Palliative Care Resources
For Carers and Individuals
Planning early and openly for your own or a loved one’s palliative care enables greater choice, control and dignity when it comes to end-of-life care.
Making a good palliative care plan is key, and involves having open and early discussions with loved ones and palliative care professionals, as you will discover in our informative webinars below.
Because in the end, what matters most to you?
Dive into our trove of resources below that help you navigate the palliative care journey − whether for yourself, or for a loved one − and plan well for what matters most in the end.
What is palliative care?
Palliative care is high quality health care and support for people living with a life-limiting illness and their families. It is about maintaining quality of life, focusing on living as well as possible for as long as possible.
Educational webinar: Community Conversations
Taking Care of Dying: Advance Care Planning
Building your knowledge now on end-of-life matters is proven to have a positive impact on your quality of life when that time comes. That knowledge can also support you if you are a current carer of a loved one or if you may be a carer in the future.
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The Greater Choice At Home Palliative Care Program is pleased to provide links to a range of excellent and practical available resources. If you can’t find what you are looking for below, please reach out to our team.
- Advance Care Planning Australia
- NSW Health – Advance Care Planning
- Uploading your documents to My Health Record
- Download and print a wallet card [PDF 117.46 KB] to let others know that you have an advance care directive
- Your local GP practice can provide guidance and advice: find a local general practice on the healthdirect service directory online or via the my health app.
- Palliative Care Service Guide: Palliative Care NSW provides support for carers, family members and health professionals to navigate services. Call 02 8076 5604 Tuesday & Thursday and every second Monday, or email [email protected]
- 1300 MEDICINE (1300 633 424) – free government supported advice line with a registered pharmacist
- palliPHARM palliative care medicines factsheet
- palliPHARM Storing your palliative care medicines safely factsheet
- 1300 MEDICINE (1300 633 424) – free government supported advice line with a registered pharmacist
- palliPHARM Storing your palliative care medicines safely factsheet
- palliPHARM disposing of your palliative care medicines safely factsheet
- palliPHARM disposing of your palliative care medicines safely factsheet
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Sad news Sorry Business: Guidelines for caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through death and dying
- Indigenous Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (IPEPA)
- Gwandalan
- Our Mob and Cancer
- Caring@home Indigenous resources
- Information from CareSearch
- Advance Care Planning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Journey to Dreaming Toolkit
- Taking Care of Dying Time (video)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Discussion Starter
Children and young people
People from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
People who identify as LGBTQIA+
People with a disability
- Living and dying well for people with a disability: Palliative and end of life care knowledge framework
- Introductory video
- Deeper dive video
- Talking End of Life with People with Intellectual Disability (TEL program)
Implementation support tools for people with a disability
- Knowledge framework self-assessment tool for Individuals- Fillable PDF
- Knowledge framework self-assessment tool for Individuals- Print Version
- Example knowledge framework self-assessment tool for Individuals
- Knowledge framework self-assessment tool for Organisations- Fillable PDF
- Knowledge framework self-assessment tool for Organisations- Print Version
- Example Knowledge framework self-assessment tool for Organisations
- Available Education and Training Opportunities Spreadsheet
