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End-of-Life Care
Ethical Issues
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Multidisciplinary Team
Non-malignant / End Stage Disease
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Adapting Goals
Discussing Palliative Care
Professional Boundaries
Responding to Strong Emotions
When a Patient Dies
Information for Families
Resources
Clinical Considerations
Advance Care Planning
Care of the Spirit
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Self-care
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Reflective Practice
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Disease Specific Information
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
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce
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Abnormal Grief
Care of the Dying Person
Complementary Therapies
Constipation
Pharmacological Management
Delirium
Pharmacological Management
Non-pharmacological Management
Depression
Fatigue
Heart Failure
Models of Service Delivery
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 Years of Life
Respiratory Symptoms
Cough
Dyspnoea
Haemoptysis
Obstruction
Respiratory Secretions
Self-care
Clinician Stress and Burnout
Sleeping Problems
Social Support
Suffering
Existential Distress
Dignity Conserving Care
Selecting Evidence
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Searching the Web
Selecting Search Engines
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End-of-Life Essentials
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Gwandalan Project
Improving Palliative Care Services for People With an Intellectual Disability
PaCSA
palliAGED
Palliative Care Education and Training Collaborative
Palliative Care in Prisons
Palliative Care Online Training
Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC)
Psychosocial and Existential Wellbeing in Palliative Care
Quality of Care Collaborative in Paediatric PC
RePaDD
Talking End of Life... with people with intellectual disability (TEL)
The National LGBTI Health Alliance Project
Our Work
CareSearch Timeline
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Engagement Project
National Standards Assessment Program
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Patients and Carers
What is Palliative Care
Who Provides Palliative Care
Referring to Palliative Care
Living with Illness
Changes Over Time
Advance Care Planning
Managing Finances
Continuing to Work
Emotional Challenges
Anxiety and Depression
The Hard Thing About Being Cared For
Would It Help to Talk To Someone?
Complementary Therapies
Why is Communication Important?
Communicating With Health Professionals
Difficult Conversations
Family Communication
Talking With Children
Spirituality
Living with Illness Resources
Symptoms and Medicines
Managing Medicines
Managing Symptoms
Pain
Symptoms and Medicines Resources
How To Care
Who is a Carer
Young Carers
Practical Caring
Issues In Caring
Looking After Yourself
Managing Daily Life
Supporting Carers
What to Say
Carer Needs Tool
How to Care Resources
At the End
Changes at the Time of Death
Managing Funerals and Notifications
At the End Resources
Bereavement, Grief and Loss
Grief and Sadness
Relationship Loss
Loss of a Child
Children and Grief and Loss
Remembering
Bereavement Grief and Loss Resources
Using Online Information
Using Information
Is it Trustworthy?
Sources of Information
Finding Services and Support
Palliative Care Services
Disease Specific Resources
National Resources
State Resources
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Support Groups
Services and Supports
Education
Carers Learning
Community Education
Volunteer Learning
Careworker Learning
Multimedia
English Multimedia
Arabic Multimedia
Cantonese Multimedia
Croatian Multimedia
Greek Multimedia
Italian Multimedia
Mandarin Multimedia
Spanish Multimedia
Ukrainian Multimedia
COVID-19
For People with Palliative Care Needs
People at High Risk for Severe Infection
Finding Information
Resources for patients and carers
Life, Hope and Reality
Introduction
How to Use Life, Hope and Reality
About Cancer
Physical Needs
Always Tired
Can't Sleep?
Worried About Pain?
Trouble Breathing?
Experiencing Bowel Problems?
Feeling Sick
Lost Your Appetite?
Trouble Getting Around?
Considering Further Treatment?
Looking for Other Treatment?
Sick of Hospitals?
Emotional Needs
Feeling Anxious?
Feeling Depressed?
Lost Hope?
What About Intimacy and Sex?
What About Dignity?
Not Thinking Clearly?
Social Needs
Social Support
Relationships
Talking to Family and Friends
Talking to Health Professionals
Cultural Differences
Language Barriers
Spirituality
Lifestyle
Diet
Exercise
Work and Leisure
Finances
Costs and Expenses
Paying the Bills
Caregiver Benefits
End of Life
Advance Care Planning
Other Decisions
Making the Will
Organ Donation
A Desire to Die
The People Who Care
Physical Health
Mental Health
Social Effects
Financial Effects
Access to Information
Effect on Families
Practical Matters
Palliative Care
What Is It?
