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Training carers

These resources are intended for health care professionals to support carers and palliative care patients. 

The caring@home package for carers is designed to support one-on-one training by nurses who are teaching a carer to help manage breakthrough symptoms safely using subcutaneous medicines.

The package provides practical information that carers can refer to at any time and is appropriate for all jurisdictions in Australia.

 

Translated Resources

Parts of the carers’ package are available in Arabic, Greek, Italian,  Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Tagalog (Filipino) for use by those communities. Later in 2019, parts of the carers' package will be available in Vietnamese for use by that community. 

 

Click and confirm the 'I understand' box to the right to access these resources.

 

Resources for nurses  

  • palliMEDS - An app to familiarise primary care prescribers with nine palliative care medicines endorsed by the Australian & New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine (ANZSPM) for management of terminal symptoms. 
  • Medicine handling guidelines - The Guidelines for the handling of palliative care medicines in community services can be used by community service providers to inform the development of detailed protocols and procedures tailored to the requirements of individual services. 
  • List of resources - A list to guide the making of a carers package from downloaded materials. (271kb pdf)
  • Information brochure for carers - Nurses can use this brochure to introduce carers to how they can help manage breakthrough symptoms safely using subcutaneous medicines. (2MB pdf)

 

 

Page last updated 7 November 2019