Personal development resources

• Visit the palliAGED website palliAGED Practice Tip Sheets. Including topics such as 'Talking about dying' and 'Talking within the Aged Care Team'
• The Cancer Australia website has a section on All about Multidisciplinary care which talks about the integrated team approach to care.
• The PCC4U website has online learning modules on:
• the multidisciplinary team
• the team meeting
• Providing multidisciplinary care at the end of life.
• The MND (motor neurone disease) Australia website has a Consumer Fact Sheet on Multidisciplinary care (2019) which provides information on expectations for care management.

• palliAGED Practice Centre provides information for support nurses and care workers who provide palliative care in aged care
• For health and care staff there is a self-care template (83kb pdf) that can be used online or printed to develop your own plan
• For nurses there is information on promoting self-care and within an aged care team (83kb pdf). There is also a practice tip sheet that supports nursing staff dealing with grief and loss.
• For care workers, the Self-care Tip Sheet provides information on aspects of self-care and there is also information on experiencing grief and loss as a care worker in aged care.
• From the Agency for Clinical Innovation. Listen to Sandra Sullivan and Kate Weyman talk about clinical supervision - caring for the care provider.

Contributing factors

• Palliative care Australia, provide Mindful Breathing, Body Scan guided relaxation and self-compassion guided meditation to support the use of physical and inner self strategies.
• Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin Fast Facts provide access to the following:
• Managing one’s emotions as a clinician
• Dealing with anger
• Professional patient boundaries in palliative care.

Self-care strategies

• palliAGED Practice Centre provides information for support nurses and care workers who provide palliative care in aged care
• For health and care staff there is a self-care template (83kb pdf) that can be used online or printed to develop your own plan
• For nurses there is information on promoting self-care and within an aged care team (83kb pdf). There is also a practice tip sheet that supports nursing staff dealing with grief and loss
• For care workers, the Self-care Tip Sheet provides information on aspects of self-care and there is also information on experiencing grief and loss as a care worker in aged care.
• From the Palliative Care Bridge website. Listen to Sandra Sullivan and Kate Weyman talk about clinical supervision - caring for the care provider.