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The UNSW National Palliative Care Project, ‘Improving palliative care services for people with intellectual disability’ provides a tailored model of palliative care for people with intellectual disability and supporting toolkits.

The project page has links to the: 

• Tailored model of palliative care for people with intellectual disability – A framework for the delivery of tailored, quality palliative care for people with intellectual disability in Australia.
• Toolkit for health professionals – Guidance on improving palliative care for people with intellectual disability to support the implementation of the model of care.
• Toolkit people with intellectual disability and supporters – A two-part document with information and linked resources to help people with intellectual disability get good palliative care.
• Easy Read Story – A story in Easy Read about a (fictional) person called Joe getting good palliative care.