rita Evans has made as interim CEO. Rita’s exper se in pallia ve care and her special personal quali es have been very much appreciated by the Board. Professor Patsy Yates President

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PCA e‐bulle n August 2014

Policy update

Submission to the Senate Select Commi ee on Health PCA's submission is now available on the PCA website.

The submission raises a number of issues for pallia ve care related to the Inquiry. A key point made is that it is important that there is greater certainty about future funding arrangements to facilitate service and workforce planning, and to address the growing needs associated with popula on growth, popula on ageing and the increasing incidence of chronic condi ons.

Australian Ins tute of Health and Welfare Pallia ve care services in Australia 2014 This report on Australian pallia ve care services is the third in this series. It provides detailed informa on on the na onal response to the pallia ve care needs of Australians, using a range of Australian Ins tute of Health and Welfare and other data sources.

The report shows that pallia ve care related

separa ons (a separa on refers to the episode of

admi ed pa ent care) increased by 52% since

2002‐03, totalling 57,614 pallia ve care related

separa ons from public and private hospitals in

Australia in 2011‐12. Pa ents aged 75 and over

accounted for half of these.

In 2011‐12, pallia ve care related separa ons

accounted for 0.6% of all separa ons, but more than

39.5% of pa ents who died as an admi ed pa ent

had been a pallia ve care pa ent during their final

separa on. Approximately 17,200 pallia ve care

pa ents died with cancer as a principal diagnosis.

There were just over 226,000 permanent residen al

aged care residents in 2012‐13 with completed Aged

Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) assessments; almost

1 in 18 of these residents had an ACFI assessment

indica ng the need for pallia ve care.

Na onally, about 11,700 pa ents received a pallia ve

medicine specialist service subsidised through the

Medicare Benefits Schedule during 2012‐13, for

which approximately $4.7 million was paid in

benefits.

Over the past few years, Pallia ve Care Australia has undergone significant governance change, which culminated in adop ng a new cons tu on for the organisa on on the occasion of our 21st birthday at the end of 2012. From this, it was felt the ming was right to inves gate na onal branding, a process which also offers opportuni es to develop stronger rela onships with Member Organisa ons for the benefit of everyone involved. The process of developing the new na onal brand has been a very collabora ve and passionate process undertaken over the past 12 months and has involved forming a group of representa ves from Member Organisa ons to provide input at each stage of the project; engaging internal stakeholders such as the PCA Board, Staff and the Na onal Policy Commi ee through workshops and mee ngs; and involving external stakeholders from our key target audiences e.g. parliamentarians, bureaucrats, health professionals, volunteers, carers and other health bodies, via telephone interviews and surveys. We have been led through the process by R2L & Associates, an agency experienced in brand review and development in the not for profit sector, based in Melbourne.

The result of this process has been to refine what PCA stands for as an organisa on, the values and quali es our brand presents, and what we offer to our target audiences. A new visual iden ty for the organisa on has also been developed.

Pallia ve Care Australia and the state and territory pallia ve care organisa ons will launch the new brand on Thursday 9 October; med to coincide with World Hospice and Pallia ve Care Day on Saturday 11 October. From this date you will start to see the new iden ty rolled out across all organisa on communica ons, for example on websites and sta onery. It will be phased in gradually over the next few months as resources are reprinted and updated. Keep an eye out for our new look next week and, of course, a refreshed ebulle n will be coming your way in October!

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Na onally, more than 19,500 pa ents had a pallia ve

care related prescrip on subsidised through the

Pharmaceu cal Benefits Scheme during 2012‐13. This

equates to a rate of 85.2 pa ents per 100,000

popula on. Laxa ves were the pallia ve care related

prescrip ons most o en dispensed in 2012‐13,

followed by analgesics and an ‐epilep cs (37.3%,

26.6% and 14.2%, respec vely).

Specialist pallia ve medicine physicians made up

nearly 5 in 1,000 (0.53%) employed medical

specialists, with an es mated 148 working in Australia

in 2012. In 2012, over half (56.5%) of employed

specialist pallia ve medicine physicians were female;

only 26.8% of other employed clinician specialists

were female.

