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End of life health
Coping with learning you have a terminal illness
This article provides advice on what to do if you need to talk to someone about your bad news, condition or how you are feeling.
End-of-life nursing, treatments and procedures
This article explains some of the treatments that end-of-life patient may need, including surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Grief before death – understanding anticipatory grief
Find out how to cope with the news that someone you care for has a terminal illness.
Organ and tissue donation
It's important that you make decisions in relation to organ donation. We have put together a list of questions to help you find answers and address wo...
Palliative care
Palliative care is holistic care that aims to improve the quality of life of people who are dying. Read about the range of services available.
Start talking about your illness
Talking with your loved ones about your illness isn't always easy. Start a conversation with someone close to you by following these tips.
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At the End of Life
Are you caring for a parent or an older family member who is at the end of life? Find information to help you understand more and plan in palliAGED.
Read more on palliAGED website
Dementia Australia | Planning: end-of-life
Making end-of-life decisions
Read more on Dementia Australia website
End of life | Redkite
Redkite is an Australian cancer charity that supports children and young people with cancer (024 years) and their families. We provide essential support from the moment of diagnosis until after treatment finishes, including financial assistance, information and counselling, and education and career support.
Read more on Redkite website
Caring for someone nearing the end of life | Cancer Council Victoria
This page covers the practical, emotional and physical issues to expect and what you can do to provide comfort and support to someone facing end of life.
Read more on Cancer Council Victoria website
Home Care - What I can do- Recognise End of Life
End of life is when a person is living with, and impaired by, a fatal condition, even if the trajectory is ambiguous or unknown. This period may be years in the case of people with chronic or malignant disease, or very brief in the case of people who suffer acute and unexpected illnesses or events, such as sepsis, stroke or trauma.
Read more on End of Life Directions for Aged Care ELDAC website
Information on end-of-life care for consumers | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
How should care be given at the end of life?
Read more on Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care website
Starting the conversation | Australian Government Department of Health
Starting the conversation about palliative care and end-of-life care.
Read more on Department of Health website
Diabetes & Palliative Care
Diabetes and Palliative Care Diabetes needs to be managed across a lifespan including end of life care
Read more on Diabetes Australia website
Advance Care Planning
NSW Health is committed to respecting an individual's values and wishes for clinically appropriate end of life care.
Read more on NSW Health website
Palliative care | Leukaemia Foundation
While palliative care is often provided at the end of life it can also be provided at any time for a person with a life-threatening illness.
Read more on Leukaemia Foundation website
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Communication at End-of-Life
Research & evidence summary on strategies for discussing end of life, palliative care, death & dying with older people & their families or carers.
Read more on palliAGED website
Communication at End-of-Life - Synthesis
Detailed summary & identified gaps from research on discussing end of life, palliative care, death & dying with older people in aged care & families/carers.
Read more on palliAGED website
End of Life Care in Australia | Ausmed
End-of-life care is the support available to terminally ill patients when they find themselves at the final stage of life. The significance of being able to provide compassionate care that eases the suffering of people in their last days cannot be overstated.
Read more on Ausmed Education website
Communication Skills
Research & evidence summary on communication strategies in palliative care, including skills for discussing end of life.
Read more on palliAGED website
Goals of Care
Research & evidence summary on strategies for setting palliative care goals & end of life planning with older people in aged care.
Read more on palliAGED website
ELDAC- Legal Toolkit
The Legal Toolkit provides practical information about the law at end of life for the aged care sector. It contains useful resources on end of life legal issues commonly encountered in aged care to help you to know the law and to support your practice.
Read more on End of Life Directions for Aged Care ELDAC website
Communication Skills - Synthesis
Detailed summary & identified gaps from research on developing communication skills in palliative care, including discussing end of life issues & care.
Read more on palliAGED website
Goals of Care - Synthesis
Detailed summary & identified gaps from research on strategies for setting palliative care goals & end of life planning with older people in aged care.
Read more on palliAGED website
Practice Tip Sheets for Nurses
The palliAGED Practice Tip Sheets for Nurses have been developed to support people providing palliative care to older people approaching the end of life.
Read more on palliAGED website
Practice Tip Sheets
The palliAGED Practice Tip Sheets for Careworkers and Nurses have been developed to support people providing palliative care to older people approaching the end of life.
Read more on palliAGED website
