Events

The presentation will be delivered as a Storytelling as Healing and as Education, I am hoping this approach invites practitioners into an experience that data and theory cannot convey. Storytelling plays a dual role in palliative care, trauma and grief as both healer and educator. It helps bereaved people make sense of loss by giving …

Grief Australia webinar | Placing our Footsteps Beside and Together Read More »

Intergenerational programs are programs which bring people from different generations together to participate in purposeful activities that are beneficial to all involved. The aim is to reconnect generations that may have lost touch. For older people, the programs have had a positive impact on their health and well-being with enjoyment and improved mood, and for …

Webinar Series on Ageing | Intergenerational programs in aged care: How to set it up Read More »

Managed by the Victorian Department of Health through the Commonwealth Government’s Strengthening Medicare – Supporting Older Australians initiative, the Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care (ACEBAC) at La Trobe University will be holding 140 three-day workshops for nurses who work in all Victorian residential aged care services. The workshop includes interactive, hands-on skills development, …

Comprehensive Health Assessment of the Older Person Workshop (Workshop 38: Hume – Wangaratta) Read More »

Join this webinar to mark more than a decade of the Quality of Care Collaborative Australia (QuoCCA) project, a national initiative delivering paediatric palliative care education to health professionals across Australia. This webinar will reflect on the program’s origins and impact, share key learnings, and explore how education, collaboration and innovation continue to improve care …

PCA Connect Webinar | Celebrating 10+ years of QuoCCA Read More »

Part 1: 9 am | Join Hume Region Palliative Care Consortium and explore some of the complexities of pain management and family dynamics through a dramatised case study. Part 2: 11.30 am (Limited places for part 2) | A workshop exploring grief, self-care, and collective care in the residential aged care setting.

The lecture will be delivered at Parliament House by a national leader in palliative care, Dr Michael Chapman, Director of Palliative Care at Canberra Hospital and Lead of the Palliative Care Research Unit at Clare Holland House. In line with this year’s theme, Getting to the heart of it: Big Questions. Real Answers, Michael will …

National Palliative Care Week 2026 Special Guest Lecture | Rethinking Dementia and End-of-Life Care Read More »

Webinar 6: Principle 4 – Connect with community This webinar is for people working in aged care and design. Learn how environments can help older people maintain meaningful connections.

This year, PCV is delighted to collaborate with colleagues from the disability sector, the First Nations health sector, and the aged care and dementia sectors to deliver a multi stream comprehensive day of interactive learning.  

Managed by the Victorian Department of Health through the Commonwealth Government’s Strengthening Medicare – Supporting Older Australians initiative, the Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care (ACEBAC) at La Trobe University will be holding 140 three-day workshops for nurses who work in all Victorian residential aged care services. The workshop includes interactive, hands-on skills development, …

Comprehensive Health Assessment of the Older Person Workshop (Workshop 39: Eastern Metro – Camberwell) Read More »

Interactive case-based virtual mentoring sessions that address a range of palliative care topics. Discussion of deidentified patient cases and 10-minute lectures aim to increase palliative care knowledge, skills and confidence in primary care health professionals. Currently, monthly sessions are held via Zoom on the third Tuesday of every month – 1pm to 2pm (AEST).