Libs promise to make at-home palliative care a 24/7 service

The Liberal Party has pledged a $16 million funding boost for palliative care outreach services that currently only operate during business hours.

The freedom to die well

To be or not to be, isn’t the right question: it’s how in the last years, months or days of our lives, we choose to live.

Lyn Such in front of a portrait of her late husband Bob. Photo: Tony Lewis / InDaily

How Bob's final days inspired Lyn Such's new crusade

Lyn Such is determined to step up her one-woman campaign against what she says is a dearth of palliative care services in the south under Transforming Health. But the widow of former veteran Independent MP Bob Such says she hasn’t turned her mind to whether she will have a tilt at his old seat.

A healthier approach to dying

The last stages of life have long been feared, but Professor David Currow says the end of life should be a special time when we get the care we need to make the most of our last days.

Palliative care should be embraced, not feared

‘Living Well with Chronic Illness’ is the theme of National Palliative Care Week this week, but Australia needs to improve its approach, says Flinders University Emeritus Professor Ian Maddocks.