Talking about prognosis and end of life care:

• Clinical practice guidelines for communicating prognosis and end-of-life issues with adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness, and their caregivers.

Resources for health professionals:

• CareSearch aged care and dementia resources
• palliAGED Forms for Your Practice including palliative care case conferencing
• White paper on palliative care in dementia- recommendations from the EAPC (European Association for Palliative Care)
• Cochrane review of tube feeding
• ELDAC has developed Toolkits to support palliative care and advance care planning practice in residential aged care
• Palliative Care Australia health professionals information
• Program of experience in the palliative approach (PEPA)
• CareSearch self-care resources

Advance care planning:

• Alzheimer's Australia dementia resources
• palliAGED has Advance Care Planning information for nurses and careworkers practicing in residential aged care
• Planning Ahead Tools

Support for families:

• Carers Australia
• Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
• CareSearch palliative care information
• Palliative Care Australia carer information

Last updated 24 June 2020