Pallia ve Care Australia welcomed the report, which makes a valuable contribu on to our understanding of the delivery of pallia ve care, but is concerned that the majority of Australians who need pallia ve care services are not receiving them. ‘The report shows us that just 20% of people who died in 2011‐12 were receiving pallia ve care,’ said Professor Patsy Yates, president of Pallia ve Care Australia. ‘Although this doesn’t include those who had access to pallia ve care and died at home, when you compare this to the latest research which es mates anywhere between 50% – 90% of people would benefit from access to pallia ve care services, it is clear we are falling well short of what is required.’ The increasing number of hospital admissions is also at odds with the overwhelming preference of people to be supported to die at home. Fi y‐one (51%) of people who died in 2011‐12 did so in hospital. The report also indicates a need to promote and embed the benefits of pallia ve care for people across the range of chronic diseases. Nearly 60% of pallia ve care admissions who died had a diagnosis of cancer, yet demen a and Alzheimer’s disease, despite being the third leading causes of death in Australia, do not even feature in the pallia ve care admissions data in this report. ‘We really need to commit to developing a Pallia ve Care Workforce Strategy which embeds pallia ve care

into the educa on and training of all health professionals across their careers. We must ensure that pallia ve care becomes everybody’s business,’ said Professor Yates For more informa on refer to PCA’s media release.

The full report is available on the AIHW website here.

Gra an Ins tute report Dying Well A new report released by the Gra an Ins tute addresses issues with dying in Australia. It states that dying in Australia is more ins tu onalised than in other countries, with only about 14% of people dying at home, despite approximately 70% of people indica ng a wish to do so. About half of people die in hospital and a third in residen al care. Dying Well finds that because most people do not prepare or plan for their death, they o en experience a disconnected, confusing and distressing array of services, interven ons and rela onships with health professionals. The report recommends more public discussion, including an educa on campaign, about the limits of health care as death approaches and the need to focus on end of life care. The widespread adop on of advance care planning is suggested as a way of ensuring people’s wishes for the end of life are met. The report notes that because most people die in old age of chronic diseases, dying is now more predictable and this gives us opportuni es to help people plan to die well. It recommends iden fying trigger points for discussing preferences for dying and the prepara on of advance care plans, for example on entry to a residen al aged care facility. It also recommends having consistent legisla ve and regulatory arrangements for advance care plans consistent across jurisdic ons – something Pallia ve Care Australia has also called for. Finally, the authors recommend having greater investment in community based care to shi the focus from cures and ins tu onal care to suppor ng people’s wishes to die at home. The report argues the cost of increased community based care would be offset by reducing costs of hospital and residen al care. Read the report in full on the Gra an Ins tute’s website.

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News Update from the Department of Health The Prime Minister has announced the appointment of Mar n Bowles PSM to lead the Department of Health following the move of former Secretary, Jane Halton, to the finance department in June.

Mr Bowles has been the Secretary of Immigra on and Border Protec on since January 2013. He was previously Deputy Secretary of the Energy, Safety and Corporate Group at the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and earlier, Deputy Secretary Defence and leader of the Defence Support Group. Prior to joining the Commonwealth, Mr Bowles held senior execu ve posi ons in New South Wales educa on and health.

He will commence in the posi on from mid October.

Update from the Department of Social Services In conjunc on with the recent changes to the Aged Care Act 1997 (the Act) and its subordinate legisla on, the Department of Social Services has iden fied an opportunity to enhance the way it presents informa on to aged care stakeholders. The Guide to Aged Care Law (the Guide) has now been released. The Department in consulta on with aged care stakeholders developed the Guide as an online resource. It is designed to be an easy to use, plain English text that will help assist approved providers understand their responsibili es and obliga ons under the Act. The Guide provides the Department with a pla orm to provide the latest informa on to aged care stakeholders rela ng to updates to the Act and its subordinate legisla on. The Guide will provide informa on rela ng to: residen al care

home care

flexible care

residen al respite care. The Guide can be accessed online on the DSS website.