Where Is It Provided?
Who Provides It?
When and Why Should I Use It?
How Much Will It Cost?
Is It Right For Me?
How Do I Get Access To Care?
Useful Self Assessment Tools
Glossary
Print Options
Need Help Now?
Older Australia
We Are Getting Older
Caring and Aged Care
Thinking About Aged Care
Planning for the Future
Dementia
Understanding Death and Dying
Grieving
Diversity
For Individuals
Resources in your Language
Talking About Dying
Palliative Care
Building Trust
Talking with Others
Finding Support
Making Plans
Communication
Cost of Care
Discrimination
For Health Professionals
Culturally Appropriate
Developing Skills
Dying in Place
Referrals
Language Support
Care Preferences
Culturally Aware Practice
Funding Services
Practice Reflection Form
Diverse Populations
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
Care Leavers
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
Homelessness
Intellectual Disability
LGBTI
Older People
Prisoners
Rural and Remote Areas
Veterans
Healthcare Rights
Intersectionality
Inclusive Practice
Dying2Learn
I'm Curious
Tell me About Palliative Care
What About Our Digital World?
Rethinking Death and Dying
Death Library
Health Professionals
General Practitioner
Patient Assessment
Assessing Prognosis
Assessing Symptoms
Assessing Distress
Assessing Family and Caregivers
Planning care
Sharing Care
Advance Care Planning
Planning for a Home Death
Residential Aged Care
Symptoms
Appetite
Bowels
Breathlessness
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
End of Life Symptoms
Supporting Families and Caregivers
Bereavement
Following up the Bereaved
Professional Practice
Ongoing Education
Reimbursement
Prescribing
Self-Care
Resources
GP Resources
Patient Resources
Finding GP Evidence
Nurses
Palliative Care Nursing
Improving Practice
Nurse Practitioners
Palliative Care Nursing Resources
Clinical
Advance Care Planning
After Death Care
Care of the Body
Religious and Cultural Considerations
Tissue Donation
Care of the Spirit
Communication
Complementary Therapies
End-of-Life Care
Ethical Issues
Managing Fungating Wounds
Multidisciplinary Team
Non-malignant / End Stage Disease
Self-Care
Contributing Factors
Self-Care Strategies
Symptoms and Medicines Management
Symptom Management
Evidence for Medications
Palliative Medications
The Role of the Carer
Prescribing Resources
Working with Families
Family Meetings
Supporting Carers
Clinical Resources
Practice Settings
Aged Care
Hospital
Oncology
Paediatrics
Primary Care / Community
Rural and Remote
Practice Setting Resources
Patient Diversity
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA)
Homelessness
Intellectually Disabled
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI)
Living Alone
Mental Illness
Multicultural
Older People
Paediatrics
People with HIV / AIDS
Prisoners
Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Rural and Remote
Patient Diversity Resources
Care and Service Implementation
Care and Service Implementation Resources
Education
Journal Club
Providing Education
Basic Training
Education Resources
Policy, Quality, Standards
Policy and Planning
Public Health Palliative Care
Quality
Standards
Policy, Quality, Standards Resources
Tools for Nurses in Palliative Care
Allied Health
Allied Health and Palliative Care
New to Palliative Care?
Practice Settings
Dietitians
Music Therapists
Occupational Therapists
Physiotherapists
Psychologists
Social Workers
Speech Pathologists
Special Interest Groups
Allied Health Engagement
Interdisciplinary Teams
Communication
Competencies
Working Boundaries
Working with Patients, Carers and Families
Adapting Goals
Discussing Palliative Care
Professional Boundaries
Responding to Strong Emotions
When a Patient Dies
Information for Families
Resources
Clinical Considerations
Advance Care Planning
Care of the Spirit
Complementary Therapies
Helping to Maintain Hope
Psychosocial Assessment
Self-care
Evidence, Quality, and Standards
Allied Health Evidence
Research
Allied Health Search
Professional Development
Journal Club
Reflective Practice
Clinical Education Resources
Disease Specific Information
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
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
About the Section
Artwork in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Section
Acknowledgment of Country
Health Practitioner Education
My Learning
Health Professional Options
Major Education Initiatives
Formal Qualifications
Conferences
Short Courses and Workshops
eLearning
Clinical Experiences
Case Studies
Palliative Care Community Pharmacy Updates
Workforce Development
Settings of Care
Specialist Palliative Care
CareSearch SPCS Resources
Acute Care
Primary Health Care
What is Primary Health Care
Pathways and Frameworks
Referral
Care Transitions
Role in Palliative Care
Community Need
Multidisciplinary Teams
Health Professional Roles Within Primary Health Care
Remuneration for Palliative Care Services
Paediatric
Aged Care
palliAGED
ELDAC
COVID-19
Aged Care
Allied Health
Diverse Populations
GPs and Primary Care
Hospitals
Nurses
Paediatrics
Research
Specialist Palliative Care
COVID-19 Highlighted Resources
COVID-19 Resource Exchange
Evidence
About Evidence
What is Evidence?
