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  • Patients and Carers
    • Introduction for Patients
    • Introduction for Carers
    • Introduction for Families
    • How to Care
      • Looking After Someone
        • Family Carer Role
        • Family Conflict In Caring
        • If You Cannot Continue In The Caring Role
        • Looking After Yourself
        • Managing Daily Life
        • Paid Careworkers In The Home
        • Respite
        • Social Support
        • Tips for Carers About Visitors
        • Who is a Carer?
      • Practical Caring Resources
        • Getting Practical Help
        • Managing Medicines
          • Costs of Medicines
          • Medicines Explained
          • Practical Ways to Manage Medicines
          • Tips for Managing Medicines
        • Practical Information and Resources
        • Transport
      • Supporting Carers
        • Coming Home When Someone is Ill
        • Coping with Long Distance Caring
        • Family Carer Coordinating Role
        • Practical Assistance
        • Responding to Their Feelings
        • Saying Goodbye
        • Tips For Visitors
        • What to Say
      • Young People Provide Care Too
      • Carer Needs Tool
        • Carer Resources (CareSearch)
    • Living with Illness
      • Changes Over Time
        • Course Of Illness
        • Quality Of Life
      • Complementary Therapies
        • Some of the More Common Therapies
      • Continuing To Work
      • Emotional Challenges
        • Anxiety and Depression
        • Making Decisions
        • The Hard Thing About Being Cared For
        • When Someone You Care About is Seriously Ill
        • When You Are Seriously Ill
        • Would it Help to Talk to Someone?
      • Financial Matters
        • Costs of Care
        • Financial Help and Advice
        • Financial Resources
        • Superannuation and Insurances
      • Planning for the Future
        • Advance Care Planning
        • Funerals
        • Wills
      • Spirituality
      • Support Groups
      • Symptoms
        • Pain
      • Why is Communication Important?
        • Communicating With Health Professionals
        • Difficult Conversations
        • Family Communication
        • Talking With Children
    • Specific Groups
      • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
      • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex
      • Homelessness
      • Intellectual Disability
      • Living Alone
      • Mental Illness
      • Multicultural
        • Other Languages
      • Older People
      • Children and Adolescents
      • Prisoners and Their Families
      • Refugees and Asylum Seekers
      • Rural and Remote
      • Young Carers
    • Bereavement, Grief and Loss
      • Children and Grief and Loss
      • Grief and Sadness
      • Loss of a Child
      • Remembering
      • Grief and Loss Resources
    • At the End
      • Caring at the End
      • Changes at the Time of Death
      • Dying at Home
      • Family Issues at the End
      • Immediately After a Death
      • Place of Care, Place of Death
      • Preparing for the End
    • Using Online Information
      • How Research Contributes
      • Is it Trustworthy?
      • Sources of Information
      • Using Information
    • About Palliative Care
      • It's Not Just Cancer
      • Referring to Palliative Care
      • What is Palliative Care?
      • Who Provides Palliative Care
        • Coordinating Palliative Care
        • The Role of Health Professionals
        • The Role of Specialist Palliative Care
      • Why Information Matters
        • Patient's Need for Information
        • Family Carer's Need For Information
    • Finding Services
      • Palliative Care Services
      • National Resources
      • Disease-Specific Resources
      • State Resources
        • Australian Capital Territory
        • New South Wales
        • Northern Territory
        • Queensland
        • South Australia
        • Tasmania
        • Victoria
        • Western Australia
    • Print Resources
    • A Palliative Care Booklet for Patients, Carers, and Families
  • Health Professionals
    • GPs
      • Patient Assessment
        • Identifying Palliative Care Needs
        • Assessing Prognosis
        • Assessing Symptoms
        • Assessing Distress
        • Assessing Family and Caregivers
      • Planning Care
        • Communication
          • Communication Starters
        • Sharing Care
        • Advance Care Planning
        • Planning for a Home Death
      • Symptoms
        • Appetite
        • Bowels
        • Breathing
        • Delirium
        • Fatigue
        • Nausea and Vomiting
        • Pain
        • Sleep
      • Clinical Decisions
        • Managing Opioids
        • Procedures and Investigations
        • The Deteriorating Patient
        • Emergencies
        • Syringe Drivers
        • Psychosocial Complexity
        • Refractory Problems
      • The Dying Patient
        • Assessing the Dying Patient
        • End of Life Symptoms
        • Supporting Families and Caregivers
      • Bereavement
        • Following up the Bereaved
      • Practice Management
        • Prescribing
        • Reimbursement
      • Professional Practice
        • Self-Care
        • Ongoing Education
      • Resources
        • GP Resources by Topic
        • Printable Patient Resources
        • Finding Literature and Evidence about GPs
    • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Care
      • Culturally Safe and Responsive Care
        • Developing Your Knowledge and Skills
      • The Care Journey
        • Why it's Important to Ask
        • Understanding the Care Context
        • Working Together
        • Palliative Care Approach
        • Person-Centred Care
        • Talking Together
        • Creating a Caring Environment
        • Changing Your Care Approach
        • Resources for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce
        • Caring for Yourself
        • Relevant Health Organisations
      • Patient, Family and Community Journeys
        • What’s Happening to me?
