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This year Spiritual Care Week occurs during 18 – 24 October 2026 and we’re excited to be celebrating with our amazing member community organisations, affiliates and individual affiliates. And excited to be celebrating with fellow peak, Spiritual Care Australia and international spiritual care organisations around the world. Theme for 2026 Each year, a new theme […]
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Submission to the Senate Community Affairs References CommitteeInquiry into the Support at Home Program Submitted by Meaningful Ageing Australia on 17 July 2026 Submission executive summary Meaningful Ageing Australia strongly supports the intent of the Support at Home Program to enable older Australians to live safely, independently, and with dignity at home. However, the program’s […]
This Benchmarking Report highlight summary: What we heard 2. Residential care is more likely to have structured approaches What we heard 3. Workforce models vary widely What we heard 4. Training and capability are inconsistent What we heard 5. Cultural and spiritual diversity needs deeper attention What we heard 6. Time and funding remain major […]
by Jacquie Molloy Person-centred spiritual care at end of life is about listening, respecting what is most important to the person, and supporting grief of all types (e.g. pre-emptive grief as well as the grief of loss). By acknowledging what matters most — for the individual, their family/chosen family/friends, and the care staff — staff […]
by Jacquie Molloy All staff and volunteers who touch the lives of those who are dying in aged care have a part to play in enabling the experience to be as good as it can, for both the dying person and their support network. Kathryn Mannix, a renowned palliative care doctor and consultant, has observed […]
by Jacquie Molloy We have entered the season of Christmas and New Year. Many of us love this time of year and all the celebrations and get togethers and traditions. Many of us don’t. The expectations of doing and celebrating and enjoying can be problematic for many. Even painful. For some, Christmas is a faith-filled […]
This year Spiritual Care Week occurs during 19 – 25 October 2025 and we’re excited to be celebrating with our amazing member community organisations, affiliates and individual affiliates. And excited to be celebrating with fellow peak, Spiritual Care Australia and international spiritual care organisations around the world. Theme for 2025 Each year, a new theme […]
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by Jacquie Molloy One of the perplexing things to happen as we get older is that the losses increase. These losses might be death of friends and family as well as changes in health that might limit independence, challenge our sense of identity or create fear and despair. We will grieve more. And grief is […]
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