The Australian Government funds a range of national palliative care projects primarily focused on education, training, quality improvement and advance care planning. Many of these have specific resources for aged care and primary care.
ACP Australia Learning
These modules from Advance Care Planning Australia range from an introduction to ACP to more specialised courses for health professionals.
Advance eLearning
The Advance Project offers a range of learning options for
GPs,
general practice nurses, and
general practice managers to develop their knowledge of, and skills in using, screening tools to support the provision of palliative care and advance care planning (ACP) in everyday general practice.
caring@home
The caring@home project aim is to train nurses to support and enhance the ability of lay caregivers to manage subcutaneous medications thereby assisting palliative patients access to timely symptom management.
CareSearch My Learning Modules
The My Learning modules aim to demonstrate how to find relevant evidence and how to use the evidence resources in CareSearch to make a difference in clinical care. My Learning 4: Residential Aged Care is specific to aged care.
End of Life Directions for Aged Care (ELDAC)
ELDAC provides information, guidance, and resources to health professionals and aged care workers to support palliative care and advance care planning to improve the care of older Australians.
End-of-Life Essentials Education Modules
These education modules are designed to assist clinical staff working in acute hospitals in delivering end-of-life care.
End of Life Law for Clinicians (ELLC)
This project helps clinicians learn about end-of-life law and the effects this has on end-of-life care and palliative care for patients.
Palliative Aged Care Outcomes Program (PACOP)
The Palliative Aged Care Outcomes Program, or PACOP, is dedicated to improving the outcomes of all Australians in aged care homes with a particular focus on those who are approaching the end of their life.
The Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA)
PEPA provides health professionals and care providers with an observational placement in a palliative care service as well as access to workshops in the palliative approach. Reverse placements where a specialist palliative care staff member travels to the residential aged care service to facilitate palliative care learning area is also available.
TEL: Talking End of Life... with people with intellectual disability
TEL provides online education via 12 modules covering the role of disability support workers, key issues on dying and death, and supporting the needs of people with intellectual disability as they plan for end of life.
You can find other education options and learning opportunities relating to palliative care in aged care in the palliAGED Online Learning section.
Page updated 07 March 2025