This report describes key barriers and promising approaches for improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ experience of palliative care in Australia. It covers advance care planning and ways the palliative care sector can improve access and quality of care for this group.

This study identifies a number of important findings relating to advance care planning document uptake relevant to policymakers, health and residential aged care service providers and workforce, palliative care services, researchers, and the general public.

This journal article brings together insights gained through two different types of discussion about dying and end-of-life wishes with Aboriginal people.

This paper calls for more education and support to encourage the creation of advance care plans for people diagnosed with dementia to be paramount. It emphasises the need for the planning and communication with health professionals and family about the plan, to occur early – at the point of diagnosis, considering the nature of cognitive...

In Australia, and many other parts of the world, the demand for palliative care services is increasing due to the ageing of the population and the increases in the prevalence of cancer and other chronic diseases that accompany ageing.