        • How do I Provide Care for my Family and Community?
        • Where Can I Find Help?
        • Online Information and Stories
      • Research, Evidence and Practice
        • National Responses
          • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Palliative Care Resource Kit
      • About the Section
      • Acknowledgement of Country
    • Allied Health
      • Allied Health and Palliative Care
        • Roles of Allied Health Professionals
          • Dietitians
          • Music Therapists
          • Occupational Therapists
          • Physiotherapists
          • Psychologists
          • Social Workers
          • Speech Pathologists
        • New to Palliative Care?
        • Practice Settings
        • About the Allied Health Section
      • Getting Started with CareSearch Resources
      • Interdisciplinary Teams
        • Communication
        • Competencies
        • Multidisciplinary Care
        • Working Boundaries
      • Working with Patients, Carers and Families
        • Adapting Goals
        • Discussing Palliative Care
        • Professional Boundaries
        • Responding to Strong Emotions
        • When a Patient Dies
        • Working with Families
        • Information for Patients, Carers and Families
        • Resources for Patients, Carers and Families
      • Clinical Considerations
        • Advance Care Planning
        • Care of the Spirit
        • Complementary Therapies
        • Helping to Maintain Hope
        • Managing Symptoms
        • Psycho-social Assessment
        • Self-care
      • Evidence, Quality, Standards and Affordability
        • Allied Health Evidence
        • Policy, Quality, Standards and Affordability
        • Research
      • Professional Development
        • Continuing Professional Development
        • Educating Others
        • Journal Club
        • Networking
        • Reflective Practice
      • Clinical and Education Resources
        • Allied Health Videos
        • Podcasts, Presentations, Posters and Abstracts
        • Stories
        • Disease Specific Information
          • Cancer Cachexia
          • Motor Neurone Disease
    • Nurses
      • Clinical
        • Advance Care Planning
        • After Death Care
          • After a Death at Home
          • Care of the Body
          • Religious and Cultural Considerations
          • Tissue Donation
        • Care of the Spirit
        • Communication
        • Complementary Therapies
        • End of Life Care
          • EOL Care Pathways
        • Ethical Issues
          • Assisted Suicide
          • Autonomy
          • Euthanasia
          • Nutrition and Hydration
          • Palliative Sedation
          • Research
          • Resuscitation
          • Truth Telling and Collusion
          • Withholding and Withdrawing Treatment
        • Medication Management
          • Evidence for Medications
          • Palliative Medications
          • Prescribing Resources
          • The Role of the Carer
        • Multidisciplinary Team
        • Practical Caring Issues
          • Managing Fungating Wounds
          • Syringe Drivers
        • Self-Care
          • Burnout
          • Contributing Factors
          • Self-care Concepts
        • Symptom Management
          • Clinical Assessment
          • Clinical Decision Making
        • Working with Families
          • Family Meetings
          • Supporting Carers
          • Working With Families
      • Areas of Practice
        • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex
        • Homelessness
        • Intellectually Disabled
        • Living Alone
        • Mental Illness
        • Multicultural
        • Paediatrics (Specific Populations)
        • Prisoners
        • Refugees and Asylum Seekers
        • Rural and Remote (Specific Populations)
        • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
        • Aged Care and Dementia
        • HIV / AIDS
        • Hospital
        • Multicultural Areas of Practice
        • Non-malignant / End Stage Disease
        • Oncology
        • Paediatrics
          • Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA)
          • Neonates
        • Primary Care / Community
        • Rural and Remote
      • Research
        • Critical Analysis
        • EBP / QI / Research / Audit
        • Evidence
        • Evidence Based Practice
        • Research
      • Education
        • CPD and Portfolio Development
        • Critical Incident Analysis
        • Journal Club
        • Mentoring
        • Professional Development
        • Providing Education
        • Undergraduates
      • Policy, Quality, Standards
        • Policy and Planning
        • Public Health Palliative Care
        • Quality
        • Standards
        • Working Together Change Framework (Nurses HUB)
      • Nurses Providing Palliative Care
        • Competencies and Standards for Practice
        • Nurse Practitioners
