CareSearch Allied Health resources

• Interactive SPICT Tool (315kb pdf)
• Interactive SPICT-4ALL Tool (317kb pdf)
• Needs Assessment Tool for Carers of people with a Chronic Condition (NAT-CC) form (363kb pdf)
• Needs Assessment Tool for Carers of People with Advanced Cancer (NAT-C) (342kb pdf)
  
  

Planning care

• Communication Starters for difficult conversations (122kb pdf)
• palliAGED case conference forms
• Using the palliAGED conference forms (66kb pdf)
• Case Conference Checklist - home care (407kb pdf)
• Case Conference Checklist - residential care (403kb pdf)
• Invitation to attend a case conference - GPs (179kb pdf)
• Confirmation of a case conference - GPs (173kb pdf)
• Information for you and your family - What is palliative care and why do you need a case conference (151kb pdf)
• Invitation for you and your family (185kb pdf)
• Confirmation for You and Your Family (185kb pdf)
• Staff Communication Sheet (142kb pdf)
• Palliative Care Case Conference Summary - Home Care (228kb pdf)
• Palliative Care Case Conference Summary - Residential Care (218kb pdf)
  
  

Clinical decisions

• Abbey Pain scale (1.05MB pdf)

• Dose Administration Aid Suitability Check - for Pharmacists (117kb pdf)
  
  

The dying patient

• Checklist for a Home Death (237kb pdf)
  
  

Supporting families

• What is palliative care? (166kb pdf)
• Palliative Care Support for Patients, Carers, and Families (6.17MB pdf)
• Emergency Contact List (49kb pdf)
• Medicines List (116kb pdf)
• Information about case conferences and palliative care (151kb pdf)
• Self-Care for carers (206kb pdf)
• Interactive SPICT-4ALL Tool (317kb pdf)

Remuneration

To share with interdisciplinary team members as appropriate

• MBS items supporting GP palliative care provision in primary care (406kb pdf)
• MBS items supporting GP palliative care provision in residential aged care (318kb pdf)
• MBS items supporting nurse practitioner palliative care provision (140kb pdf)