The Department of Social Services also produces regular newsle ers to advise of important government announcements that affect the aged care sector. These communica ons are available from the DSS website. The latest newsle er features new video resources ‘Let’s talk about the changes to aged care’ and ps on providing informa on about aged care fees and which forms to complete to families. European Associa on for Pallia ve Care The Prague Charter – survey You are invited to par cipate in a survey to assess the impact of the Prague Charter: Pallia ve Care – a human right. The European Associa on for Pallia ve Care (EAPC) and its partner organisa ons the Interna onal Associa on for Pallia ve Care (IAHPC), the Worldwide Hospice and Pallia ve Care Alliance (WHPCA), Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Union for Interna onal Cancer Control (UICC) launched the pe on in December 2012 on Avaaz org. It was officially endorsed by the EAPC at the Prague Congress in May 2013 in order to raise awareness of the lack of access to pallia ve care across the World leading to millions of people experience unnecessary suffering. The Prague Charter has been translated into 23 languages and disseminated to na onal and interna onal health and pallia ve care associa ons. This survey asks how you have used the Charter for advocacy purposes within your organisa on and/or your country. It takes about 5 ‐ 10 minutes to complete. The deadline is October 31st. The results of this ques onnaire will be published in the European Journal of Pallia ve Care and presented at the EAPC World Congress in Copenhagen, 8‐10 May 2015. Click here to access to the survey.

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Australian Pallia ve Care Conference

Save the date for the 2015 Conference We are very pleased to announce preliminary details about the 13th Australian Pallia ve Care Conference:

Dates: 1 ‐ 4 September, 2015 Venue: Melbourne Conven on and Exhibi on Centre The conference will bring together delegates from across Australia and the world to explore the importance of pallia ve care in all its dimensions. Clinicians, researchers, volunteers, allied health prac oners, educators, carers and all those who have a passion for pallia ve care will share best prac ce, hear the latest research, be challenged by keynote speakers and build valuable networks. Melbourne is a city of energy, sophis ca on and innova on. Melbourne excels in the fields of medicine, science and research while also offering outstanding arts, culture and food. The vibrancy and diversity of Melbourne will provide a great backdrop to what promises to be a very exci ng, challenging and innova ve conference.

Please visit the newly created conference website and sign up to receive regular updates via email.

There is also a handy tool which will add the conference dates straight into your outlook calendar.

At PCA we’ve made some changes to the way we run events. The PCA Board has made the decision to bring all conference and events management inside the organisa on rather than working with an external conference organiser to deliver the Australian Pallia ve Care Conference. As a result, we’ve expanded the events team – Gretchen Irvine is the Conference and Events Manager and we welcome Bryan Wilson to PCA as Conference and Events Officer. Bryan comes to PCA with a wealth of experience in event management from the venue and supplier perspec ve.

If you have any ques ons, sugges ons or ideas about the conference, please get in touch with the PCA Events Team on 02 6163 8444 or events@pallia vecare.org.au

Na onal Standards Assessment Program

NEW NSAP Resource NSAP has recently launched a new resource series called “Key learnings to share with the sector.” These include hints and ps, and ideas for improvement strategies and improvement measures. Topics are iden fied from the Pallia ve Care Standards and common improvement areas iden fied by specialist pallia ve care services. The first resources launched are from the NSAP CQI Collabora ve projects: Support for Carers Assessment and Care Planning A copy of these resources are available on the resources page on the NSAP website . Peer Mentorship It is part of the NSAP cycle to support services to implement their quality improvement ac vi es.

One way NSAP does this is through the peer mentor process, which enables a service to receive a visit from an experienced prac oner from outside of their State/Territory who has been provided with quality improvement methodology training.

The two‐fold purpose of this visit is to support services to improve the quality of their self assessment process for future cycles and provide advice and support regarding proposed implementa on of the key improvement areas. In addi on, the peer mentor visit enables the sharing of effec ve quality improvements across the sector.

Services have reported that peer mentorship has ‘helped (them) to engage people in overall understanding of the quality improvement cycle’. All Services in the CQI phase are eligible to have a peer mentor visit. Contact NSAP for more informa on and to book your peer mentor visit. More informa on on peer mentorship is available from the NSAP website.

