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What to Say
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At the End of Life
Changes at the Time of Death
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Australian Context
Our Population
Specific Needs
Aged Care
Policy Directions
Aged Care’s Digital Future
Terminology
Palliative Care
Information and Resources
A Consumer Focus
Charter of Aged Care Rights
Planning for the Future
The Workforce
Research
Palliative Care Research
Evidence Centre
Evidence Summaries
Advance Care Planning (ACP)
Advance Care Planning (ACP) - Synthesis
Advocacy
Advocacy - Synthesis
Bereavement
Bereavement - Synthesis
Care Coordination
Care Coordination - Synthesis
Case Conferences
Case Conferences - Synthesis
Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Cognitive Impairment and Dementia - Synthesis
Communication Skills
Communication Skills - Synthesis
Communication at End of Life
Communication at End of Life - Synthesis
Comorbidity and Multimorbidity
Comorbidity and Multimorbidity - Synthesis
Complementary Medicine
Complementary Medicine - Synthesis
Costs and Economics
Costs and Economics - Synthesis
Dignity and Quality of Life
Dignity and Quality of Life - Synthesis
Education - Community, Family, Carers
Education - Community, Family, Carers - Synthesis
Education - Workforce
Education - Workforce - Synthesis
Elder Abuse
Elder Abuse - Synthesis
Emergency Planning and Management
Emergency Planning and Management - Synthesis
Environmental Modification
Family Carers
Family Carers - Synthesis
Family Conflict
Goals of Care
Goals of Care - Synthesis
Intimacy and Sexuality
Intimacy and Sexuality - Synthesis
Managing Crises
Mental Illness
Mental Illness - Synthesis
Models of Care
Models of Care - Synthesis
Needs Assessment
Needs Assessment – Synthesis
Nutrition
Nutrition - Synthesis
Psychosocial Care
Psychosocial Care - Synthesis
Referral
Referral - Synthesis
Resilience
Resilience - Synthesis
Respite Care
Respite Care - Synthesis
Self-Care and Staff Support
Self-Care and Staff Support - Synthesis
Social Support
Social Support - Synthesis
Spiritual Care
Spiritual Care - Synthesis
Syringe Drivers
Terminal Care
Terminal Care - Synthesis
Volunteers
Volunteers - Synthesis
Withdrawing Treatment and Deprescribing
Withdrawing Treatment and Deprescribing - Synthesis
Workforce
Workforce - Synthesis
Finding Evidence
Guide to Aged Care Information Sources
Australian Resources
palliAGED Search
Quality and Evidence Processes
Practice Centre
Improving Practice
Advance Care Planning (ACP)
Advocacy
Bereavement
Care Coordination
Case Conferences
Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Dementia care resources
Communication Skills
Communication at End of Life
Comorbidity and Multimorbidity
Complementary Medicine
Costs and Economics
Dignity and Quality of Life
Education - Community, Family, Carers
Education - Workforce
Elder Abuse
Emergency Planning and Management
Environmental Modification
Family Carers
Family Conflict
Goals of Care
Intimacy and Sexuality
Managing Crises
Mental Illness
Models of Care
Needs Assessment
Nutrition
Psychosocial Care
Referral
Resilience
Respite Care
Self-Care and Staff Support
Social Support
Spiritual Care
Syringe Drivers
Terminal Care
Volunteers
Withdrawing Treatment and Deprescribing
Workforce
Symptoms and Medicines
Anxiety
Dyspnoea
Nausea and Vomiting
Pain
Respiratory Secretions
Terminal Restlessness
Dysphagia
Off-Label Prescribing
Opioids: Switching Between Formulations
Subcutaneous Medicine Administration
Practice Resources
Forms
Using the Forms
Getting started with palliAGED Resources
For Careworkers
Practice Tip Sheets for Careworkers
Aged Care Journeys in Palliative Care
Peter’s Journey
Mary’s Journey
Betty’s Journey
Keng’s Journey
A Guide for Educators
Developing the Aged Care Journeys
For GPs
A Palliative Approach
Recognising change
