Life is beautiful and like the butterfly, it is also fragile and finite.
The Society's mission is:
"Working with individuals and organisations to facilitate, promote and improve palliative care in the ACT and to offer compassion and support to the terminally ill, their carers and their families."
The Society reflects Dame Cicely Saunders mission, You matter because you are you. You matter to the last moment of your life and we will do all we can to help you to die peacefully but also to live until you die.
Welcome
We are the palliative care advocate in the Australian Capital Territory. We believe everyone should have access to the best possible end of life care. We give voice to the interests, views and concerns of our community in the area of palliative care. Please take a moment and read about us and what we do.
Don't Sell Our Hospice (Clare Holland House)
The Society has faced many challenges this year due to the ACT Government's proposal to sell the hospice, Clare Holland House to the Little Company of Mary Healthcare Limited as part of the Government's deal to acquire LCM's Calvary Public Hospital.
Over 70% of Canberrans oppose the sale of the hospice in such an arrangement.
It is indeed an unfortunate and inappropriate proposal which the Government shoud drop.
Sale of the hospice would contriubute to no enhancement to hospice and palliative care in Canberra. It would see the privatisation of hospice resources, and the Government stepping back from palliative care.
Your keen interest in this issue and your willingness to make your view known in opposition to the sale is warmly appreciated by the Society.
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