CareSearch Project

09/01/2026

💛 Family carers play a key role in supporting people at the end of life to receive quality, compassionate care.

Caring can also be demanding, especially while navigating grief and bereavement. The Information Pack is free to download and offers practical guidance to support family carers at every stage of their caring journey 🤝

📘 Download your free information pack here:
👉 https://www.carerhelp.com.au/Resources/Download-resources

📦 Order your free information pack here:
👉https://www.carerhelp.com.au/Resources/Order-resources

08/01/2026

Carers often hold deeply meaningful moments from their journey with the person they care for 💛

Catherine, a rural carer for her older relative Annie, shared a touching memory with CarerHelp about her family’s farewell after Annie’s death, marked by a simple but sweet family tradition.

If you or someone you know is caring for a person approaching the end of life, CarerHelp offers practical resources, tools and information to support carers along the way 👉 https://www.carerhelp.com.au/

07/01/2026

Thank you End-of-Life Essentials and Associate Professor Kim Devery for an insightful blog post on supporting meaningful end-of-life conversations and referencing CareSearch Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander care resources.

As healthcare professionals or aged care staff, have you encountered these four questions in your practice? 🔍See how palliative care experts respond to these common and challenging scenarios, sharing practical insights to support compassionate conversations.

🔗 Learn more about CareSearch Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander care:
https://www.caresearch.com.au/Health-Professionals/Aboriginal-and-Torres-Strait-Islander-Care/Warning-page?return=https:www.caresearch.com.au/Health-Professionals/Aboriginal-and-Torres-Strait-Islander-Care

How do you answer the question from family around how long a patient has left to live? Find out in our latest blog ▶️ https://www.endoflifeessentials.com.au/News-and-Resources/Blog/ArtMID/21544/ArticleID/5698/End-of-Life-Conversations-4-Key-Questions-Answered

07/01/2026

🧐Have you checked out our newly updated Digital Health section in the Evidence in Focus series?

Digital health is driving major change in health systems and in our community. It is transforming how we plan, organise, and participate in healthcare, including care for people at the end of life 💛. This section highlights how digital technology, from telehealth and apps to data systems, is reshaping care by empowering consumers, supporting clinicians, and improving health system planning.

💡 Explore the evidence 🔗https://www.caresearch.com.au/Evidence/Translation-Training/Evidence-in-Focus/Digital-Health

06/01/2026

“Humans have been caring for each other in death for thousands of years, long before there was ever a medical model, a notion of care homes or a funeral industry.” 🤍

In this blog, Rebecca Lyons, President of the Natural Death Advocacy Network and the Australian Home Funeral Alliance, explores how reconnecting with long-held traditions of care, service and community can gently reshape the way we think and talk about death. She highlights why more people are seeking personal, eco‑conscious, and values‑aligned choices at the end of life, and how simple acts of service, shared knowledge, and hands‑on participation can transform grief while strengthening death literacy across communities. 🌱

Read the blog🔗 https://www.caresearch.com.au/About-Us/Newsroom/Palliative-Perspectives/Palliative-Perspectives-Blog-Details/ArtMID/17907/ArticleID/6249/Roots-reclaiming-and-remembrance-how-people-and-families-can-be-supported-to-consider-death-as-a-natural-part-of-life

05/01/2026

✨ A new year, and our commitment continues ✨

As we step into the new year, CareSearch remains committed to supporting the palliative care sector, the community, and everyone involved in caring for people at the end of life 💛

Our mission continues to guide us, ensuring that everyone receiving or providing palliative care has access to trustworthy, evidence-informed information that supports person-centred decision-making and the transition to palliative care 🤝📚

Find out how CareSearch can support
🔗 https://www.caresearch.com.au/About-Us

23/12/2025

🎄 Appreciation and Season’s Greetings ✨

We would like to sincerely thank everyone who has supported CareSearch and our work 💙. We are especially grateful to our project partners, advisory group members, reviewers, team, and funders for your ongoing collaboration and commitment. Together, we support person-centred palliative care through trustworthy, evidence-based information.

🎁 Wishing you a safe and restful Christmas. We look forward to continuing to work with the sector in 2026.

📌 Office closure: Our office will be closed from 1 pm ACDT on 24 December 2025 and will reopen on 5 January 2026. Print order processing will recommence on 12 January 2026.

🌐 Our websites and online resources remain available 24/7 over the holiday period: https://www.caresearch.com.au/

22/12/2025

✨ Director’s Wrap for 2025

As 2025 comes to a close, CareSearch Director Jennifer Tieman reflects on a year of policy and practice change and the growing importance of palliative and end-of-life care, alongside what lies ahead 💬💛
Read the full Director’s wrap here 🔗https://www.caresearch.com.au/About-Us/Newsroom/CareSearch-Updates

19/12/2025

For our last 'thoughts from carers about Christmas' post, we share Colleen's advice to bereaved carers carrying an emotional load this Christmas.

“It’s important to remember them and talk about what it was like with him there. It was not easy but the day was all about being together and remembering Bill.”

Wishing a Merry Christmas to all the carers across Australia and safe 2026 🧡 🎄

18/12/2025

For bereaved carers, the holiday season is also a time of reflection. Imelda, who cared for her husband, reflects and shares how she makes her husband present in a beautiful way each Christmas.

17/12/2025

🎄 During the festive season, social support matters now more than ever💛

For people receiving palliative care and their families, this time of year can bring both connection and added challenges. Social support makes a meaningful difference by reducing isolation, supporting carers, and improving quality of life. Some older adults living alone with palliative care even needs rely on non-kin carers, such as friends or neighbours 🤝.

Support from family, friends, healthcare professionals and community resources, whether emotional, informational 📘 or practical, can reduce stress and enhance the quality of life for patients, families and carers.

Learn more about Social Support and how you can help 👉
https://www.caresearch.com.au/Evidence/Clinical-Evidence-Summaries/Social-Support

16/12/2025

"We don’t often talk about this personal-professional interface – the feelings, beliefs, and meanings that arise when our life experiences meet the suffering of others. 💭💔Surprisingly, empirical research has largely overlooked this deeply human dimension of palliative care work."

In this blog, Dr Florence Chiew, Clinical Psychologist in Supportive & Palliative Care, explores how personal history, grief, and emotional responses shape the work of both volunteers and psychologists in palliative care. 💛 Drawing on two qualitative studies, she highlights how lived experience of loss can deepen empathy 🤝, strengthen presence, and influence professional identity.

Read the blog 🔗 https://www.caresearch.com.au/About-Us/Newsroom/Palliative-Perspectives/Palliative-Perspectives-Blog-Details/ArtMID/17907/ArticleID/6220/Volunteers-and-psychologists-reflect-on-the-personal-in-palliative-care