All of the projects will be completed by 30 June 2006. For more information on the completed projects please click on the links below.
Note: The projects were community-based projects, not research aimed to increase community capacity in relation to palliative care. As a result there are different forms of presentation in the Executive Summaries as the funded organisations had varying degrees of experience in, and resources for, managing projects.
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| Project Name: |
Education Link - PC |
| Project Description: |
Educating and training to services working with palliative care patients and families |
| Organisation: |
Carers ACT Inc |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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| Project Name: |
Enhancing Community Understanding of Palliative Care |
| Project Description: |
Community awareness raising by developing a resource package and community run education programs |
| Organisation: |
ACT Hospice Palliative Care Society Inc |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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Palliative care booklet on the Dying Experience Service Directory
Brochures on Access to Palliative Care and Organisations / Networks that provide support and care for palliative care users; Fact Sheets on subjects relating to palliative care.
For information on how to obtain these resources email acthpc@bigpond.com. |
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| Project Name: |
Shared understandings improving palliative care for people with dementia |
| Project Description: |
Producing educational resources to improve the quality of palliative care to those with dementia. |
| Organisation: |
Alzheimer's Australia ACT |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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Resources can be found in the publication section at: www.alzheimers.org.au |
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| Project Name: |
Developing linkages between an Indigenous population and a palliative care service. |
| Project Description: |
Facilitating partnerships between the palliative care service and the Indigenous community. |
| Organisation: |
Wentworth Area Health Service |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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A Palliative Care: Care of Aboriginal People Training Module.
For more information phone (02) 4736 0500. |
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Helping Communities Care: Volunteer and Bereavement Support Networks. |
| Project Description: |
Implementing a model for volunteer coordination and bereavement support for rural communities. |
| Organisation: |
Mid-Western Area Health Service |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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- Palliative Care and Bereavement Support Folder
- Volunteer Recruitment Resource Information
- Mandatory Training Presenter's Resource Folder
- Volunteer Palliative Care and Bereavement Training - Presenter Resource Information
- Volunteer Palliative Care and Bereavement Training - Participant's Resource Information
- Volunteer Coordination and Ongoing Management Resource Information
For more information on how to obtain these resources phone
(02) 6363 8000
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| Project Name: |
Kids Grief: a handbook for group leaders. |
| Project Description: |
Developing and producing a handbook to support professionals and volunteers in running support groups for bereaved children |
| Organisation: |
National Centre for Childhood Grief Aust Ltd |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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For information on grief handbook go to: www.bereavementcare.com.au or www.childhoodgrief.org.au |
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| Project Name: |
QTY Bereavement Project |
| Project Description: |
Establishing a coordinated bereavement service for the Queanbeyan area. |
| Organisation: |
Southern Area Health Service |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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- Education packages can be accessed via Queanbeyan Community Health, (02) 6298 9233
- Grief bookmarks and pamphlets can be obtained via NALAG (02) 6292 6847
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| Project Name: |
Motor Neurone Disease Volunteer Visitor Pilot Program. |
| Project Description: |
Developing and implementing a motor neuron volunteer visitor program. |
| Organisation: |
Motor Neurone Disease Association of NSW |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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Various resources were produced.
For information on resources visit: www.mndnsw.asn.au
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| Project Name: |
Palliative care dementia interface: enhancing community capacity. |
| Project Description: |
Developing strong partnerships between aged care facilities and palliative care services to enhance the care of elderly people with dementia. |
| Organisation: |
University of Western Sydney |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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Family Information Booklet
For a copy of this booklet phone (02) 9685 9046 or e-mail: e.chang@uws.edu.au
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| Project Name: |
Palliative care education utilising interactive satellite television technology. |
| Project Description: |
Developing four palliative care interactive videos to educate residential
aged care staff. |
| Organisation: |
Anglican Retirement Villages |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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Four videos:
- Overview of Palliative Care
- Death & Dying;
- Pain Management; and
- Dealing with Grief & Loss
For details on receiving these videos go to: www.agedcarechannel.com.au
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| Project Name: |
Study to predict home death. |
| Project Description: |
Conducting research to identify the factors that prevent a home death occurring. |
| Organisation: |
Central Sydney Area Health Service Palliative Care Service |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Supporting and educating carers in palliative care. |
| Project Description: |
Educating and providing follow-up support to carers of people with a life limiting illness. |
| Organisation: |
Carers NSW |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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Various educational materials were produced, including a video, interactive CD and journal articles.
