Community Palliative Care Resources Pharmacy Pack — supporting home-based end-of-life care
caring@home, a national palliative care project funded by the Australian Government, has launched the Community Palliative Care Resources Pharmacy Pack.
This free pack contains useful resources community pharmacists can give to carers and families who are providing end-of-life care for someone living at home.
The resources contained in the Community Palliative Care Resources Pharmacy Pack help pharmacists to support:
families and carers who are providing practical care, physical symptom management and subcutaneous medicine management for a person at home
timely ordering and stocking of medicines from the National Core Community Palliative Care Medicines List.
How to access the Community Palliative Care Resources Pharmacy Pack
Freely access and download the pack’s resources online. Download and print these resources as needed.
Community pharmacies can also order a hard copy of the Community Palliative Care Resources Pharmacy Pack.
More resources to support pharmacists
The National Core Community Palliative Care Medicines List identifies 4 medicines for use by home-based palliative patients in the terminal phase who require urgent symptom relief.
The palliMEDS app supports primary care prescribers to provide optimal symptom management to their patients in the community.