        • Palliative Care Nursing
        • Special Interest Groups
        • Working in Specialist Palliative Care
      • Resources
      • Nurses Views
      • About the Nurses Section
        • What is the Nurses Section
        • Background to the Project
        • Clinical Disclaimer
    • Residential Aged Care
    • Researchers
      • Research Studies Register
        • Studies by Investigator
        • Studies by Topic
      • Getting Started in Palliative Care Research
        • The Research Context
        • Planning the Study
          • Involving Consumers in Research
          • Study Design
          • Protocol Development
          • Practical Considerations in Planning a Study
          • Obtaining Funding
          • Ethics Approval
          • Trial Registration
          • Finding Out More
        • Grants
        • Conducting the Study
          • The Research Team
          • Multi-site Research
          • Data Management
          • Governance
        • The Findings
          • Disseminating the Results
          • Authorship Arrangements
          • Publication
          • Knowledge Translation
      • Research Data Management System
        • About the Research Data Management System
  • Clinical Evidence
    • Advance Care Planning
      • Communication Issues
      • Surrogate Decision-Makers
      • Health System Factors
      • Medico-Legal Aspects
    • Patient Management
      • Advanced Dementia
      • Appetite Problems
        • Cachexia Anorexia Syndrome
        • Appetite Stimulants
        • Nutritional Support
      • Anxiety
      • Bereavement and Grief
        • Abnormal Grief
        • Bereavement PubMed Searches
        • Create Your Own Bereavement PubMed Search
      • Care of the Dying Person
      • Complementary Therapies
      • Constipation
        • Pharmacological Management
      • Delirium
        • Pharmacological Management
        • Non-pharmacological Management
      • Depression
      • Fatigue
      • Heart Failure
      • Nausea
        • Antiemetics
        • Malignant Bowel Obstruction
      • Pain
        • Barriers to Pain Management
        • Pain Assessment
        • Opioid Analgesics
        • Non-opioid analgesics
        • Non Pharmacological Approaches
        • Radiation and Interventional Pain Management
      • Recognising Last Year of Life
      • Respiratory Symptoms
        • Cough
        • Dyspnoea
        • Haemoptysis
        • Obstruction
        • Respiratory Secretions
      • Sleeping Problems
      • Social Support
      • Suffering
        • Existential Distress
        • Dignity Conserving Care
    • Carer Evidence
      • Carers
      • Perspectives on Family Carers
      • Supporting Carers
      • Resources For, and About, Carers
      • Young Carers
    • Service Delivery Evidence
      • Audit
      • Models of Service Delivery
      • Self-Care
        • Clinician Stress and Burnout
  • Finding Evidence
    • Why is Evidence Important?
      • What is Evidence?
        • Consumer Participation
      • Appraising Evidence
      • Applying Evidence
      • Knowledge Translation
        • Journal Club Basics
    • Searching for Evidence
      • Databases and Resources
      • Learning to Search
      • Using Search Filters
        • About the Palliative Care Search Filter
        • About the Heart Failure Search Filter
        • About the Dementia Search Filter
        • About the RAC Search Filter
      • Systematic Searching
      • Searching the Web
        • Selecting Search Engines
        • Using Search Engines
        • Evaluating Quality
      • Open Access
      • Specialist Palliative Care Journals
      • Acronyms and Abbreviations
    • Using Evidence in Practice
      • Identifying the Need to Change
      • Implementing Change
      • Measuring Change
    • PubMed Searches
      • Create Your Own PubMed Search
      • Information About CareSearch PubMed Searches
      • Technical Notes
      • Palliative Care Filter Effectiveness Study
      • Lung Cancer Search Filters
        • Information About Lung Cancer PubMed Searches
        • Non Small Cell Lung Cancer PubMed Searches
        • Lung Cancer and Palliative Care PubMed Searches
        • Create Your Own Lung Cancer PubMed Search
      • Heart Failure PubMed Searches
      • Economic Searches
        • Costs of Bereavement Care Searching
          • Other Costs of Bereavement Care Searching Resources
        • Costs of Dementia Care Searching
          • Other Costs of Dementia Care Searching Resources
        • Costs of Lung Cancer Care Searching
          • Other Costs of Lung Cancer Care Searching Resources
        • Costs of Primary Health Care Searching
          • Other Costs of Primary Health Care Searching Resources
        • Other Economic Search Resources
    • Grey Literature
      • Grey Literature Database
        • Search Literature
        • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Quality Improvement
