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EPC - Eastern Palliative Care Ltd

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EPC - Eastern Palliative Care Ltd

Eastern Palliative Care services Melbourne's east providing free, specialist palliative care at home

Eastern Palliative Care is a not-for-profit, home-based palliative care service which offers a full range of support programs with the aim of improving the quality of life of individuals, caregivers and families of those suffering life-limiting or terminal illnesses. These services are offered to clients and their families free of charge.

15/03/2026

We’ve partnered with Safewill to give our community the opportunity to write a legally binding Will for free during Charity Free Wills Fortnight.

✅ Simple, online and legally reviewed
✅ No paperwork. No appointments.
✅ Peace of mind for you and your loved ones

Once your Will is organised, you can optionally choose to leave a gift in your Will to support Eastern Palliative Care and help ensure compassionate care continues in our community.

💗 Take care of what matters most — today and into the future.

👉 Share this email with family and friends so they can take advantage of this exciting offer too.

⏰Start your free Will now by using our exclusive link: bit.ly/4uuPzaj

13/03/2026

EPC is Victoria's largest single provider of specialist palliative care in the community.

Did you know that:
• There are over 1.1 million people living in our service region
• We get approximately 3000 referrals per year
• We support around 650 clients at any one time (including families)
• We rely on donations to help us provide the best possible care
• 100% of donations go directly to client care

Your donations ensure that no one faces the end of life journey without the care, dignity and support they deserve

If you want to care for your community in a meaningful way, please donate here https://www.epcvic.org.au

12/03/2026

Save the date for Charity Free Wills Fortnight!
Planning for the future can often seem complicated or overwhelming - but it doesn't have to be. At EPC, we see every day how important it is to have your future wishes known.

That’s why we’ve partnered with Safewill to give you the opportunity to create a legally binding Will online for FREE.

From 16 - 30 March, you can use Safewill’s easy-to-use
platform to:
• Create or update your Will from the comfort of home
• Have your Will reviewed by an Australian legal team
• Make unlimited changes for 12 months at no extra
cost

You can do all of this online, in your own time. Don’t miss this chance to do something that lasts forever.

11/03/2026

🎉 We are so excited to announce the results of our Giving Tuesday Appeal. In an amazing show of generosity, our wonderful community came together to raise $15,803 which will purchase two hospital beds with air alternating mattresses for those who cannot afford to hire them.

Your support helps bring dignity, comfort, and peace of mind to both clients and their families. These specialised beds allow clients to remain in the comfort of their own homes, surrounded by loved ones, at their end of life journey.

It also plays an important role in supporting our staff, enabling them to care for and move clients safely while delivering high quality, compassionate care.

💗 Every donation—no matter the size—contributed to this shared outcome. Whether you donated, shared the appeal, or encouraged others to get involved, your support has helped turn kindness into practical, life changing support.

Thank you for making a meaningful difference to our clients, their families, and our staff.

10/03/2026

We were delighted to welcome Nick McGowan MP to Eastern Palliative Care today.

Nick met with our CEO Gaylene and our Philanthropy & Communications Manager Louise to learn more about the essential services EPC provides to individuals and families across our community.

The conversation focused on the growing need for palliative care and the importance of ensuring sustainable funding so that more people can access compassionate care and support when they need it most.

🙏 Thank you, Nick, for taking the time to visit and hear about the impact of our work.

05/03/2026

Are you a palliative care professional looking to refresh your knowledge, gain CPD points, and connect with other palliative care professionals? Then EPC Foundations is for you!

Choose from 8 interactive, face‑to‑face sessions, giving you the flexibility to select topics that matter most to you, learning directly from leaders in palliative care.

Each session is a 3.5 hour workshop, designed to be practical, engaging and immediately relevant to clinical practice — with time built in to connect with peers over morning or afternoon tea.

Whether you attend one session or several, EPC Foundations offers practical learning you can apply straight away.

