The project aims to increase access to quality and timely end-of-life care for patients who choose to be cared for at home and, if possible, die in their preferred place.
Over the next two-and-a-half years (July 2025-December 2027), the project partners will utilise their respective expertise and networks to create a multi-layered health professional education strategy for the national implementation of the National Core Community Palliative Care Medicines List.
“Caring for my mum at home during her final days was incredibly complex and emotional. Having a healthcare team that understood our situation and ensured urgent palliative medicines were on hand made all the difference.” Leah
Our collective aims are to:
- Enhance capability and confidence of health professionals in community settings and residential aged care homes
- Promote medicines safety and reduce avoidable hospitalisations.
- Support patients to receive end-of-life care at home
Our audiences will include:
- General Practitioners & Nurse Practitioners
- Domiciliary & Aged Care Nurses
- Pharmacists & Pharmacy Assistants
- Consumers & Carers
Together, we will deliver:
Pharmacists Education Module
Educational Products for Prescribers and Nurses
End-of-Life Care Imprest System templates
Consumer and Carer Information
Pharmacy Aware Campaign
Communities of Practice for Pharmacists and Aged Care Nurses
Evaluation Framework and Plan
“As few as 1 in 20 deaths happen at home, despite 70% of people saying they would prefer to die at home.”
— Reymond et al., Australian Journal of General Practice, 2018
As part of the Quality Use of Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Pathology Program the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has funded The Quality Use of Community Palliative Care Medicines Project. The Project will be delivered through a consortium, led by Palliative Care Australia (PCA) in collaboration with the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), Ageing Australia and caring@home.
Our Consortium
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