Communication
Planning for the Future
Providing Care
Terminal Care
Bereavement
Tools and Resources
For Nurses
Practice Tip Sheets for Nurses
palliAGED Introduction Modules
Introduction Modules Manual
Nurses Education and Training
palliAGED resources for Nurses
palliAGED for educators and managers
Education videos for aged care workers
For Pharmacists
Medication Management
Other Roles for Pharmacists
Medicines and Palliative Care Information Resources
palliAGEDnurse App
Training and Education
Online Learning
Course Selection Tool
Formal Qualifications
National Palliative Care Program Learning
Voluntary Assisted Dying
Understanding the Standards
Aged Care Standard 8 Good Governance
Aged Care Standard 7 Human Resources
Aged Care Standard 6 Feedback and Complaints
Aged Care Standard 5 Organisation's Service Environment
Aged Care Standard 4 and supporting the goals at the end of life
Aged Care Standard 3 and enabling best practice personal and clinical care
Aged Care Standard 2 and Ongoing Assessment and Planning
Aged Care Standard 1 and Palliative Care
For the Community
What is Palliative Care
Who Provides Palliative Care?
Referring to Palliative Care
Palliative Care Booklet for Patients, Carers, and Families
Multimedia
English Multimedia
Arabic Multimedia
Cantonese Multimedia
Croatian Multimedia
Greek Multimedia
Italian Multimedia
Mandarin Multimedia
Spanish Multimedia
Ukrainian Multimedia
Older Australia
We Are Getting Older
Dementia
Caring and Aged Care
Thinking About Aged Care
Planning for the Future
Home / Community Care
Support and Services for Home Care
Low Level Care
Medium to High Level Care
Palliative Care Support
Being Part of the Care Team
At the End - Homecare
Complaints About Care
Caring for Carers
Residential Aged Care
Entering Residential Aged Care
Communicating with RAC Staff
Palliative Care in RAC
Dealing with Emotions and Grief
Near the End
Complaints About Care
Recognising Changes
Understanding Death and Dying
Grieving
Older Australia Resources
Diverse Australia
Accessing Care
Talking About Dying
Palliative Care
Building Trust
Talking with Others
Finding Support
Making Plans
Communication
Cost of Care
Discrimination
Information in Your Language
Illness and Family Caring
Living with Illness
Changes Over Time
Advance Care Planning
Managing Finances
Emotional Challenges
Anxiety and depression
The Hard Thing About Being Cared For
Would It Help to Talk To Someone?
Complementary Therapies
Why is communication important?
Communicating with Older People
Communicating With Health Professionals
Difficult Conversations
Family Communication
Talking With Children
Spirituality
Living with Illness Resources
Voluntary Assisted Dying
Managing Physical Needs
Managing Symptoms
Pain
Managing Medicines
Managing Physical Needs Resources
How To Care
Who is a Carer
Young carers
Practical Caring
Setting up for at Home Palliative Care
Issues in Caring
Looking After Yourself
Managing Daily Life
Supporting Carers
What to Say
Carer Needs Tools
How to Care Resources
At the End of Life
Changes at the Time of Death
Managing Funerals and Notifications
At the End Resources
Bereavement, Grief and Loss
Grief and Sadness
Relationship Loss
Children and Grief and Loss
Remembering
Bereavement Grief and Loss Resources
Finding Services and Support
Palliative Care Services
Disease Specific Resources
National Resources
State Resources
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Support Groups
Services and Supports
Developing Knowledge and Skills
Using Online Information
Using Information
Is it Trustworthy?
Sources of Information
Education
Carers Learning
Community Education
Volunteer Learning
About palliAGED
News
Sector News
palliAGED Updates
Blog
palliAGED Newsletters
Acknowledgements
Terms and Conditions
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What is Palliative Care
Who Provides Palliative Care?