For more information on the project and resources visit the 'Carer Support Program' section at www.carersnsw.asn.au
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| Project Name: |
Greater Darwin Palliative Care Volunteer Support Project. |
| Project Description: |
Recruiting, training, coordinating and supporting a pool of volunteers in the Darwin area. |
| Organisation: |
NT Carers Association Inc |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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| Project Name: |
Groote Palliative Care Support Service. |
| Project Description: |
Increasing Indigenous awareness of palliative care and integrate services for palliative care patients |
| Organisation: |
Anglicare NT |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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| Project Name: |
Northern Care Frontier Services. |
| Project Description: |
Training and support for residential aged care facilities located within Indigenous communities |
| Organisation: |
Frontier Services |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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| Project Name: |
Visiting Specialist Program. |
| Project Description: |
Training and education for primary care workers and the general community |
| Organisation: |
Central Australian Division of Primary Health Care Inc |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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| Project Name: |
An educational strategy to increase the palliative care capacity of primary health care providers working in rural and remote areas of Australia. |
| Project Description: |
Educating primary care health providers about palliative care in rural remote areas across Qld. |
| Organisation: |
General Practice Education Australia |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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Resources can be requested by emailing Fiona.Israel@mtolivet.org.au |
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| Project Name: |
Bundaberg Palliative Access Link (PAL) Project. |
| Project Description: |
Enhancing community awareness of palliative care within local community. |
| Organisation: |
Wide Bay Division of General Practice Association Inc |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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PAL Information Kit
- PAL Training Program
- Resource Training Package – including promotional literature guidelines on Aged and Dementia Care.
For more information on these resources email: pal@widebaydgp.org.au
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| Project Name: |
Community Bereavement Support Service Children, Adolescents and the Families. |
| Project Description: |
Establishing a child bereavement centre which will provide counselling and support to grieving children. |
| Organisation: |
Mt Olivet Community Services |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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- Booklet When a Student is Grieving – A Guide for Teachers Grief in schools.
- What can I do as a teacher / teacher aide? A handout sheet.
Surfing the Web, a list of websites of particular relevance to grieving and bereaved young people.
How to prepare your child for a death in the family. Practical ideas for parents, a handout sheet.
Other handouts for parents on a variety of topics.
Resources are available at: www.childbereavement.org.au
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| Project Name: |
SEAM: A support, education, assessment and monitoring service for regional and rural people. |
| Project Description: |
Funding for a palliative care case manager to increase support and access to palliative care. |
| Organisation: |
GP Connections |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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'SEAM - improving the quality of palliative care in regional Toowoomba, Australia: lessons learned' |
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| Project Name: |
Volunteer Palliative Care Support Network Initiative. |
| Project Description: |
Developing a model for palliative care volunteers and establishing a pool of palliative care volunteers to be accessed by local services. |
| Organisation: |
Blue Care Brisbane Central Region (Volunteer Services) |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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Volunteer Training Modules
Volunteer Training Manuals on CD
For more information on these resources email: volunteers@bluecare.org.au
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| Project Name: |
Collaborative Palliative Care in Rural Communities. |
| Project Description: |
Developing and implementing a collaborative model of practice support palliative care patients. |
| Organisation: |
Tasmanian Palliative Care Service, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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| Project Name: |
Empowering the Southern Midlands Community through Information and Integration. |
| Project Description: |
Educating and supporting local workers and agencies and the
development of local resources and a volunteers service. |
| Organisation: |
Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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Palliative Care Assessment form
Palliative Care Referral form
To obtain these forms please email karla.ottens@dhhs.tas.gov.au |
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| Project Name: |
Establishing the care-worker role in palliative care-education, support and integration with palliative care teams. |
| Project Description: |
Educating and supporting care workers providing care to palliative care patients.
