How we die can be just as important as how we live our lives. 
 
 Ensuring that palliative or end of life care is culturally appropriate is important, given that approximately 25% of the Australian population was born overseas, and 50% of the population has one parent born overseas (ABS Census 2021). Talking about how a person would like to live their final days can be an important conversation to have. Many people shy away from such conversations, feeling that they are inappropriate, uncomfortable, and difficult to have with their loved ones. The situation becomes even more challenging when the person who is dying is from a culturally appropriate background. 
 
 What does dying in a dignified and culturally safe way look like? How can we ensure that the dying person has the information they need, in-language, and are able to express their final wishes in terms of what their final days should look like?
 
 In 2019, Sonia Di Mezza's (the presenter's) father Guido Di Mezza, passed away in her home from lung cancer at the age of 87. Guido was an Italian migrant, who migrated to Australia from Italy in the 1950s. He passed away within a few months of his diagnosis. Working with experts and experienced palliative care staff from Clare Holland House in the Australian Capital Territory, Sonia and her family were able to achieve culturally appropriate, safe palliative care, including supporting her father to experience a meaningful end of life journey. In this presentation, Sonia will share her experiences and lessons learned, with a view to supporting other people in Australia to achieve culturally safe and peaceful end of life care, for family members from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.