About palliative care
Find out about palliative care — what is is, where it is provided, what it costs and how to get the best care for you.
Education and training
Find palliative care education and training programs for health and aged care workers.
Planning your palliative care
Having a plan can help relieve the stress on you and your family. Look at our guide to planning your care.
Initiatives and programs
Learn about our palliative care initiatives and programs.
Browse palliative care for
Children and young people
Palliative care for children and young people is different to adults. Find out how to decide if your child needs palliative care and what services are available.
Carers
Caring for someone with a life-limiting illness can be an emotional experience. Find out what support is available to help you and the person you care for.
Resources
Resources
Residential aged care funding assessment pathways fact sheet
This fact sheet or flyer provides information to providers of permanent resident aged care about the three pathways for assessing and classifying an aged care resident.
Palliative care education and training for the aged care workforce – Communication toolkit
This toolkit provides information and materials that aged care organisations and providers can use to encourage anyone who works in aged care to complete palliative care education and training. This training will help them to deliver quality palliative care.
Palliative care consumer flyer
This DL flyer is targeted at people with a life-limiting illness and encourages them to plan for their care by talking to their GP about palliative care options.
Palliative care education and training – Social media tiles
These social media tiles are part of the palliative care education and training communication toolkits. Use them to encourage people who work in health and aged care to complete training to help them deliver high-quality palliative care.