Home care worker resources

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Home care workers can help to provide care for a home-based person at the end of life. This can enable a person to remain comfortable and well cared for at home.

The new caring@home home care worker resources can be used to educate home care workers about supporting symptom management and delivering practical care for a person at the end of life.

Resources for home care workers

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Managing physical symptoms – see all resources
These tip sheets provide written information and images about how to recognise and help manage end-of-life symptoms.		Anxiety (for care workers)
		Feeling sick and/or vomiting (for care workers)
		Pain (for care workers)
		Rattly breathing (for care workers)
		Restlessness (for care workers)
		Seizures (for care workers)
		Shortness of breath (for care workers)
		Troubling visions, sounds, thoughts (for care workers)
		Common symptoms at end of life
Recognising dying – see all resources
The tip sheet provides written information and images about how to recognise when a person is getting closer to dying and when a person has died.		Knowing when a person is getting closer to dying/Knowing when a person has died (for care workers)
Providing practical care – see all resources
These guides and videos explain how to provide practical care using a step-by-step approach.		How to care for the eyes and nose (for care workers)
		Video coming soon
		How to care for a person's mouth (for care workers)
		Video coming soon
		How to change a pad (for care workers)
		Video coming soon
		How to move and position a person in bed (for care workers)
		Video coming soon
		How to wash a person (for care workers)
		Video coming soon

Resources for carers and families

Community palliative care resources

Resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families

Translated resources

Last updated: June 2026