National Palliative Care Week (NPCW), held from 19-25 May 2024, is Australia’s largest annual awareness raising initiative held increase understanding of the many benefits of palliative care.
During this week PCNSW will be showing support for the incredible work of palliative care nurses, doctors, allied health workers, carers and volunteers across NSW.
Palliative care is person and family-centred care provided for a person with an active, progressive, advanced disease, who has little or no prospect of cure and who is expected to die, and for whom the primary goal is to optimise the quality of life.
For help and information ask your:
- Doctor
- Aboriginal Health Worker
- Hospital Liaison Officer
- Nurse
Get involved this May by:
- Raising Awareness on social media.
- Getting a conversation going in the community
- Volunteering with the foundation
- Donating
For more information, visit: https://palliativecare.org.au/