22 April 2022
National Palliative Care Week, held from 22 to 28 May, aims to assist Australians learn about the many benefits of palliative care.
The theme this year is: Palliative Care It’s your right.
The theme seeks to raise awareness about the rights of all Australians to access high-quality palliative care when and where they need it. One of the great myths about palliative care is that it is only for the last few weeks or days of a person’s life. It is so much more than that:
- Palliative care helps people living with an illness which cannot be cured and they are likely to die from or a terminal illness
- Palliative care helps people, from babies through to older adults, to live their life as well as possible for as long as possible
- A person can receive palliative care at any stage of their illness even while continuing to receive treatment for their illness
- It includes care of a person’s physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs, as well as the needs of their loved ones and carers
Learn more about palliative care
You can join events during National Palliative Care Week online or face-to-face.