        • Australian Quality Improvement Support
        • Appraising QI Reports and Studies
      • Theses
    • Systematic Review Collection
      • Latest Reviews
      • Procedures
  • Education
    • Health Professional Options
      • Major Education Initiatives
      • Formal Qualifications
      • Conferences
      • Short Courses and Workshops
      • eLearning
      • Clinical Experiences
    • Educator and Manager Supports
      • Apply the Palliative Care Workforce Development Framework
      • Create and Design a Program or Activity
      • Develop Skills in Teaching and Learning in Palliative Care
      • Integrate Palliative Care into Learning
      • Build Palliative Care Capacity in an Organisation
      • Resources for Workforce Development
    • Careworkers, Carers and Volunteers
      • Careworker Learning
      • Carers Learning
      • Volunteer Learning
      • Community Education
    • A Whole of Workforce Framework
      • About the Project
      • Acknowledgements
  • About CareSearch
    • CareSearch Project
      • CareSearch Model
        • CareSearch and Evidence
        • Evaluation and Program Logic
        • Quality Processes and HONcode
      • CareSearch Products
        • CareSearch Publications
        • Dying2Learn
          • What is a MOOC?
          • About Dying2Learn
            • Learning Modules
            • Videos and Infographics
            • Published Articles, Presentations and Posters
          • Sharing Dying2Learn
            • Dying2Learn Resources 2018
            • Dying2Learn Resources 2017
            • Dying2Learn Resources 2016
        • Engagement Project
          • Engagement Project Feedback Form
        • My Information Kit
        • My Learning
        • RAC Hub Project
        • Videos
          • Videos (Multicultural)
      • Acknowledgements
      • Working in Partnership
      • Using CareSearch
    • News
      • Newsletters
      • In Focus
        • From Evidence to Better Pain Management
        • Supporting our Carers
        • Palliative Care Education
        • Quality Palliative Care is Evidence Based
        • CareSearch 2019
        • CareSearch 2018
      • CareSearch News
      • What's New in the Community
      • Latest Australian Research
      • Highlighted Reviews
      • Latest Journal Articles
      • CareSearch Blog
    • Order Resources
    • Contact CareSearch
      • Project Feedback Form
    • What is Palliative Care
      • Palliative Care in Australia
      • Major Projects
        • Advance Care Planning Australia
        • Advance Project
        • Australian Carer Toolkit
          • What is the Australian Family Carer Toolkit Project
        • CareSearch
        • Caring Safely at Home Project - Queensland
        • Closing the Gap
        • End of Life Directions for Aged Care (ELDAC)
        • End-of-Life Essentials
        • Enhancing Legal Knowledge of Medical Practitioners
        • NBN Telehealth
        • PaCCSC Project
          • PaCCSC Home
        • PaCSA
        • palliAGED
        • Palliative Care Community Pharmacy Updates
        • Palliative Care Education & Training Collaborative
        • Palliative Care Online Training
        • Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration
        • Quality of Care Collaborative in Paediatric PC
        • Talking End of Life...with people with intellectual disability (TEL)
        • Other Projects
          • Life, Hope & Reality
            • Introduction
              • How to use Life, Hope and Reality
              • About cancer
            • Physical Needs
              • Always Tired?
                • What may help
              • Can't Sleep?
                • What may help
              • Worried about pain?
                • Know your doses
              • Trouble breathing?
                • What may help
              • Experiencing Bowel Problems?
                • What may help
                • Changes in diet
                • Exercise
              • Feeling sick?
                • What may help
                • Meals
              • Lost your appetite?
                • What may help
              • Trouble getting around?
                • What may help
                • What may help cont.
              • Considering further treatment?
                • What may help
              • Looking for other treatment?
                • What may help
                • Do your homework
              • Sick of hospitals?
                • What may help
            • Emotional Needs
              • Feeling anxious?
                • What may help
              • Feeling depressed?
                • What may help
              • Lost hope?
                • What may help
              • What about intimacy and sex?
                • What may help
              • What about dignity?
                • What may help
              • Not thinking clearly?
