Palliative care resources
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Benefits of palliative care education and training for anyone who works in primary care – 90 second video
Palliative care experts and people who work in primary care discuss the importance of palliative care education and training. Palliative care education and training can increase your knowledge, skills and confidence to care for and communicate with people who have a life-limiting illness.
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Benefits of palliative care education and training – 90 second video
Health and aged care professionals and palliative care experts discuss the importance of palliative care education and training. Palliative care education and training can increase your knowledge, skills and confidence to care for and communicate with people who have a life-limiting illness.
Comprehensive Palliative Care in Aged Care (CPCiAC) Measure – Interim Report
This report provides an interim assessment of progress of the Comprehensive Palliative Care in Aged Care (CPCiAC) measure up to August 2023.
COVID-19 vaccination – Shared decision making guide for people receiving palliative care or end-of-life care
This decision guide is to help a person who is receiving end-of-life care, or their caregiver make an informed decision about getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Comprehensive Palliative Care in Aged Care Program – SA Health
This video shows how the Comprehensive Palliative Care in Aged Care Program is successfully empowering aged care providers in the delivery of palliative care in South Australia.
The Paediatric Palliative Care National Action Plan
The Paediatric Palliative Care National Action Plan is a roadmap for a national approach to prioritise and work towards common goals and objectives for paediatric palliative care.
Palliative care market research – Insights report
This market research examines the training and education opportunities to best support aged and primary care workers so they can deliver high quality palliative care.
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Greater Choice for At Home Palliative Care Program – South Western Sydney PHN
South Western Sydney Primary Health Network (PHN) has published a booklet - A Journey into Sorry Business - which provides culturally appropriate and respectful information to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people about the raft of palliative support services which are available in the area.
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Greater Choice for At Home Palliative Care Program – Murrumbidgee PHN
The Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (PHN) has introduced a Palliative Care Outcomes Collaborative (PCOC) into general practice, which enables health professionals to measure and identify the impact of their service delivery and achieve better palliative care outcomes for their patients.
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Greater Choice for At Home Palliative Care Program – Brisbane South PHN
The Brisbane South Primary Health Network is using funding from the Australian Government’s Greater Choice for At Home Palliative Care program to improve safe and effective end of life care outside of hospital settings.
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Greater Choice for At Home Palliative Care Program – North Western Melbourne PHN
The Precious Time: an end of life directory is a unique website developed by the North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (PHN) to help patients, family, friends and carers access a range of palliative care and support services in a meaningful and holistic manner.
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Greater Choice for At Home Palliative Care Program – Country Western Australia PHN
Country Western Australia Primary Health Network (PHN) is working with the City of Albany to improve access to safe, high quality palliative care in primary and community care.
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Greater Choice for At Home Palliative Care Program – Central QLD, Wide Bay, Sunshine Coast PHN
Through the Greater Choice for At Home Palliative Care (GCfAHPC) Program the Central Queensland, Wide Bay, Sunshine Coast Primary Health Network (PHN) have increased advance care planning in aged care. This is comforting residents while providing a positive education experience for the workforce.
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Greater Choice for At Home Palliative Care Program – Adelaide PHN
The Adelaide Primary Health Network (PHN) introduced Advance Care Plans in Residential Aged Care Facilities in 2018 to document and improve care from the moment a resident enters a facility right up until their final journey through life.
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Starting the conversation
Starting the conversation about palliative care and end-of-life care.
Comprehensive Palliative Care in Aged Care Measure – Mid-point Report
The Mid-point Report provides an interim assessment of progress towards the Measure’s aims. It covers the period from when funding to states and territories began in 2019-20 to June 2022.
Executive Summary Report – Exploratory Review of Palliative Care Assessment Tools
This Executive Summary Report summarises the outcomes of the Exploratory Review of Palliative Care Assessment Tools project.
Comprehensive Palliative Care in Aged Care Measure – Baseline report and Progress Report 2
This Baseline report provides the evaluation baseline and an update on implementation.
Comprehensive Palliative Care in Aged Care Measure – Evaluation Framework
The Evaluation Framework covers evaluation activities from April 2021 to November 2023. The primary audience for the evaluation is the Department and state and territory government representatives.
National framework for advance care planning documents
The National framework for advance care planning documents supports advance care planning across all states and territories.
Final Evaluation Report of the End of Life Directions for Aged Care Program
This report is a summary of an independent evaluation of the End of Life Directions for Aged Care (ELDAC) from 2017-18 to 2019-20. The key findings and recommendations will inform the future activities of ELDAC.
Literature Review Summary Report – National Evaluation of the Comprehensive Palliative Care in Aged Care Measure
The Literature Review Report summarises the outcomes of a review of peer reviewed and grey literature on international and domestic approaches to palliative care in residential aged care facilities (RACFs).
Implementation Plan for the National Palliative Care Strategy 2018
Our Implementation Plan for the National Palliative Care Strategy will help us improve palliative care services for all Australians.
Evaluation of the National Palliative Care Projects Final Report
This report describes the assessment and evaluation of the National Palliative Care Projects which are funded under the Public Health and Chronic Disease Grant Program. The Report outlines key findings and recommendations.
Exploratory Analysis of Barriers to Palliative Care – Literature Review
This document represents a summary of the literature reviews which were originally conducted in March–April 2018 and updated in January 2019, with minor final amendments made in July 2019.
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