Referring to Palliative Care
Palliative Care Booklet for Patients, Carers, and Families
Multimedia
English Multimedia
Arabic Multimedia
Cantonese Multimedia
Croatian Multimedia
Greek Multimedia
Italian Multimedia
Mandarin Multimedia
Spanish Multimedia
Ukrainian Multimedia
Older Australia
We Are Getting Older
Dementia
Caring and Aged Care
Thinking About Aged Care
Planning for the Future
Home / Community Care
Support and Services for Home Care
Low Level Care
Medium to High Level Care
Palliative Care Support
Being Part of the Care Team
At the End - Homecare
Complaints About Care
Caring for Carers
Residential Aged Care
Entering Residential Aged Care
Communicating with RAC Staff
Palliative Care in RAC
Dealing with Emotions and Grief
Near the End
Complaints About Care
Recognising Changes
Understanding Death and Dying
Grieving
Older Australia Resources
Diverse Australia
Accessing Care
Talking About Dying
Palliative Care
Building Trust
Talking with Others
Finding Support
Making Plans
Communication
Cost of Care
Discrimination
Information in Your Language
Illness and Family Caring
Living with Illness
Changes Over Time
Advance Care Planning
Managing Finances
Emotional Challenges
Anxiety and depression
The Hard Thing About Being Cared For
Would It Help to Talk To Someone?
Complementary Therapies
Why is communication important?
Communicating with Older People
Communicating With Health Professionals
Difficult Conversations
Family Communication
Talking With Children
Spirituality
Living with Illness Resources
Voluntary Assisted Dying
Managing Physical Needs
Managing Symptoms
Pain
Managing Medicines
Managing Physical Needs Resources
How To Care
Who is a Carer
Young carers
Practical Caring
Setting up for at Home Palliative Care
Issues in Caring
Looking After Yourself
Managing Daily Life
Supporting Carers
What to Say
Carer Needs Tools
How to Care Resources
At the End of Life
Changes at the Time of Death
Managing Funerals and Notifications
At the End Resources
Bereavement, Grief and Loss
Grief and Sadness
Relationship Loss
Children and Grief and Loss
Remembering
Bereavement Grief and Loss Resources
Finding Services and Support
Palliative Care Services
Disease Specific Resources
National Resources
State Resources
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Support Groups
Services and Supports
Developing Knowledge and Skills
Using Online Information
Using Information
Is it Trustworthy?
Sources of Information
Education
Carers Learning
Community Education
Volunteer Learning
Managing Physical Needs Resources
Reliable help to manage symptoms and medicines
Symptoms
CarerHelp has a list of factsheets for common symptoms in palliative care.
Although not specific to the care of older people, the
Carers support Kit from Palliative Care South East
has comprehensive information on managing pain and other common symptoms and medications at the end of life.
Victoria Department of Health has information on
Managing physical symptoms during palliative care
Pain
Australian Cancer council has information on
Overcoming cancer pain (269kb pdf).
1300 MEDICINE
(
1300 633 424
), speak with a registered nurse about any question you have about prescription, over-the-counter and complementary medicines.
Palliative Care Australia has
Facts about morphine and other opioid medicines in palliative care.
Palliative care Victoria has an information sheet
About pain and the help available (1.66MB pdf)
Managing medicines
About the PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme).
1300 MEDICINE
(
1300 633 424
), speak with a registered nurse about any question you have about prescription, over-the-counter and complementary medicines.
The National Prescribing Service has:
a
Consumer Medicines Information page.
They also have information on
keeping a medicines list
that could be helpful.
Information on
Managing your medicines.
Information on
Medicines and brand names explained
.
Services Australia has information on:
The
PBS Safety Net scheme
that many people are eligible for.
The
Pharmaceutical Allowance Scheme.
The Better Health Channel has a sheet on
Medicines and side effects.
palliAGED has a form for your
Medicines List (129kb pdf)
which you can print or fill in online.
Page updated 30 March 2023