                • What may help
            • Social Needs
              • Social support
                • What may help
              • Relationships
                • What may help
              • Talking to family and friends
                • What may help
              • Talking to health professionals
                • What may help
              • Cultural differences
                • What may help
              • Language barriers
                • What may help
              • Spirituality
                • What may help
            • Lifestyle
              • Diet
                • What may help
              • Exercise
                • What may help
              • Work and leisure
                • What may help
            • Finances
              • Costs and expenses
                • What may help
              • Paying the bills
                • What may help
              • Caregiver benefits
                • What may help
            • End of Life
              • Advanced care planning
                • What may help
              • Other decisions
                • What may help
              • Making the will
                • What may help
              • Organ donation
                • What may help
              • A desire to die
                • What may help
            • The People who Care
              • Physical health
                • What may help
              • Mental health
                • What may help
              • Social effects
                • What may help
              • Financial effects
                • What may help
              • Access to information
                • What may help
              • Effect on families
                • What may help
              • Practical matters
                • What may help
            • Palliative Care
              • What is it?
              • Where is it provided?
              • Who provides it?
                • Professional health workers
                  • Specialist teams or services
              • When and why should I use it?
              • How much will it cost?
              • Is it right for me?
              • How do I get access to care?
                • What may help
            • Useful Self Assessment Tools
            • Glossary
              • Glossary C-G
              • Glossary H-L
              • Glossary M-O
              • Glossary P-R
              • Glossary S-Z
            • Print Options
            • Need Help Now?
          • Dementia Website
            • Dementia Home
              • Person-Centred Care
                • Understanding Each Person's Needs
              • Facilitated Case Conferencing
                • Why Use Facilitated Case Conferencing
                • Advance Care Planning
              • Triggers
                • New or Worsening Symptoms
                  • Case Study - Fred Wisp
                • Functional or Clinical Status Decline
                  • Case Study - John Alland
                • Return to RACF or home
                  • Case Study - Lenore Anderson
                • Poor Appetite or Decreased Oral Intake
                  • Case Study - Joan Prentice
                • Family Distress or Disagreement About Care
                  • Case Study - Antony Paparo
              • Preparation for Facilitated Case Conferencing
                • Planning - Attendance
                • Preparation
                • Gather Relevant Information About the Person
              • Conducting a facilitated case conference
                • Role of the chair
              • Engaging GPs
                • Communication Strategies
              • Engaging Families / Carers
                • Managing Conflict
                • Communication - prognosis and end of life issues
              • Resources
                • Forms and Tools
                • Educational videos
                • Useful links
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  • Patients and Carers
    • Introduction for Patients
    • Introduction for Carers
    • Introduction for Families
    • How to Care
      • Looking After Someone
        • Family Carer Role
        • Family Conflict In Caring
        • If You Cannot Continue In The Caring Role
        • Looking After Yourself
        • Managing Daily Life
        • Paid Careworkers In The Home
        • Respite
        • Social Support
        • Tips for Carers About Visitors
        • Who is a Carer?
      • Practical Caring Resources
        • Getting Practical Help
        • Managing Medicines
          • Costs of Medicines
          • Medicines Explained
          • Practical Ways to Manage Medicines
          • Tips for Managing Medicines
        • Practical Information and Resources
        • Transport
      • Supporting Carers
        • Coming Home When Someone is Ill
        • Coping with Long Distance Caring
        • Family Carer Coordinating Role
        • Practical Assistance
        • Responding to Their Feelings
        • Saying Goodbye
        • Tips For Visitors
        • What to Say
      • Young People Provide Care Too
      • Carer Needs Tool
        • Carer Resources (CareSearch)
    • Living with Illness
      • Changes Over Time
        • Course Of Illness
        • Quality Of Life
      • Complementary Therapies
        • Some of the More Common Therapies
      • Continuing To Work
      • Emotional Challenges
        • Anxiety and Depression
        • Making Decisions
        • The Hard Thing About Being Cared For
        • When Someone You Care About is Seriously Ill
        • When You Are Seriously Ill
        • Would it Help to Talk to Someone?
      • Financial Matters
        • Costs of Care
        • Financial Help and Advice
        • Financial Resources
        • Superannuation and Insurances
      • Planning for the Future
        • Advance Care Planning
        • Funerals
        • Wills
      • Spirituality
      • Support Groups
      • Symptoms
        • Pain
      • Why is Communication Important?
