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Chelsea Menchin1 1Palliative Care Australia, Griffith, Australia Biography: With more than 25 years’ experience working in health policy and project management, Chelsea has contributed to range of national programs and reform processes in primary care, chronic disease management and mental...

Ms Alyson Gundry1,2 1Paediatric Palliative Care Service, Children's Health Queensland, South Brisbane, Australia, 2Quality of Care Collaborative Australia (QuoCCA), South Brisbane, Australia Biography: Alyson Gundry is Allied Health Clinical Lead in the E-Paediatric Palliative Care Service, a service component of...

Ms Alison Walsh1, Associate Professor Lynette Cusack1, Adjunct Professor Desley Hegney 1Adelaide Nursing School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia Biography: Alison is a lecturer specialising in oncology and palliative care in the Adelaide Nursing School. Alison co-ordinates the cancer...

Mrs Natividad Miles1, Mrs Grace Edwards2 1Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Australia, 2Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Australia Biography: Grace Edwards works at the Concord Repatriation General Hospital. Abstract: Background: Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are older,...

Ms Jenny McKenzie1, Nicole Carson1 1Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD), Wagga Wagga, Australia Biography: Jen McKenzie became a Nurse Practitioner in 2006. She is passionate about improving palliative care services in rural areas and driving an equitable approach to service...

Mrs Imelda Gilmore1 1UTS IMPACCT, PaCCST, Helensburgh, Australia Biography: Imelda Gilmore is a former family carer who supported her husband for nine years, from his diagnosis with younger onset Alzheimer’s Disease until his death in 2016. She is an experienced...

Dr Priyanka Vandersman1, Professor Jennifer Tieman1 1Flinders University [ELDAC Project], Australia Biography: Priyanka is a Registered Nurse and digital health technology researcher. She is a Senior Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying [RePaDD], and...

Mrs Holly Pitt1,2, Miss Kathleen Bray1,2 1Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia, 2Parkville Integrated Palliative Care Service, Melbourne, Australia Biography: Holly Pitt, Nurse Unit Manager – Palliative care, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. A highly motivated and compassionate senior nurse with...

Ms Joan Ryan1,2 1Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia, 2Palliative Care New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Biography: Joan Ryan is a Palliative Care Nurse Consultant at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. She has vast clinical experience in Palliative Care Specialist...

Dr Alison Bowers1,2, Dr Gursharan Singh1,2, Prof Natalie Bradford1,2, A/Prof Stuart Ekberg1, Mrs Alison McLarty3, Dr Anthony Herbert3, Dr Katie Ekberg4, D/Prof Patsy Yates1,2, Dr Zoe Dettrick1 1Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 2Cancer and Palliative Care Outcomes Centre, Brisbane,...