The Palliative Approach Toolkit

The Palliative Approach Toolkit aims to provide quality care for residents at the end of life and their families. The toolkit was produced as part of a $1.4 million project – Implementation of a comprehensive evidence-based palliative approach in residential aged care – funded by the federal government’s Department of Health and Ageing under the Encouraging Better Practice in Aged Care (EBPAC) Program.

Full copies of the Palliative Approach Toolkit will be available for purchase in the future. To place your name on a mailing list contact Karen Clifton at k.clifton@uq.edu.au

On this webpage you will find some of the resources from the Palliative Approach Toolkit that are available for download free of charge.  

• Suiting the Needs
  Is a 12 minute DVD providing an introduction to the palliative approach in residential aged care, and can be viewed at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6158754615324921882#
  DVD is available to order from Palliative Care Australia: http://www.palliativecare.org.au/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=4VNqXjjTMAE%3d&tabid=1773
  

• All on the Same Page
  Is a 14 minute DVD focusing on palliative care case conferencing in residential aged care
  

  Guidelines for a Palliative Approach in Residential Aged Care and Therapeutic Guidelines: Palliative Care
  This publication is available to order from the Australian Government's Department of Health & Ageing:
  http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/45F499A558A3076FCA25702C007B9F90/$File/PalcareOrderForm.pdf
  or can be downloaded at:
  http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/1CADF13B80E96F4BCA256FFE0077FC62/$File/guideall.pdf

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