Advance Care Planning Australia

29/04/2026

Have you completed this short survey yet?
Hurry, it closes tomorrow, 30th April 👇

28/04/2026

📢 NEW RESOURCE ALERT!

Advance Care Planning Australia has released a new 'Supporting advance care planning in general practice factsheet' for general practitioners, practice nurses and primary care teams.

The factsheet provides clear, practical guidance on how advance care planning can be incorporated into routine processes and clinical care, supported by existing MBS items, including:
👉Health assessments
👉GP chronic condition management plan preparation and review
👉Time‑tiered general attendances.

Read the blog and download the factsheet today https://bit.ly/4mSALyR

23/04/2026

📢Our April eNews is here!

Have you read it yet? It’s packed with the latest advance care planning updates — including a new Supporting advance care planning in general practice factsheet for general practitioners, practice nurses and primary care teams.

✔️ Read the April issue: 👉 https://bit.ly/4u5AxXn
✔️ Subscribe or share this link with your colleagues https://bit.ly/3vguTJe

20/04/2026

"We can't know anyone else's mind.
We need their view"

When Mark, a young man with MND, presented to hospital in crisis, the medical teams saw a young man with rapidly-progressing loss of muscle function affecting mobility, speech, swallow & breathing. They feared intervention would condemn him to a life of insufferably constricted horizons: bedbound, unable to communicate. But Mark’s family knew him best.

Mark's story, written entirely using his eye-gaze technology is an excellent read, and is highlighted below by Dr Kathryn Mannix. It's an important example of 'your story, your choice', and well worth a Monday afternoon read!

Our team looks forward to meeting Dr Mannix at the upcoming International Dementia and PCNA conferences.

15/04/2026

🎧If you're looking for your next podcast listen, this could be it!

This episode features Dr Rebecca Sudore, who we were lucky enough to have as a guest speaker at our 2025 International Advance Care Planning Conference!

Listen here 👉 https://geripal.org/pragmatic-trial-to-increase-advance-care-planning-anne-walling-neil-wenger-rebecca-sudore/

On this week's podcast we discuss a Pragmatic Trial to Increase Advance Care Planning with guests Anne Walling, Neil Wenger, & Rebecca Sudore.

07/04/2026

Are you a health professional, care worker or student looking for the best way to learn more about advance care planning?
✅ Sign up to our eNews, a monthly newsletter packed with useful industry news and resources 👉 https://qrtrac.link/akL
AND
✅ Check out our free online learnings! Quick 10–30-minute campaigns to help build your knowledge and skill 👉 https://qrtrac.link/FAa1

01/04/2026

On the road and making a difference 🚗💬

It’s great to see our Education Coordinator Kylie Ash out across the ACT and NSW this week, supporting aged care providers to strengthen best‑practice advance care planning. From Canberra to Goulburn and the Illawarra, these workshops reflect the strong commitment of the aged care workforce to person‑centred care.

A big thank you to PHN ACT and Capital Health Network for supporting the Canberra workshop, to RSL LifeCare for enabling staff to attend, and to Warrigal Aged Care for rounding out the week with three engaging sessions. We also value the opportunity to collaborate with local leaders like ACT ACP Manager Janine Rath.

As we head into the Easter break, we wish everyone a wonderful long weekend. Travel safely, take care, and thank you to all those working over the holiday period to support older Australians and their families. 🐣💛

31/03/2026

What an incredible Advance Care Planning Week 2026 💙

With over 200 activities held across Australia, this year’s ACP Week was our biggest yet. From Zumba classes, farmers’ expos, death cafés and pancake afternoon teas to book clubs, workshops and library displays, Australians showed up with creativity, care and a shared commitment to planning ahead for their health care.

If you hosted an event, we’d love your feedback. Your insights help us improve ACP Week and better support hosts in 2027.

👉 Please take a minute to complete the feedback survey — the conversation continues, and your voice matters: https://forms.office.com/r/R389gyqhV6

25/03/2026

Advance Care Planning Week is over for another year.

So, what's next?

If you're ready to take the next step on your journey to advance care planning, head to our website to find out what's next in your state. https://qrtrac.link/vGH2

If you're a health professional, care worker or student we have free, online learning in advance care planning to help build your knowledge and skills in advance care planning. Check it out here! https://qrtrac.link/DctX

25/03/2026

Advance Care Planning Australia is proud to join the Australian Frailty Network Consumer Workshop in Brisbane this week. 💙

Coming off the back of Advance Care Planning Week, it was timely to continue the conversation and bring advance care planning to the agenda, especially in the context of supporting older Australians and those living with frailty.

A big thank you to the organisers, facilitators and consumer representatives who brought such rich insight and lived experience to the discussion. These conversations are vital in strengthening person centred care, ensuring individuals’ values and wishes guide their health care across all stages of life.

We’re grateful for the opportunity to contribute and collaborate in shaping better outcomes for communities across Australia.

Advance care planning is for all Australians, at every age and stage.

24/03/2026

🎧 Although ACP Week might be over, the conversations certainly aren’t!

We’re delighted to share this special Passing Thoughts podcast from Radio 2RPH, part of Australia's Radio Reading Network to support people with a print disability.

In this episode, Jane Mundy speaks with our storyteller Christina Matthews and National Manager Catherine Joyce about why advance care planning matters, how stories shape understanding, and the power of making your wishes known.

A thoughtful and heartfelt conversation well worth a listen 👉
🔗 https://omny.fm/shows/passing-thoughts/s02e03-advanced-care-planning

Let’s keep the momentum going, your story, your choices. 💛

In Series 2, Episode Three of Passing Thoughts, Jane Mundy speaks with Dr. Catherine Joyce and Christina Matthews about the essential roadmap of advance care planning. It’s a conversation about bridging the gap between clinical medical instructions and deeply personal values to refocus on what tru...

24/03/2026

We had a record number of Advance Care Planning Week activities this year, and what a wonderful offering of activities they were!