Support for health professionals
Resources and education to support health professionals to provide quality and timely end-of-life care.
Prompts for End-of-Life Planning FrameworkTM
The PELP Framework™ is an essential resource, giving health professionals prompts to plan for and support high-quality, end-of-life care across all care settings. Supporting resources are also available.
Access apps and monthly updates
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Mobile apps
Download the free palliMEDS app to access prescribing information about the most frequently-used medicines for managing common end-of-life symptoms in home-based palliative care patients. There are also tailored apps to support health professionals to access all caring@home resources.
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Get monthly updates
Stay up-to-date with the latest project news, access new resources and read clinical viewpoints. Sign up for the monthly caring@home eNews and follow us on LinkedIn for regular project updates.
Resources for carers and families
Resources to support carers and families to help manage practical care and symptoms (including safely managing subcutaneous medicines)
Support for carers and families
Learn more about caring@home
Watch videos and learn more about the caring@home project.
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caring@home promotional video
Watch a short video about the caring@home project and how our resources support people to receive care at home.
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Uncle Gungalung's journey: palliative care on Country
Watch a short video about palliative care delivered on Country for First Nations people and how this can help to connect family, culture, community and support the spiritual wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Latest news
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01 October 2026
Long-term investment strengthens home-based palliative care
caring@home has secured a further four years of funding from the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. -
29 April 2026
Four medicines pharmacies should stock for palliative care patients
The National Core Community Palliative Care Medicines List highlights the medicines community pharmacies should keep in stock to support patients at the end of life. -
17 April 2026
New palliMEDS with paediatric prescribing
A new version of palliMEDs is now available, featuring paediatric prescribing information and the addition of dexamethasone injection for adult patients.