Evidence and Research
Evidence and You
Practice Ready Evidence
Palliative Care Guidelines
About Guidelines
Clinical Evidence Summaries
Advance Care Planning
Advanced Dementia
Appetite Problems
Cachexia Anorexia Syndrome
Appetite Stimulants
Nutritional Support
Anxiety
Bereavement and Grief
Abnormal Grief
Care of the Dying Person
Complementary Therapies
Constipation
Pharmacological Management
Delirium
Pharmacological Management
Non-pharmacological Management
Depression
Fatigue
Heart Failure
Models of Service Delivery
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 Years of Life
Respiratory Symptoms
Cough
Dyspnoea
Haemoptysis
Obstruction
Respiratory Secretions
Self-care
Clinician Stress and Burnout
Sleeping Problems
Social Support
Suffering
Existential Distress
Dignity Conserving Care
Selecting Evidence
Searching for Evidence
Evidence Sources
Databases and Resources
Open Access
Specialist Palliative Care Journals
Searching the Web
Selecting Search Engines
Using Search Engines
Evaluating Quality
Using Search Filters
Systematic Searching
Systematic Review Collection
Procedures
Latest Reviews
PubMed Searches
Palliative Care Search Filter
Bereavement PubMed Searches
Dementia Searches
Economic Searches
Other Economic Search Resources
Heart Failure Searches
Lung Cancer Search Filters
Create Your Own PubMed Search
Grey Literature
Search Literature
Frequently Asked Questions
Theses
Quick Search
Latest Australian Research
Evidence Training
Evidence Concepts
The Evidence Hierarchy
Primary Research
Secondary Research
Evidence Based Practice
Understanding Evidence Based Practice
Build Skills in Evidence Based Practice
Ask
Acquire
Appraise
Core Concepts in Assessing Statistics
Apply
Assess
Practice
Quality Improvement
Understand Quality Improvement
Build Skills in Quality Improvement
Quality Improvement in Practice
Research Training
Understanding Research
Build Skills in Research
Practice Research
Evidence Tools
Journal Club Basics
Translation Training
About Evidence Translation
Evidence Translation in Practice
Dissemination
Planning Evidence Translation
Implementation
Implementation Science
Understanding Why Things Change
Evaluation
Sustainability
Evidence in Focus
Pain Management
Supporting Carers
Education
Quality Palliative Care
Digital Health
About Us
Newsroom
CareSearch Updates
Palliative Perspectives
Featured Resources
Featured Partners
Media / Project Contacts and Kit
Our Brand
Sector News
Our Model
Palliative Care in Brief
Palliative Care in Australia
Acronyms
Knowledge Management
CareSearch and Evidence
Quality Processes and HONcode
Getting the Most Out of CareSearch
Accessibility Statement
Contact
Ordering Resources
Working with the Sector
Our Network
CareSearch Staff
Governance
Partner Projects
Major Projects
Advance Care Planning Australia
The Advance Project
CarerHelp
CareSearch
caring@home
Comprehensive Palliative Care in Aged Care Measure
End of Life Directions for Aged Care (ELDAC)
End-of-Life Essentials
End of Life Law for Clinicians
Gwandalan Project
Improving Palliative Care Services for People With an Intellectual Disability
PaCSA
palliAGED
Palliative Care Education and Training Collaborative
Palliative Care in Prisons
Palliative Care Online Training
Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC)
Psychosocial and Existential Wellbeing in Palliative Care
Quality of Care Collaborative in Paediatric PC
RePaDD
Talking End of Life... with people with intellectual disability (TEL)
The National LGBTI Health Alliance Project
Our Work
CareSearch Timeline
CareSearch Activity
Dying2Learn MOOC
Engagement Project
National Standards Assessment Program
Nurses Hub Project
Part of Life Project
Portal Project
RAC Hub Project
Telehealth
palliAGED
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Anxiety and Depression
The Hard Thing About Being Cared For
Would It Help to Talk To Someone?
