caring@home is pleased to share it has secured funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care to continue delivering resources to support health professionals and families caring for home-based palliative care patients.
The Project’s activities for 2023-2026 will continue to provide nationally consistent clinical resources and workforce capacity improvements to support timely, evidence-based care for home-based palliative patients. Activities will focus on the development of resources to improve quality of life for patients in their last year of life.
As a part of holistic care, health professionals can promote effective symptom management by anticipatory prescribing for common end-of-life symptoms and by involving carers/families in symptom management, including preparing and giving subcutaneous medicines for breakthrough symptoms.
The caring@home resources can support this model of care — click here to visit the caring@home website.