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For nurses to learn about caring@home resources and how to teach families and carers.

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      • Introducing caring@home resources presentation (Part A and B)
      • How to teach carers/families to help manage breakthrough symptoms safely using subcutaneous medicines
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  • National Core Community Palliative Care Medicines List
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  • palliMEDS app
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  • Managing palliative care symptoms: guide for health professionals supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families
  • Helplines for health professionals
  • Carers’ competency and attitudes to giving subcutaneous medicines
  • Articles and abstracts

The following education presentations are designed to help nurses learn more about the caring@home resources and provide guidance on teaching families and carers how to manage breakthrough symptoms at home using subcutaneous medicines.

  • Introducing caring@home resources presentation (Part A and B)

    These PowerPoint presentations can be used by organisations to introduce the caring@home resources to health professionals.

  • How to teach carers/families to help manage breakthrough symptoms safely using subcutaneous medicines

    This PowerPoint presentation is a resource for organisations to teach health professionals how to use the caring@home resources during training sessions with carers and families.

Last updated:   June 2025

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