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Understanding Palliative Care

Palliative care is often misunderstood. Many people associate it only with end-of-life care, but it’s much broader than that. Palliative care is specialised medical support for people living with life-limiting illnesses and their families and carers.  It focuses on improving quality of life, increasing comfort, managing symptoms, and offering emotional, social, and spiritual support to both the person with the condition, and their loved ones. 

Here are some of the common questions we hear: 

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    Banksia provides specialist, in-home palliative care services to people living with a life-limiting illness, who have symptoms or concerns that would benefit from palliative care expertise and support.

    Banksia provides services to residents of the following local government areas, only:

    • City of Banyule
    • Nillumbik Shire
    • City of Whittlesea

    If above applies to you, you can make a referral to Banksia yourself - please click the button below and complete the referral form.

    Alternatively, you can phone the office on 03 9455 0822 during business hours.

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