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Pallia ve Care WA Annual Commemora on PCWA’s Annual Commemora on is a service to the community and part of our work to raise awareness about pallia ve care and death and dying. Come and join us to light a candle in memory of your loved one, seek comfort from the experiences of others and seek hope for the future: Thursday 16 October 2014 7‐8pm (doors open 6.30pm) Winthrop Hall, University of Western Australia There is no charge to a end, but please RSVP to 1300 551 704 or pcwainc@pallia vecarewa.asn.au For more informa on, please visit the PCWA website. Western Australian Pallia ve Care Conference There is just one month to go un l the 2014 Western Australian Pallia ve Care Conference, Transla ng evidence into prac ce: Connec ng the links. Friday 31 October 2014 8.30am—5.30pm Technology Park Func on Centre Visit the conference website for program details and informa on about how to register. Welcome Lana We’d like to extend a warm welcome to Lana Glogowski who has commenced as the new Execu ve Officer of Pallia ve Care WA. Lana brings with her 25 years of experience in the human services sector, including the last five as a private consultant. Lana had already undertaken a number of projects for PCWA when the opportunity arose for her to join them more permanently. Contact Lana on pcwainc@pallia vecarewa.asn.au or 1300 551 704.

Member events Save the dates! Pallia ve Care NSW Conference 22 ‐ 24 October Menzies Hotel, Sydney Visit the conference website for more informa on. Pallia ve Care Queensland Conference Held in associa on with the Australian Pain Management Associa on. 3 ‐ 5 December Southbank Ins tute of Technology, Brisbane Visit the conference website for more informa on. Tasmanian Associa on for Hospice and Pallia ve Care Annual General Mee ng 18 October, 11am The Grange, Campbell Town For more informa on, click here. Pallia ve Care NSW Annual General Mee ng 23 October, 5pm Menzies Hotel, Sydney Pallia ve Care Council South Australia Annual General Mee ng 28 October, 6pm HLB Mann Judd, Dulwich For more informa on, click here. Pallia ve Care Victoria Annual General Mee ng 25 November, 1pm Melbourne Citymission Pallia ve Care, Nth Fitzroy For more informa on, click here.

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PCA member organisa on updates Palliative Care Australia’s membership comprises the eight state and territory palliative care organisations and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine. These organisations created and share the vision, mission and aims of Palliative Care Australia and operate through a federated governance structure.

Sector News

CareSearch Pallia ve Care Phone Advisory Now Available Decision Assist is pleased to announce that the 24/7 na onal Pallia ve Care Phone Advisory Service is now available to assist GPs and health professionals working with older Australians. Call 1300 668 908 for the cost of a local call to receive specialist advice on all your pa ent or client pallia ve care needs. The phone service can also help with advance care planning informa on from 8am un l 8pm. How do I care for a loved with a life limi ng illness? New factsheet available To help carers iden fy and find support, CareSearch is producing and distribu ng a set of informa on sheets that focus on carers and families. The latest factsheet in this series focuses on how carers manage caring in everyday life. You can view all of the carers factsheet series on the resources page. NPS MedicineWise Be Medicinewise week 2014 Be Medicinewise Week is a na onal awareness and educa on ini a ve run by NPS MedicineWise to encourage Australians to use their medicines safely and more effec vely. Be Medicinewise Week takes place from the 13 ‐19 October 2014 and the theme for this year’s campaign is Are your medicines helping or hindering? Australia’s medicines use is increasing, and it’s more important than ever to ensure that all Australians are conscious of what medicines, including complementary medicines, they are taking and how to manage their medicines safely. During the week, there will be a daily focus on a topic related to medicines safety, including pain relievers and analgesia, complementary medicines, adverse medicines events and interac ons, inadvertent medicines misuse and using medicines safely in different environments.

For further informa on on the daily ac vi es and Be Medicinewise challenges, please visit the NPS MedicineWise website. Consumer Health Forum of Australia Urgent expressions of interest required The CHF is seeking consumer representa ves interested in being considered for nomina on to the following working groups: Topic Working Groups The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) develops and supports na onal safety and clinical standards, formulates and implements na onal accredita on schemes, and develops na onal health related data sets. The Commission iden fies best prac ce clinical care to ensure the appropriateness of services being delivered in a par cular health care se ng. Part of the Commission’s work is to develop clinical care standards to improve the delivery of appropriate care. The Commission is seeking nomina ons from consumers to par cipate in the development of the clinical care standard for two topic working groups, one for hip fracture care and another for delirium. Topic working group members will advise the Commission on strategies, resource materials and communica ons to support the adherence of the clinical care standard by clinicians, consumers and health services Hip Fracture Care Topic Working Group The workload entails at least four full day mee ngs in Sydney. The first two mee ngs will be held on 28 October and early December 2014 and the following two mee ngs are expected to take place in March and August 2015. Delirium Topic Working Group The workload entails at least four full day mee ngs in Sydney. The first two mee ngs will be held on 31 October and early December 2014 and the following two mee ngs are expected to take place in March and August 2015.

