Room 64 - A Palliative Care Podcast
Episodes
Season 8 Episode 1 - Working with aged care and disability service providers
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Room 64 - A Palliative Care Podcast, we're joined by Karen Sariego who is an aged care and disability palliative care link nurs...
Season 7 Episode 6 - A chat with senior dietitian Justine Watts
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Room 64 we are joined by senior dietitian Justine Watts from the Barwon Health Palliative Care service.Sharing information about he...
Season 7 Episode 5 - Connection between allied health and palliative care
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Room 64 we are joined by occupational therapist Monique Walsh and [hysiotherapist Brendan Illyett from the Barwon Health palliative...
Season 7 Episode 4 - Jess Bosnjak's story
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Room 64 - A Palliative Care Podcast, we are joined by Jess Bosnjak who is sharing her experience with palliative care when her mum ...
Season 7 Episode 3 - Jenny Horvath's experience
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Room 64, we are joined by Jenny Horvath sharing her experience with palliative care when her daughter Jess died at the age of 37 af...
Season 7 Episode 2 - Partnering with consumers
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Room 64 we are joined by Sharyn Milnes, iValidate Education Co-ordinator at Barwon Health and Joanna Leece, Partnering with Consume...
Season 7 Episode 1 - A chat with Molly Carlile AM from the Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA)
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by Molly Carlile AM, Manager of PEPA & IPEPA Victoria (Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach), free Australia wide progra...
Season 6 Episode 6 - Voluntary Assisted Dying and the Care Navigator Role
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Barwon South West Region voluntary assisted dying (VAD) care navigator Jill Mann gives an overview of VAD legislation, the care navigator service, and...
Season 6 Episode 5 - Patient-Centred Care Through iValidate
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sharyn Milnes joins the Room 64 podcast to discuss the iValidate program, an initiative from Barwon Health and Deakin University. iValidate is a uniqu...
Season 6 Episode 4 - The Cachexia Clinic
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Palliative Care nurse practitioner Meg Harrison speaks about the amazing work of the Cachexia Clinic, its positive impact on patients and their famili...
Season 6 Episode 3 - Dr Michael Axtens' experience
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Room 64, we are joined by Dr Michael Axtens. Michael works with Deakin University and Barwon Health and shares his knowledge of the...
Season 6 Episode 2 - Dignity Therapy
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Room 64, we are joined by Russell Armstrong and Sue Strong from the Barwon Health Palliative Care Dignity Therapy team. Russell sh...
Season 6 Episode 1 - Dying at Home / Palliative Care Week
18 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Steve Trumble as he shares about caring for his wife Therese through her oesophageal cancer, including her end-of-life journey at home with the l...
Season 5 Episode 5 - Advance Care Planning
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Room 64 is joined by Jill Mann from Barwon Health's Advance Care Planning team, who shares her experience and the role of the Advance Care Plannin...
Season 5 Episode 4 - Taking Melanoma Seriously
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Dunell joins Room 64 to share her experience with the Barwon Health Palliative Care team, after her husband Brett Smith was diagnosed with melanom...
Season 5 Episode 3 - Giving a Melodic Voice to Grief
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Room 64 is joined by members of the McKellar Singing Group, as part of the Palliative Care program at Barwon Health. This choir came together through...
Season 5 Episode 2 - Pal@Home (Palliative Care Week)
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Clinical nurse coordinator Robyn Matheson joins the podcast to talk about running Barwon Health's Pal@Home program, which won a Victorian Public H...
Season 5 Episode 1 - Cherished Pets
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“When we think about the human animal bond there’s no time that we’re more vulnerable than when we’re facing the loss of a pet.” In this con...
Season 4 Episode 5 - No timeline for grief
04 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tonya Court returns to chat with her son Owen, who was six when his father died 12 years ago. Now 18, Owen reflects on his memories of his dad playing...
Season 4 Episode 4 - More insights from the Lighthouse Friends
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Room 64, we talk to Tash and Tonya from Lighthouse Friends, a support group for young parents with young children who have experien...
Season 4 Episode 3 - The challenges of living with MND
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nurse consultant Melanie Davies from the Barwon Health Palliative Care team talks to Brian MacAfee about challenges facing people with Motor Neuron Di...
Season 4 Episode 2 - Advocating for palliative patients
07 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Clinical nurse consultants Nicole Morrison and Ruth Morrison talk about their role in advocating for palliative patients, as well as the importance of...
Season 4 Episode 1 - Remembering loved ones through Lighthouse Friends
21 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tonya Court shares her thoughts and experiences with Jen and Christine about the patient-centred care of the Barwon Health Palliative Care team, the i...
Season 3 Episode 5 - Honouring loved ones through end-of-life planning
07 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As part of Dying To Know Day, Libby Maloney from Natural Grace Holistic Funerals in conversation with Barwon Health Palliative Care clinical nurse con...
Season 3 Episode 4 - An Indigenous Perspective (NAIDOC Week)
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Room 64, we acknowledge NAIDOC Week with Deeanna's story about her mum Mary, both proud indigenous women, and their experience in t...
Season 3 Episode 3 - Palliative Care at Barwon Health (A Conversation with CEO Frances Diver)
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As part of Palliative Care Week, Barwon Health chief executive Frances Diver talks about the role of palliative care in the wider organisation, as wel...
Season 3 Episode 2 - It's More Than You Think
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As part of Palliative Care Week, we acknowledge the “It's more than you think!” campaign and highlight Barwon Health Palliative Care's “Have a G...
Season 3 Episode 1 - The Value of Advance Care Planning
21 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In line with Advance Care Planning Week, Marilyn Dolling talks about how the death of her husband Roger showed the value of Advance Care Planning, spe...
Season 2 Episode 6 - The Beauty in Palliative Care
28 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Palliative care nurse Jonathan Muller shares his perspective on providing end-of-life care, his willingness to spent time with people in raw, emotiona...
Season 2 Episode 5 - Treating People, Not Diseases
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Barwon Health's palliative care co-director Dr Ian Grant shares experiences about specialising in end-of-life care, and why he decided to work as a do...
Season 2 Episode 4 - What Matters Most
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Palliative Care Unit volunteer co-ordinator Jen Walsh shares her story about understanding death as a child, finding the right ways to talk about deat...
Season 2 Episode 3 - What's Important
05 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Clinical nurse consultant Jill Carter talks about her experiences with palliative care, and how Barwon Health is able to tailor end-of-life care and e...
Season 2 Episode 2 - Facing Death as a Family
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The late Ian Binding, his partner Kathryn, and their teenage son Jason talk about facing death and experiencing the reality of palliative care as a yo...
Season 2 Episode 1 - Palliative Care is More Than "The End"
23 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Room 64 podcast returns with the late Josie Reed describing how her life changed after her cancer diagnosis, including her final six years with he...
Episode 4 - The Future of Palliative Care
09 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jacqui White joins the discussion to talk about the future of end-of-life care as Barwon Health's palliative care program manager, the discomfort most...
Episode 3 - Sue and Pete's Story
02 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sue Ritter discusses her late husband Pete's terminal illness, the process of deciding together to move him into palliative care, and balancing her ro...
Episode 2 - Demystifying Palliative Care
26 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Clinical nurse consultant Mel Davies talks about some misconceptions of end-of-life care, how people view death and dying, and what it means to care f...
Episode 1 - Christine and Evelyn's Story
19 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Christine Brooks shares her experiences in Room 64, where her mother Evelyn spent her final three weeks in palliative care. Christine discusses the wa...