Complementary Therapies
Why is Communication Important?
Communicating With Health Professionals
Difficult Conversations
Family Communication
Talking With Children
Spirituality
Living with Illness Resources
Symptoms and Medicines
Managing Medicines
Managing Symptoms
Pain
Symptoms and Medicines Resources
How To Care
Who is a Carer
Young Carers
Practical Caring
Issues In Caring
Looking After Yourself
Managing Daily Life
Supporting Carers
What to Say
Carer Needs Tool
How to Care Resources
At the End
Changes at the Time of Death
Managing Funerals and Notifications
At the End Resources
Bereavement, Grief and Loss
Grief and Sadness
Relationship Loss
Loss of a Child
Children and Grief and Loss
Remembering
Bereavement Grief and Loss Resources
Using Online Information
Using Information
Is it Trustworthy?
Sources of Information
Finding Services and Support
Palliative Care Services
Disease Specific Resources
National Resources
State Resources
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Support Groups
Services and Supports
Education
Carers Learning
Community Education
Volunteer Learning
Careworker Learning
Multimedia
English Multimedia
Arabic Multimedia
Cantonese Multimedia
Croatian Multimedia
Greek Multimedia
Italian Multimedia
Mandarin Multimedia
Spanish Multimedia
Ukrainian Multimedia
COVID-19
For People with Palliative Care Needs
People at High Risk for Severe Infection
Finding Information
Resources for patients and carers
Life, Hope and Reality
Introduction
How to Use Life, Hope and Reality
About Cancer
Physical Needs
Always Tired
Can't Sleep?
Worried About Pain?
Trouble Breathing?
Experiencing Bowel Problems?
Feeling Sick
Lost Your Appetite?
Trouble Getting Around?
Considering Further Treatment?
Looking for Other Treatment?
Sick of Hospitals?
Emotional Needs
Feeling Anxious?
Feeling Depressed?
Lost Hope?
What About Intimacy and Sex?
What About Dignity?
Not Thinking Clearly?
Social Needs
Social Support
Relationships
Talking to Family and Friends
Talking to Health Professionals
Cultural Differences
Language Barriers
Spirituality
Lifestyle
Diet
Exercise
Work and Leisure
Finances
Costs and Expenses
Paying the Bills
Caregiver Benefits
End of Life
Advance Care Planning
Other Decisions
Making the Will
Organ Donation
A Desire to Die
The People Who Care
Physical Health
Mental Health
Social Effects
Financial Effects
Access to Information
Effect on Families
Practical Matters
Palliative Care
What Is It?
Where Is It Provided?
Who Provides It?
When and Why Should I Use It?
How Much Will It Cost?
Is It Right For Me?
How Do I Get Access To Care?
Useful Self Assessment Tools
Glossary
Print Options
Need Help Now?
Older Australia
We Are Getting Older
Caring and Aged Care
Thinking About Aged Care
Planning for the Future
Dementia
Understanding Death and Dying
Grieving
Diversity
For Individuals
Resources in your Language
Talking About Dying
Palliative Care
Building Trust
Talking with Others
Finding Support
Making Plans
Communication
Cost of Care
Discrimination
For Health Professionals
Culturally Appropriate
Developing Skills
Dying in Place
Referrals
Language Support
Care Preferences
Culturally Aware Practice
Funding Services
Practice Reflection Form
Diverse Populations
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
Care Leavers
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
Homelessness
Intellectual Disability
LGBTI
Older People
Prisoners
Rural and Remote Areas
Veterans
Healthcare Rights
Intersectionality
Inclusive Practice
Dying2Learn
I'm Curious
Tell me About Palliative Care
What About Our Digital World?
Rethinking Death and Dying
Death Library