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Eligibility: Open to current IAHPC members (individuals and ins tu ons) in all countries of the world. Ins tu ons may be represented by a single designated individual. IAHPC board members, staff, and their rela ves, directors, contractors and vendors are not eligible to par cipate. The14th World Congress of the European Associa on for Pallia ve Care (EAPC) will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark. Winners will be announced the week of November 17, 2014. Some of the IAHPC’s Membership Benefits include: Unlimited access / downloads of full text ar cles from leading pallia ve care journals online including:

Journal of Pallia ve Medicine

Pallia ve Medicine

Progress in Pallia ve Care

Interna onal Journal of Pallia ve Nursing

Journal of Pain and Pallia ve Care Pharmacotherapy Visit the website for more informa on.

Research

Australian Palliative Medicine Research Review The latest of Australian Pallia ve Medicine Research Review is available online. This Review features key medical ar cles from global journals, including: Analgesic efficacy of cor costeroid therapy Personalised pain management in cancer

pa ents Doctors’ knowledge of the law on withholding

and withdrawing life‐sustaining treatment Calcium carbonate soda crystals for the

treatment of oedema Prescribing for nausea in pallia ve care Insomnia in pallia ve care pa ents Care strategy for death ra le End of life care in cri cal and acute se ngs Gabapen n for pruritus and restless legs

syndrome Factors effec ng end of life care outcomes.

Research Review publica ons are free to receive for all Australian health professionals. Sign Up here to receive the publica on on a regular basis.

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care – Risk Communica on Project Steering Group The Commission is planning to develop an online training module on best prac ce in risk communica on, in a style and format that is suitable for medical colleges to use as part of their professional training programs. This works supports pa ent centred care and complements work that is focusing on reducing unwarranted healthcare varia on and increasing appropriateness of care. To undertake this work the Commission is establishing the Risk Communica on Project Steering Group. The Steering Group will provide both clinical and consumer exper se in the development of an online training module on risk communica on. It is an cipated that the work of the Steering Group will consist of three mee ngs. The first mee ng will take place in Melbourne in November 2014. Interested par es should complete a CHF nomina on form available online or by contac ng Ghislaine Alventoza on 02 6273 5444 g.alventoza@chf.org.au .

IAHPC Members Recogni on Prizes The IAHPC has designated October as their Members’ Recogni on Month in order to build awareness and understanding of the vital func on that their members play in the advancement of our mission as well as to formally acknowledge their support. IAHPC will be giving a prize in the following two categories: 1. Recognising Loyalty: Goal: to maintain the loyalty of members by giving a prize among those individual and ins tu on(s) who have been a member of IAHPC for at least 2 consecu ve years by September 30, 2014. 2. Increasing Membership: Goal: to increase the number of members by giving a prize to the current member who brings the highest number of new or renewed members un l October 31, 2014. For both categories, the prize will be an IAHPC Travelling Scholarship to the EAPC Congress 2015.

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12th Allied Professionals Forum The Forum is focused on prac ce and experience for health professionals in the care and support of people living with ALS/MND. Brussels, Belgium 4 December 2014 W: h p://www.alsmndalliance.org/alsmndmee ngs/

25th Interna onal Symposium on ALS/MND Brussels, Belgium 5‐7 December 2014 W: h p://www.mndassocia on.org/research/

Interna onal+Symposium

22nd Interna onal Conference of the Indian Associa on of Pallia ve Care—IAPCON 2015 Hyderabad, India 13‐15February 2015 W: h p://iapcon2015hyd.com/# 2015 Australian Pain Society 35th Annual Scien fic Mee ng ‐ Managing Pain: from Mechanism to Policy Brisbane Conven on Centre, QLD 15 ‐ 18 March 2015 W: h p://www.dcconferences.com.au/aps2015 2015 Asia Pacific Hospice Conference Taipei, Taiwan 30 April ‐ 3 May 2015 W: h p://www.2015aphc.org/ 14th World Congress of the European Associa on for Pallia ve Care—EAPC 2015 Copenhagen, Denmark 8‐10 May 2015 W: h p://www.eapc‐2015.org/ 10th Interna onal Symposium on Pediatric Pain Sea le, Washington USA 31 May – 4 June 2015 W: h p://www.ispp2015.com/ ACSA/IAHSA Interna onal Global Ageing Conference Perth Conven on Centre 1 August ‐ 4 September 2015. Abstracts due: 24 October 2014 W: h ps://wired.ivvy.com/event/ACSA15/ 2015 Asia Pacific Hospice Conference Transforming Pallia ve Care Taipei, Taiwan April 30 – May 3, 2015 w: h p://www.2015aphc.org/abstract.php