        • Communicating With Health Professionals
        • Difficult Conversations
        • Family Communication
        • Talking With Children
    • Specific Groups
      • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
      • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex
      • Homelessness
      • Intellectual Disability
      • Living Alone
      • Mental Illness
      • Multicultural
        • Other Languages
      • Older People
      • Children and Adolescents
      • Prisoners and Their Families
      • Refugees and Asylum Seekers
      • Rural and Remote
      • Young Carers
    • Bereavement, Grief and Loss
      • Children and Grief and Loss
      • Grief and Sadness
      • Loss of a Child
      • Remembering
      • Grief and Loss Resources
    • At the End
      • Caring at the End
      • Changes at the Time of Death
      • Dying at Home
      • Family Issues at the End
      • Immediately After a Death
      • Place of Care, Place of Death
      • Preparing for the End
    • Using Online Information
      • How Research Contributes
      • Is it Trustworthy?
      • Sources of Information
      • Using Information
    • About Palliative Care
      • It's Not Just Cancer
      • Referring to Palliative Care
      • What is Palliative Care?
      • Who Provides Palliative Care
        • Coordinating Palliative Care
        • The Role of Health Professionals
        • The Role of Specialist Palliative Care
      • Why Information Matters
        • Patient's Need for Information
        • Family Carer's Need For Information
    • Finding Services
      • Palliative Care Services
      • National Resources
      • Disease-Specific Resources
      • State Resources
        • Australian Capital Territory
        • New South Wales
        • Northern Territory
        • Queensland
        • South Australia
        • Tasmania
        • Victoria
        • Western Australia
    • Print Resources
    • A Palliative Care Booklet for Patients, Carers, and Families
  • Health Professionals
    • GPs
      • Patient Assessment
        • Identifying Palliative Care Needs
        • Assessing Prognosis
        • Assessing Symptoms
        • Assessing Distress
        • Assessing Family and Caregivers
      • Planning Care
        • Communication
          • Communication Starters
        • Sharing Care
        • Advance Care Planning
        • Planning for a Home Death
      • Symptoms
        • Appetite
        • Bowels
        • Breathing
        • Delirium
        • Fatigue
        • Nausea and Vomiting
        • Pain
        • Sleep
      • Clinical Decisions
        • Managing Opioids
        • Procedures and Investigations
        • The Deteriorating Patient
        • Emergencies
        • Syringe Drivers
        • Psychosocial Complexity
        • Refractory Problems
      • The Dying Patient
        • Assessing the Dying Patient
        • End of Life Symptoms
        • Supporting Families and Caregivers
      • Bereavement
        • Following up the Bereaved
      • Practice Management
        • Prescribing
        • Reimbursement
      • Professional Practice
        • Self-Care
        • Ongoing Education
      • Resources
        • GP Resources by Topic
        • Printable Patient Resources
        • Finding Literature and Evidence about GPs
    • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Care
      • Culturally Safe and Responsive Care
        • Developing Your Knowledge and Skills
      • The Care Journey
        • Why it's Important to Ask
        • Understanding the Care Context
        • Working Together
        • Palliative Care Approach
        • Person-Centred Care
        • Talking Together
        • Creating a Caring Environment
        • Changing Your Care Approach
        • Resources for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce
        • Caring for Yourself
        • Relevant Health Organisations
      • Patient, Family and Community Journeys
        • What’s Happening to me?
        • How do I Provide Care for my Family and Community?
        • Where Can I Find Help?
        • Online Information and Stories
      • Research, Evidence and Practice
        • National Responses
          • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Palliative Care Resource Kit
      • About the Section
      • Acknowledgement of Country
    • Allied Health
      • Allied Health and Palliative Care
        • Roles of Allied Health Professionals
          • Dietitians
          • Music Therapists
          • Occupational Therapists
          • Physiotherapists
          • Psychologists
          • Social Workers
          • Speech Pathologists
        • New to Palliative Care?
        • Practice Settings
        • About the Allied Health Section
      • Getting Started with CareSearch Resources
      • Interdisciplinary Teams
        • Communication
        • Competencies
        • Multidisciplinary Care
        • Working Boundaries
      • Working with Patients, Carers and Families
        • Adapting Goals
        • Discussing Palliative Care
        • Professional Boundaries
        • Responding to Strong Emotions
        • When a Patient Dies
        • Working with Families
        • Information for Patients, Carers and Families
        • Resources for Patients, Carers and Families
      • Clinical Considerations
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Careworkers, carers and volunteers all contribute to the care of people with palliative care needs. Find palliative care courses, online learning options, and resources that can help you develop your knowledge, and skills. If you are a trainer or educator, find course materials to support careworker, carer and volunteer training. 
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