The Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care has extended funding for the Greater Choice for At Home Palliative Care until October 2025.
The Greater Choice for At Home Palliative Care measure aims to improve access to safe, quality palliative care at home. Enabling more people to receive the right care, in the right place at the right time.
At the heart of this program are two main goals:
- To promote choice about what matters most to people who are at the end of their lives by improving awareness of Advance Care Planning in the community.
- To develop a model of care which acknowledges the work of GPs in the care of people at the end of their life and support GPs to identify palliative needs for people with chronic illness early and provide a planned approach to care.
Compassionate and person-centred end-of-life support
Improving palliative care and end-of-life support for older Australians living in residential aged care homes (RACHs) is at the heart of a successful case coordinator pilot project, which has seen a significant uplift in honouring the preferences of residents.
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23 May 2024
WA Primary Health Alliance, through the Greater Choices program has been running a small pilot project to support the work of GPs through the provision of a grant to establish a Palliative Care Champion.
As a result of the learnings from the first pilot, eligible general practices were invited by email to submit an EOI through ASPIRE for Phase 2. Please note this EOI is now closed, to find out more, contact Tish Morrison, Activity Lead Palliative Care if required at gpgrants@wapha.org.au.
6 March 2024
To support those navigating the challenges that come with approaching end of life, WA Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA) through its Greater Choices for At Home Palliative Care initiative, has partnered with Palliative Care WA (PCWA) to produce two new booklets, Palliative Caring and My Palliative Care.
Developed in consultation with a panel of palliative care professionals and endorsed by WAPHA’s multicultural and LGBTIQA+ reference groups, the booklets cover a variety of topics including planning, decision making, rural and remote considerations, caring at home and grief.
The booklets and are available to order as a hard copy or to download from the PCWA website. For more information, contact info@palliativecarewa.asn.au or phone 1300 551 704.
16 August 2023
GPs are well-placed and play a vital role in supporting patients with palliative and end-of-life care. WA Primary Health Alliance, through the Greater Choices program will conduct a small pilot project to support the work of GPs through the provision of a grant to establish a “Palliative Care Champion”.
Please note this EOI is now closed, for further information, please contact Tish Morrison, Activity Lead – Palliative Care: gpgrants@wapha.org.au
Compassionate Communities is a public health approach to end-of-life care which expands the reach and effectiveness of formal end-of-life care services by increasing community awareness.
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- HealthPathways WA
- CareSearch
CareSearch is an Australian Government funded National Palliative Care project providing trustworthy evidence-based information and resources on palliative care. - CareSearchgp App
The CareSearchgp app, is a free digital tool to support GPs to deliver palliative care. The app brings together guidance on terminal prescribing for specific symptoms and evidence-based information on key care issues. - Advance Care Planning Australia
Please note that the Advance Care Planning Australia training modules are temporarily unavailable, we will make sure to update as soon as possible. - Palliative Care WA
- Palliative Care Australia
- WA Health – End of Life Care Program
- The Advance Project
- RACGP (Silver Book)
- My Health Record
- Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration
- The Quality of Care Collaborative Australia (QuOCCA)
- End-of-Life and Palliative Care Education and Training Framework (health.wa.gov.au)
- Palliative and Supportive Care Education (PaSCE)
- Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA)
- Indigenous Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (IPEPA)
- Gwandalan – Supporting Palliative Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities
- Palliative Care for LGBTIQ+
- Palliative Care Education and Training Collaborative
- End of Life Law for Clinicians (ELLC)
- End of Life Essentials
- Providing culturally safe end of life care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people – Palliative Care Australia
- The National Palliative Care Strategy 2018
- Aboriginal End-of-Life and Palliative Care Framework
- Helping Patients and Families Plan for an Expected Home Death: The GP’s Checklist
- Proactive Identification Guidance – Ask the Surprise Question
- Self-Care Matters
- Multilingual Resources
- Facts about morphine and other opioid medicines in palliative care
- caring@home resources
- LGBTQ+ Toolkit for Palliative Care and End of Live Decisions
- Greater Choice for At Home Palliative Care Program – Country Western Australia PHN
- Discussing Choices – Indigenous Advance Care Plans
- Palliative Care – Its more than you think
- Busting Palliative Care Myths
- Live the Life You Please
- IPEPA – Palliative Care Animated Video Series
- After Death Audit Tool (Marie Curie UK)
- What matters to me: Talking about Palliative and End-Of-Life Care