{"id":115790,"date":"2025-09-13T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=115790"},"modified":"2025-09-11T00:08:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:08:49","slug":"celebrating-40-years-of-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/celebrating-40-years-of-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 40 years of care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BALLARAT Hospice Care recently held a gala night celebration and an afternoon tea event to celebrate the palliative care organisation&#8217;s 40th anniversary. 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