Palliative and End of Life Care

Calvary Health Care is delighted to announce the appointment of Martin Bowles as National Chief Executive Officer (NCEO), following the retirement of the current NCEO Mark Doran at the end of the year. Martin Bowles, formerly Secretary of the Department of Health, joins Calvary with a wealth of experience gained

With a sense of unease and discomfort, Calvary noted several media articles over the weekend of 19 and 20 August 2017 which claim that the “Catholic church” is threatening to fire teachers, nurses and other employees who marry their same-sex partner if gay marriage is legalised. We reassure staff and

Article by John Watkins Published 15 August 2017 in the Brisbane Times and the Sydney Morning Herald Just over 150,000 Australians will die this year, about half in hospital. The average age for men will be 79 and women 85. The leading cause of death will be heart disease followed by dementia, stroke and lung cancer. Some

On 10 April 2017, Calvary provided a submission on the proposed Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 (Victoria).

End of life and dying are topics we often avoid talking about in our society.

  Dying to Know Day  is an annual day that focuses on increasing awareness and talking about death and dying.   At some stage, everyone is likely to come into contact with people who have, a serious advancing illness and are approaching the end of their life or dying. If you find it

One of the patients, Virginia de Groot, generously shares with the students her challenging experience of having a terminal illness and talking about it with her family, which for many of the students was a very moving and emotional experience.

To help you at different times of your journey through grief, Calvary has put together a free booklet.

Calvary Hobart project features on ABC news In a Tasmanian first, a community engagement project helps high school students from the Hobart area learn about palliative care and how to treat terminally ill patients, as well as how to approach the sensitive subject of how to deal with dying patients.

David Bowie triggers a conversation about the meaning of life and dealing with death David Bowie’s death has stimulated many conversations about how we prepare for death, psychologically and spiritually. Not all people in palliative care are elderly, and the desire to seek spiritual meaning often comes to the fore

Calvary launches “Embracing Life” an educative film resource to help educate and facilitate communities to talk openly about death and dying and better understand the issues faced by those at the end of their life.

“Sometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives; the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that connects, like a meteorite striking the earth. Lives have swivelled and changed direction on the strength of a chance remark.” Bryce Courtenay Call it coincidence, destiny or fate but just

Open day at Calvary Riverina Hospital – Monday 14 September The Mary Potter Palliative Care Unit and the St Joseph’s Rehabilitation Unit Open Day, on Monday 14 September 2-4pm, is an opportunity for the public to see and experience the recently completed $9.3m construction. Mary Potter Palliative Care Unit The

We are particularly fortunate to have local Tiwi people, featured in the images above and below, in key roles such as support workers, cleaners, recreational support, kitchen staff and gardeners. With their unique appreciation and understanding of local issues and the emotional, social and cultural support our residents need, they contribute

If there was somebody in need, we wouldn’t turn them away The article below, published 18 June 2014, is reproduced courtesy of The Daily Advertiser, Wagga Wagga Calvary’s national director of clinical services Sue Hanson has moved to ease concerns about the provision of palliative care services in Wagga. Public