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It’s National Palliative Care Week from May 20th to the 26th, and this year with the theme, “What Matters Most ?”, the annual event raises awareness and understanding about Palliative Care in the Australian Community, and addresses the need for Australians to plan ahead for their end-of-life care and discuss it with their loved ones and health professionals. It can be physical, emotional or spiritual in nature and can include providing pain relief, access to home-care resources, assistance for families and counselling and grief support. Palliative Care is for people of any age who have been told that they have a serious illness that cannot be cured, and assists people to manage symptoms and improve their quality of life. At a Community Forum held in Brisbane this week, “Open Conversations about Life and Death”, Professor Ken Hillman and Doctor Sarah Winch began that ‘open conversation’ .. On Radio COTA this week we bring you Part 1 of our Special to coincide with National Palliative Care Week, and we are proud to bring you Professor Hillman’s presentation from the Forum. Professor Hillman brings a sensitive but honest and open presentation about how we can, and should, be helping people to live as fully and comfortably as possible when dealing with a chronic terminal illness. Make sure you join us again next week for the conclusion of our special on Palliative Care, when we bring you Doctor Winch’s presentation from the Seminar .. Doctor Winch continues this important conversation about life and death and her presentation, like Professor Hillman’s, is one you really won’t want to miss ! So … make yourself a cuppa, put your feet up, and enjoy all that Radio COTA brings to you ! Please keep sending us your feedback and suggestions, we love hearing from you ... Call us on the Radio COTA Feedback Line … Phone: 3316 2907 Or Email us at ... radiocota@cotaqld.org.au