PALLIATIVE CARE AND GENERAL PRACTICE

• What is Palliative Care
• GPs as Palliative Care Providers 
• Identification of Patients
• Finding Information
• Caresearch Guide to GP Resources  
• Managing Emergencies
• Managing Complex Care 
  • End Stage Heart Failure Patients 
  • Motor Neurone Disease   

EFFICIENT PRACTICE UTILISING MBS ITEM NUMBERS

• Making it work in your practice
• Caresearch Medicare Information 

GENERAL PRACTICE SELF CARE

• General Practitioners
• RACGP GP Support
• Nurses

LEARNING SUPPORT

• Palliative Care Queensland, Sunshine Coast Palliative Care Network Forum meets bi-monthly

Web-based learning support 

• Caresearch List
• Respecting Patient Choices - a free online Advance Care Planning module for Health Professionals
• Psychosocial Support Module 
• Motor Neurone Online Education & Support for Health Providers

Palliative Care Podcasts

• Palliative Care Victoria - Podcasts
• Grief and Bereavement Podcasts - Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement

Other Learning Opportunities 

• Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA) - All Health Professionals  

ETHICO-LEGAL ISSUES

• Advance Care Planning - Advance care planning means supporting people to think about, and plan for, their wishes
• Advance Care Plan and the GP
• Advance Health Directive (Qld) 
• Enduring Power of Attorney (Qld)
• Adult Guardian (Qld) - the role of the Adult Guardian is to protect the rights and interests of adults with impaired capacity
• Advance Care Planning and Indigenous People 

COMMUNICATION

• Effective Communication seven minute video

END OF LIFE

• The Role of the Medical Practitioner in End of Life Care  
• Symptom Management  

SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN

• Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
• Journeys is an online resource that provides information and support to families when a child is diagnosed with a progressive life limiting illness
• Young Carers

SPIRITUAL CARE   

• A Multidisciplinary Training Program for Spiritual Care in Palliative Care (PCA)
• EPERC Spirituality Fast Facts
• Suffering 

Your patient/family may already have a connection with a Faith Tradition.  Identify any already established connections or access via health facility directory, nursing or social work department.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

• Contact QH Indigenous Health Program Team Leader on 5450 4794
• Sorry Business
• A Self-help Resource to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People trying to cope with sorrow, loss and grief tool kit

GRIEF, LOSS AND BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT

• Surviving Spousal Bereavement - Insight for GPs - Cittamani Hospice Service
• Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
• GriefLink
• Palliative Care HELPLINE

Download Resources

• End of Life / Palliative Education Resource Centre (EPERC) - Grief and Bereavement Facts 
• Understanding Grief
• Supporting parents after the death of a child 

Accessing Support for Patients / Carers

• The community service involved with the patient/family for direct support or information regarding alternate agency
• Palliative Care Helpline - a Queensland state-wide telephone service that provides information, emotional and counselling support to individuals affected by life-limiting or terminal illness
• Sunshine Coast Community Hospice - Katie Rose Cottage
• QH Community Health Centres
  • Sunshine Coast Central Intake - phone 5450 4747 / fax 5440 4788
  • Gympie Community Health - phone 5489 8690 / fax 5489 8699 
• Allied Health Referral Referral to FOCUS (SCDGP) Health Professional
• Referral to private Social Worker or Psychologist
• Contact Sunshine Coast Health Service District Palliative Care Service for advice and referral on 5470 5333

Last updated 12 April 2012

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