Expressions of Interest - Linkages Program - Service Development
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Expressions of Interest

The End of Life Directions for Aged Care (ELDAC) Linkages Program is calling for expressions of interest from aged care providers who wish to strengthen their palliative care and advance care planning processes and capacity.

The ELDAC Linkages Program is seeking a diverse range of eligible aged care services (residential and home care package providers) from across Australia to participate in this initiative, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.

What’s involved?

Your service will be provided with tailored support, including access to an ELDAC facilitator and a range of tools and resources to:

  • Review current palliative care and advance care planning processes.
  • Develop, implement and sustain selected palliative care and advance care planning improvement activities.
  • Build capacity to provide care for older people nearing the end of life.
  • Strengthen linkages between your service and other care providers in end of life care.
  • Participating services may be eligible to receive an administrative grant of up to $20,000 to support engagement in program activities.

Program outcomes

Our research to date demonstrates that services that participated in the ELDAC Linkages Program have improved their capacity to provide palliative care and advance care planning; improved staff confidence, skills and knowledge about palliative care and advance care planning; and improved access to palliative care advice and support.

“The program provided us the opportunity to start an internal journey of evaluation and understanding of our service provision and our relationships with those key stakeholders who support us and help us ensure that our residents receive good quality care” Aged Care provider WA

“The learnings for our staff and the benefits for both staff and residents have far surpassed our expectations.” – Aged Care provider NSW

Find out more

To find out more about the ELDAC Linkages Program, please visit the Service Development page on the ELDAC website. Read more about outcomes previous participants have achieved in the Case Story Booklet (13MB pdf) and on Linkages Program 2024 Showcase - Service Development (eldac.com.au) webpage.

To apply

To register your interest, complete the Submission Form.

For further information, contact eldacteam1@qut.edu.au.