The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) are working to evaluate the effect of the online education modules and resources on nurses and carers. One way of being a part of the evaluation is to complete the short five-minute survey prior to starting the online modules, and the post-education survey upon completing the modules.

The pre-education and post-education surveys help us understand how to best support you in your clinical practice; your thoughts are important to us.

Shannon's Bridge, via a grant from the Victorian Government's End-of-life Ancillary Service program, will fund the production and distribution of 3,500 caring@home carer packages for community services who care for palliative patients in Victoria. 

This partnership will enable more choice for terminally-ill Victorians who wish to be cared for and to die at home.  

Dr. Hepper writes on her experience with community-based palliative care in regional Victoria, involving carers in the management of breakthrough symptoms and the relevance of the caring@home package for carers and related resources in breaking down barriers to home-based care for terminally-ill people.  

The Just in Case Box (JiCB) was a four-year project implemented as part of hospice@HOME in Tasmania.  Its purpose was to provide equitable access to timely symptom relief for people with a life limiting illness who expressed a preference to die at home.  It formed part of the overall end-of-life plan and included the pre-emptive provision of subcutaneous medicines (recommended by the Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine) and consumables.

Death from acute causes is less common these days, particularly in an economically developed country such as Australia. As such, an expected death resulting from a chronic illness is a reality for many.