Finding palliative care resources for your practice

This collection provides tools, information and resources for use when caring for palliative care patients and those coming to the end of their life.

  • For resources to give to patients and their family and/or carers, see Patient Resources.
  • For quick links to forms, checklists and tools developed or reproduced by CareSearch/palliAGED to assist you in providing palliative care, see CareSearch GP Resources.


Assessing prognosis

Assessing symptoms

Assessing distress

Assessing family and caregivers

Appetite

Bowels

Breathlessness

Delirium

Fatigue

Nausea and vomiting

Pain

Sleep

Non-malignant conditions

The deteriorating patient

Emergencies

Medications and prescribing

Managing opioids

Syringe drivers

Refractory problems

Reimbursement

Voluntary assisted dying

End of life symptoms

Coroner reportability

Last updated 26 March 2024