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01 Jun 2025... This multilingual booklet shares key information and support drawn from the Dignified and Respectful Decisions website. It includes a guidance checklist and wellbeing support. As a decision-maker, you will be responsible for making choices regarding your loved one's treatment and care. By taking practical and emotional steps to prepare, you'll be better equipped to make informed decisions on their behalf when the time arises.  

31 Dec 2018... Nurses can use this brochure to introduce carers to how they can help manage breakthrough symptoms safely using subcutaneous medicines.  The brochure is part of the caring@home package for carers. Caring@home resources are applicable Australia-wide for clinical services, health professionals and carers/families. 

01 Apr 2018... While end-of-life care planning can be overwhelming, having the conversation and documenting your wishes early will help to provide clarity and ease potential conflict with family and friends at a time when emotions run high.

20 Jan 2025... Approved aged care providers must complete and submit the most recent version of this form each time you request AN-ACC Class 1 status for a care recipient. The form is available in 14 languages to help care recipients understand it, but you must complete the English version (a legal requirement).

10 Jun 2025... This translated flyer is targeted at people with a life-limiting illness and encourages them to plan for their care by talking to their GP about palliative care options.

03 Jan 2017... Some things can help you to prepare as someone approaches the last few weeks and days of life. Having information can help you to make choices. People vary in what they know, understand and believe about death and dying. They also differ in what they want to know. Each individual should be as informed, or not, as they want to be. For many, knowing what to expect can help take some of the fear, distress and anxiety away. For others, having too much information gives them more things to worry about.

31 Dec 2018... This video is an introduction to the Caring@home resource pack for carers developed by BSPCC. Nurses and carers should use this guide along with other resources in the package to train carers. Caring@home resources are applicable Australia-wide for clinical services, health professionals and carers/families. 

28 Aug 2018... This video guide has information on how to recognise and rate the distress caused by breakthrough symptoms. Nurses and carers should use this guide along with other resources in the package to train carers. Caring@home resources are applicable Australia-wide for clinical services, health professionals and carers/families. 

31 Mar 2017... People vary in their knowledge and understanding of death and dying. Being informed can help you make the right decisions.

If you have never looked after someone who is seriously ill before, it can be overwhelming. People find they need information and resources to help them manage daily life as a carer. This could be about how to manage medications or access transport, how to sort out your finances, or how to find some support for yourself.