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Training videos for carers

Training videos for nurses to use when teaching carers to give subcutaneous medicines and provide personal care.

Support for carers and families

  • Community palliative care resources
  • Standard caring@home resources
  • Resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families
  • Translated resources
  • Training videos for carers
  • Colour coded charts and syringe labels

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    Health professionals can use these short training videos for one-on-one training with a family member or carer. Allow between 30 and 60 minutes for each session.

    Community Palliative Care Resources Box videos

    Providing practical care

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      How to care for the eyes and the nose

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      How to care for the mouth

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      How to change a pad

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      How to position a person

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      How to wash a person

    All videos

    Managing subcutaneous medicines

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      How to help manage symptoms with medicines at home

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      How to put medicine in a syringe

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      How to give medicine under the skin

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      How to insert a subcutaneous cannula (exceptional circumstances only)

    Resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families (Palliative Care Clinic Box)

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      Video 1 - Care for your loved one at home (English)

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      Video 2 - Help manage symptoms at home (English)

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      Video 3 - How to put medicine in a syringe (English)

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      Video 4 - How to give medicine under the skin (English)

    See all training videos with Indigenous language voiceovers

    Standard caring@home resources

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      Video 1 - Introduction

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      Video 2 – Recognising and rating breakthrough symptoms

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      Video 3 – Subcutaneous medicines

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      Video 4 – Writing a label, opening and ampoule and drawing up medicine

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      Video 5 – Giving medicine using a subcutaneous cannula

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      Ampoule opening technique video

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    Last updated: April 2025

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