🧠 Session topics include:
• Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD), ethics and documentation
• Anxiety, depression, spirituality and self‑care
• Death, dying, grief and bereavement
• Dyspnoea assessment using the OPQRST‑UV framework
• Delirium, fatigue, cachexia and end‑of‑life conversations
• Pain management, opioid use and palliative emergencies
• Gastro‑intestinal care, nausea, bowels and oral care

📍 Location: Eastern Palliative Care, Mitcham

💲 $95 per session (includes catering)

To book your spot or for more information, go to https://www.epcvic.org.au/epc-foundations or email epc-foundationsadmin@epcvic.org.au

04/03/2026

Today Louise Brown (Philanthropy & Communications Manager) and Adele Braun (Community Engagement Lead) had the pleasure of meeting with Shima Ibuki, Deputy Mayor of the City of Boroondara, and Fiona Brown, Manager Community Planning & Development.

It was a fantastic opportunity to talk about the essential work Eastern Palliative Care does in supporting individuals and families across the Boroondara community. 🫶

We’re grateful for the opportunity to connect and look forward to supporting one another and our communities through future joint initiatives. Partnerships like these help strengthen compassionate care where it matters most.

Thank you for the warm and positive conversation — we’re excited about what we can achieve together. 🤝

01/03/2026

It is a privilege to provide comfort and care during someone's end of life journey. We are honoured to be part of our clients', and their families' lives, during their most vulnerable moments, helping to make their last days, months, or even years, as comfortable as possible. Sadly, not everyone has access to home based palliative care and two carers, Karen and Robyn, kindly and courageously shared their stories with us.

Robyn was eligible for EPC’s services, but Karen was not as her home location was out of our service area. EPC's compassionate care makes a significant difference to the client and carer experience, with clients often remaining at home with their loved ones and carers feeling fully supported. You can read their touching stories here https://www.epcvic.org.au/news/compare-the-pair-two-carer-stories_117s213

If you would like to help us provide comfort and care to families just like Robyn's, please go to https://www.epcvic.org.au/donate.

28/02/2026

Here is a sneak peak of our upcoming EPC March Newsletter. It's filled with the latest news about what's been happening at EPC, how EPC supported some very special families during their most vulnerable moments, a staff spotlight on our amazing physician Chien, our wonderful volunteer Rose shares her experience with EPC and so much more. If you haven't subscribed to receive our newsletter, go to https://www.epcvic.org.au/subscribe-to-news-events and keep up to date on all the latest news at EPC.

19/02/2026

Meet one of our very special families who we had the privilege of supporting on our program.

Merrilyn shares how EPC cared for her wonderful son Lockie and the positive impact it had in his last few weeks at home. Merrilyn said of her experience with EPC that the "kindness and care shown to us all was exceptional".

Read her story here: https://www.epcvic.org.au/news/epc-newsletter-issue-4-december-2025_117s257

If you want help support more families like Merrilyn's, please go to https://www.epcvic.org/donate

18/02/2026

Welcome to our three new Board Directors, Tony Reeves, Patricia (Trish) McGee and Nicole Jolley, who bring a wealth of experience across finance, governance, sustainability, strategy and community leadership

We're grateful for their commitment, insight and expertise. Our Board’s guidance enables EPC to continue delivering compassionate, high‑quality palliative care to clients, carers, and families across our community.

To learn more about our new Board Directors, go to https://www.epcvic.org.au/governance

31/12/2025

✨ Happy New Year from EPC✨

As we welcome 2026, we want to thank our incredible EPC community, staff, and volunteers for your dedication and support throughout the past year. Your efforts have made a lasting impact and we couldn’t have done it without you!

Here’s to a year filled with new opportunities, growth and continued connection. Here’s to an exciting year ahead!

Address

2/630 Mitcham Road
Mitcham, VIC
3132

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5pm
Friday	8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+611300130813

Website

http://www.epcvic.org.au/

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