Provide Palliative Care
Palliative care at its heart is person-centred care. The aim is to help improve quality of life. After needs have been assessed, a care plan is developed with the older person (and their family) and the multidisciplinary team. Think about referring to specialist palliative care services if symptoms are severe or expected to be, or if their needs are hard to manage.
Things to consider
Providing palliative care takes into account:
The person’s comfort and dignity needs to be prioritised.
Find out more
The following ELDAC Toolkits contain comprehensive information and resources on assessing and providing person-centred palliative care:
- Primary Care Toolkit. This toolkit also has unique pages on managing symptoms, medication management and other topics.
- Home Care Toolkit
- Residential Aged Care Toolkit
- Dementia Toolkit.
Page updated 7 September 2026
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