Aged Care Education

The resources listed below offer essential information to help support health professionals providing palliative care in the Aged Care Sector. These educational resources are free. Some do require you to register before access.

Palliative Care NSW would like to acknowledge the work done by the following organisations in creating palliative care resources for Aged Care communities within Australia: ELDAC, PEPA, The Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, CareSearch. 

ELDAC (End of Life Direction for Aged Care)

ELDAC provides provides information, guidance, toolkits with video resources for aged care staff working in primary care, home care and residential aged care to support palliative care provision.

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PEPA Aged Care (Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach).

PEPA Aged Care can provide onsite palliative care education and reverse placements in Specialist Palliative Services.

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PaCE Aged Care (Palliative Care Education Aged Care)

PaCE offers a range of educational resources for varying levels of health professionals specifically produced for aged care.

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Equip Aged Care Learning Packages

The Equip Aged Care Learning Modules are free for anyone interested in the aged care sector, including personal care workers, nurses, allied health professionals, volunteers and families.

On completion of all modules in the introductory or refresher learning package, an additional certificate is available which details learning and CPD hours.

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palliAGED

palliAGED is managed by CareSearch, Flinders University providing evidence-based resources and information to use in practice.

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palliAGEDnurse App

This App to help nurses working in residential aged care, community and general practice to care for older people with palliative care needs. The App is available for free download from iTunes and Play TM online app stores.

The app’s online-offline capacity means it can be used anywhere in Australia.

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PalliBytes

PalliBytes modules are designed to provide focused and interactive palliative care learning opportunities for self-directed learning and group activities.

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Hume Palliative Essentials (Victoria)

Hume Palliative Essentials is a collection of YouTube videos around communication in Aged Care which includes discussion about PEPA program, self-care, family meetings and an interview from an Aged Care advocate.

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