CareSearch GP resources

CareSearch tools and checklists for GPs

The following forms, checklists and tools have been developed or reproduced by CareSearch / palliAGED to assist you in providing palliative care. These may be downloaded for free.

For tools, information and resources for use when caring for palliative care patients and those coming to the end of their life, see GP Resources.

For resources to give to patients and their family and/or carers as additional material to remind them of conversations or to help them manage issues at home, see Patient Resources.

Assessment

• Interactive SPICT Tool (315kb pdf)
• Needs Assessment Tool for Carers of people with a Chronic Condition (NAT-CC) form (363kb pdf)
• Needs Assessment Tool for Carers of People with Advanced Cancer (NAT-C) (342kb pdf)
• Needs Assessment for Progressive Disease (NAT:PD) form (128kb pdf)
  
  

Planning care

• Communication Starters for difficult conversations (122kb pdf)
• MBS remuneration to support a planned general practice palliative care pathway - RAC (399kb pdf)
• MBS remuneration to support a planned general practice palliative care pathway - Home care (286kb pdf)
• Checklist for a home death (237kb pdf)
• CareSearchgp app
• palliAGED case conference forms
• Using the palliAGED conference forms (66kb pdf)
• Case conference checklist - Home care (407kb pdf)
• Case conference checklist - Residential care (403kb pdf)
• Invitation to attend a case conference - GPs (179kb pdf)
• Confirmation of a case conference - GPs (173kb pdf)
• Information for you and your family - What is palliative care and why do you need a case conference (151kb pdf)
• Invitation for you and your family (185kb pdf)
• Confirmation for you and your family (185kb pdf)
• Staff Communication Sheet (142kb pdf)
• Palliative care case conference summary - Home Care (230kb pdf)
• Palliative care case conference summary - Residential Care (225kb pdf)
  
  

Clinical decisions

• Abbey Pain scale (1.05MB pdf)
• Delirium - Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) Tool (1.93MB pdf)
  
  

The dying patient

• Checklist for a Home Death (237kb pdf)
• Medicines for terminal care from the PBS Prescriber Bag (96kb pdf)
  
  

Supporting families

• What is palliative care? (166kb pdf)
• Palliative Care Support for Patients, Carers, and Families (4.45MB pdf)
• Emergency Contact List (108kb pdf)
• Medicines List (116kb pdf)
• Information about case conferences and palliative care (151kb pdf)
• Self-Care for carers (206kb pdf)
• Breakthrough pain medication diary (1.76MB pdf)
• Interactive SPICT-4ALL Tool (317kb pdf)
  
  

Remuneration

• MBS items supporting GP palliative care provision in primary care (406kb pdf)
• MBS items supporting GP palliative care provision in residential aged care (318kb pdf)
• Remuneration for community pharmacists (122kb pdf)
  
  

To share with interdisciplinary team members as appropriate

• MBS items supporting nurse practitioner palliative care provision (140kb pdf)
• MBS items supporting allied health professional palliative care provision (175kb pdf)
• Dose Administration Aid Suitability Check - for Pharmacists (117kb pdf)