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| Organisation: |
Royal District Nursing Service of SA |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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| Project Name: |
Kangaroo Island palliative care project. |
| Project Description: |
Developing a volunteer support program to assist those with a life-limiting illness. |
| Organisation: |
Kangaroo Island Health Service |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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| Project Name: |
Partnering with rural communities to improve access and education in palliative care. |
| Project Description: |
Improving community awareness by educating health professionals, community members and carers. |
| Organisation: |
School of Nursing and Rural Health, University of South Australia, Whyalla Campus |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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| Project Name: |
Shared bereavement care in the west. |
| Project Description: |
Strengthening partnerships between specialist and primary care services to provide culturally appropriate care. |
| Organisation: |
Western Adelaide Palliative Care |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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Numerous resources were developed. For more information on these resources telephone (08) 8222 6825 |
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| Project Name: |
Best practice support model for terminal illness in the workplace. |
| Project Description: |
Developing of policies and practices to support terminally ill people in the workplace. |
| Organisation: |
Palliative Care Victoria |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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| Project Name: |
Building rural community capacity through volunteering. |
| Project Description: |
Enhancing community awareness and partnerships through regional workshops and education. |
| Organisation: |
Hume Regional Palliative Care |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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Resources relating to this page can be requested by email from:
palliative@hrpc.hume.org.au |
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| Project Name: |
Experiential Palliative Care Program for General Practitioners. |
| Project Description: |
Providing palliative care work placements to GP's to experience palliative care services. |
| Organisation: |
Mornington Peninsula Division of General Practice |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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| Project Name: |
Improving consumer and health professional access to comprehensive, accessible, user-friendly evidence-based online information. |
| Project Description: |
Community awareness by improving the Palliative Care Victoria website. |
| Organisation: |
La Trobe University |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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| Project Name: |
Living and Dying in Style. |
| Project Description: |
Improving end of life planning in palliative care and residential aged care. |
| Organisation: |
South West Health Care |
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Executive Summary |
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Resources:
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Living and Dying in Style booklet by Dr Eric Fairbank is available from South West Healthcare, as are posters promoting ACP. email Mabel Mitchell mmitchell@swh.net.au or Dr Eric Fairbank efairbank@swh.net.au.
For training manuals, documents and other materials view RPC website at http://www.respectingpatientchoices.org.au/
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| Project Name: |
Accessing Palliative Care in the Kimberley's Remote Aboriginal Communities. |
| Project Description: |
Increasing awareness and access to palliative care in the Kimberley's. |
| Organisation: |
Kimberley Health Region WA |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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| Project Name: |
Fitzroy Valley Palliative Care Service. |
| Project Description: |
Facilitating partnerships and community awareness in Fitzroy Valley. |
| Organisation: |
Nindilingarri Cultural Health Service Inc |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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| Project Name: |
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Palliative Care Coordination Project. |
| Project Description: |
Developing a model to enhance the transition between community and inpatient setting. |
| Organisation: |
Silver Chain Nursing Association Inc |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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| Project Name: |
Learn Now, Live Well: An Educational Program for Patients and Care-Givers living with and affected by life threatening illness. |
| Project Description: |
Increasing support for family members caring for people with a terminal illness through an education and support program. |
| Organisation: |
Ramsay Healthcare Australia Pty Ltd trading as Hollywood Private Hospital |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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| Project Name: |
South West Perth Collaborative Community Palliative Care Project. |
| Project Description: |
Developing a coordinated, integrated and cooperative palliative care service. |
| Organisation: |
Murdoch Community Hospice Inc. |
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Project Overview |
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Executive Summary |
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This page was last updated 1 August 2006
Last updated 26 May 2008