Conferences and events

LASA Na onal Congress Adelaide Conven on Centre 20‐22 October 2014 W: www.lasacongress.asn.au Sponsorship and Exhibi on packages available. Contact LASA Events on 02 6230 1676 or events@lasa.asn.au

Pallia ve Care NSW Conference Pallia ve and End of Life care: Making History 22—24 October 2014 W: h p://pallia vecarensw.org.au/site/

21st Hospice New Zealand Pallia ve Care Conference Reaching Out, Community Engagement 29‐31 October 2014 Wellington, New Zealand W: h p://www.hospice.org.nz/conference‐2014/conference‐2014 Pallia ve Care WA Conference Technology Park Func on Centre, Bentley 31 October 2014 W: h p://pallia vecarewa.asn.au/site/

World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics 3rd Interna onal Conference on Healthy Ageing in a Changing World 2014 17 – 19 November 2014 J. N. Tata Auditorium, Indian Ins tute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka W: www.geriatricsconference.com

Indigenous Allied Health Australia Forum Valuing Diversity in Allied Health 24‐27 November 2014 Hya Hotel, Canberra W: www.iaha.com.au

Pallia ve Care Queensland Conference Fi y Shades of Pain 3—5 December 2014 W: h p://www.pallia vecareqld.org.au/ World Cancer Congress Melbourne Conven on and Exhibi on Centre 3—6 December 2014 W: h p://www.worldcancercongress.org/

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NSW Pallia ve Care New South Wales PO Box 487 Strawberry Hills NSW 2012

t: +61 2 9206 2094 / 0403 669 491 f: +61 2 9281 0157 w: www.pallia vecarensw.org.au e: info@pallia vecarensw.org.au

QLD Pallia ve Care Queensland PO Box 13167 George Street QLD 4003

t: +61 7 3256 2486 / 1800 660 055 f: +61 7 3256 2671 w: www.pallia vecareqld.org.au e: enquiries@pallia vecareqld.org.au

VIC Pallia ve Care Victoria Suite 3C, Level 2, 182 Victoria Parade East Melbourne VIC 3002

t: +61 3 9662 9644 f: +61 3 9662 9722 w: www.pallcarevic.asn.au e: info@pallcarevic.asn.au

WA Pallia ve Care WA 15 Bedbrook Place Shenton Park WA 6008

t: 1300 551 704 f: 1300 551 704 w: www.pallia vecarewa.asn.au e: pcwainc@pallia vecareswa.asn.au

SA Pallia ve Care Council South Australia PO Box 435 Fullarton SA 5063

t: +61 8 8271 1643 f: +61 8 8271 7494 w: www.pallcare.asn.au e: pallcare@pallcare.asn.au

TAS Tasmanian Associa on for Hospice and Pallia ve Care PO Box 834 Kingston TAS 7050

t: +61 3 6285 2514 f: +61 3 6239 6030 w: www.tas.pallia vecare.org.au e: tahpc@intrepidonline.com.au

ACT Pallia ve Care ACT PO Box 31 Campbell ACT 2612

t: +61 2 6273 9606 f: +61 2 6273 9590 w: www.pallcareact.org.au e: office@pallcareact.org.au

NT Pallia ve Care Northern Territory PO Box 4489 Alice Springs NT 0811

t: +61 8 8951 6762 w: www.nt.pallia vecare.org.au e: pcnt@pallia vecare.org.au

ANZSPM Australian and New Zealand Society of Pallia ve Medicine PO Box 7001 Watson ACT 2602

t: 0458 203 229 f: +61 3 8677 7619 w: www.anzspm.org.au e: execu ve@anzspm.org.au

Acknowledgement—Pallia ve Care Australia is a na onal pallia ve care project funded by the Australian Government Department of Health .

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