As we move towards the end of the caring@home project in June 2020, services need to plan how to reproduce these resources on an ongoing basis. This will ensure carers can continue to be supported to help manage breakthrough symptoms safely using subcutaneous medicines for people who want to be cared for, and to die at home, if possible.

With more older Australians choosing to be cared for, and die at home, if possible, Level 3 & 4 Home Care Package providers need to ensure service provision meets the end-of-life and palliative care needs of their clients.

The caring@home resources can be used by providers to help deliver high-quality, person-centred, end-of-life care aligned to consumer wishes and the new Aged Care Quality Standards.

Jacqui Culver, Nurse Practitioner from Anglican Care tells us about Home Care Package providers successfully introducing and using the caring@home resources. 

Rachel Bilton-Simek, Palliative Education Coordinator from Clare Holland House in Canberra reports on her experience in implementing the caring@home resources into practice across the ACT. 

Professor Jen Tieman, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University and CareSearch Director writes about the National Palliative Care Stategy and nationally-funded palliative care projects and how these are enabling better palliative care.

Louise Goodwin, caring@home CNC, writes how leadership styles are important as we seek to initiate change in our workplaces. 

Wheatbelt Specialist Palliative Care Nurse Manager Brett Hayes writes about the Western Australian service using video conferencing to train carers to manage breakthrough symptoms in rural areas.

Debbie Kirkup, Nurse Practitioner from Metro South Palliative Care Service in Brisbane, Queensland recounts a recent patient and carer journey using the caring@home resources.  

Sue Healy, Nurse Manager working in Metro South Palliative Care Service writes about her experience of implementing resources to teach carers to give subcutaneous medicines for breakthrough symptoms.

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.