Palliative Care Resources for First Nations People and Carers

These links provide access to palliative care information and resources to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are receiving palliative care, their carers and health professionals.

• Gwandalan supports palliative care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
• Australian Indigenous Health Infonet provides culturally appropriate end-of-life-care, and information on grief and bereavement and planning ahead for Aboriginal patients
• Advance care planning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples - Advance Care Planning Australia
• Caring at home resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families - Caring @ home Project
• Journey to Dreaming Toolkit and Journey to Dreaming Diary - The Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW
• Patient, Family and Community Journeys - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Care - Settings of Care - CareSearch (Health Professionals)
  
• Caring for your mob at the end of their life brochure - Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Discussion Starter – Working Out What’s Right For You - Palliative Care Australia
• A Palliative Care Guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through “Sorry Business” - Supportive Care "Into the Dreaming” (HNELHD)
• Who's that palliative care mob booklet - Yaama Yarns I Gwandalan Project
• Palliative care animated videos for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (Indigenous Program of Experience in Palliative Approach) :
  • What is palliative care?
  • Understanding trajectories of serious illness
  • Loss, grief and healing
  • Feelings
  • Pain management