Resources

The palliAGED Introduction modules for aged care nurses provide a gateway to training and understanding in palliative care including symptoms and care issues.

The palliAGED apps provide nurses and GPs with easy and convenient access to information to help them care for people approaching the end of their life. Timely access to palliative care information can support the clinical care being provided.

The Pain Management Guide Toolkit by NARI for Aged Care is a free resource to help the book Pain in Residential Aged Care Facilities.

The National Palliative Care Strategy represents the commitment of the Commonwealth, state and territory governments to ensuring the highest possible level of palliative care is available to all people.

The national framework for advanced care planning documents supports advance care planning across all states and territories and in different health settings.

MyGrief app from Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement provides information, tools and resources to support bereaved people and also provides practical strategies for families and friends on how best to support someone in the midst of their bereavement.

This Literature Review Report from Department of Health 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. It supports a national evaluation of the Comprehensive Palliative Care in Aged Care Measure. 

Helping you to establish or improve linkages between aged, primary and palliative care services to provide the best possible palliative care and advance care planning for older persons in your care. An ELDAC resource.

Improving practice pages from palliAGED provide practical things that those working in aged care can do in relation to a range of end of lif care topics. 

When a person has an advanced disease, they will need support to continue to be able to live at home. Older Australians can  access Government funded supports and services in the home through My Aged Care.  A resource by CarerHelp.