To support this aim, caring@home develops and provides nationally consistent, practical and evidenced-based clinical resources and education for health professionals and resources to support families and carers to help manage symptoms at home.
New resources - packaged as the Community Palliative Care Resources Box - have been developed based upon an existing primary care End-of-Life Care Framework, as recommended by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) for community-based patients. The resources in the Community Palliative Care Resources Box will support quality end-of-life care during the last 12 months of life.
caring@home resources are applicable Australia-wide and are freely available.
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Activities
Develop resources for:
Clinical services: policy, procedures and guidelines.
Health professionals:
- to support a proactive approach to end-of-life care
- to manage the transition of goals of care from curative to palliative care
- to support effective management of end-of-life symptoms
- to promote quality improvement.
Carers and families: to help manage end-of-life symptoms for home-based patients.
Provide education for primary care health professionals
- Workshops: face-to-face and virtual
- Webinars
Deliver a national rollout
- Communication, engagement and marketing activities
Undertake evaluation
Consortium Members
ACCPA’s purpose is to lead, advocate and provide support, advice and guidance to aged care providers to ensure a high performing and sustainable aged care sector so that older Australians can live their best lives.
ACRRM is accredited by the Australian Medical Council for setting professional medical standards for training, assessment, certification and continuing professional development in the specialty of general practice. It is the only College in Australia dedicated to rural and remote medicine and plays an important role in supporting junior doctors and medical students considering a career in rural medicine.
APNA is the peak body and professional membership association for all nurses working outside of a hospital setting in Australia. APNA champions the role of primary health care nurses; to advance professional recognition, ensure workforce sustainability, nurture leadership in health, and optimise the role of nurses in patient-centred care.
BSPCC aims to progress best-practice palliative care by implementing quality improvement programs, delivering evidence-based palliative care education and training, and developing inter-sectoral palliative care research programs. The BSPCC has developed and implemented successful and respected national, state and local health service programs including caring@home.
BSPHN addresses health inequities and inequalities through the power of partnerships, to support the best possible health and wellbeing outcomes for every person in the region. It works across all levels of the health system to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of health services for Brisbane south - particularly for populations at risk of poorer health outcomes.
NAATSIHWP is the peak body for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners in Australia. It was established in 2009, following the Australian Government’s announcement of funding to strengthen the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce as part of its ‘Closing the Gap’ initiative.
PCA is the national peak body for palliative care and represents all those who work towards high quality palliative care for all Australians who need it. Working closely with consumers, Member Organisations and the palliative care workforce, PCA aims to improve access to, and promote the need for, palliative care.Logo Palliative Care Australia
PCA believes high quality palliative care should be available and accessible to people living with a life-limiting illness when and where they need it. PCA supports the health, aged care and community sector workforce who all have a role in providing palliative care to people with a life-limiting illness and supporting carers and loved ones.
PSA is the only Australian Government-recognised peak national professional pharmacy organisation representing all of Australia’s 36,000 pharmacists working in all sectors and across all locations and is committed to improving Australia’s health through excellence in pharmacist care. PSA believes the expertise of pharmacists can be better utilised to address the health care needs of all Australians.
Previous years
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families 2020-2023
Supporting palliative care at home or on Country for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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COVID-19 resources 2020-2021
COVID-19 presented an unprecedented challenge for patients, carers and health professionals in Australia. During the pandemic, aspects of palliative care delivery changed, though the goals of palliative care did not.
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caring@home 2017-2020
caring@home aims to improve the quality of palliative care service delivery across Australia by developing resources that will support people to be cared for and to die at home, if that is their choice.