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Making use of services and information can help protect and support carers. The value of unpaid carers to the person and to the community. This section lists resources that can be useful in planning for the future while managing your current role.
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Moments that matter (stories of carers and terminally ill patients), Palliative Care Victoria
Asking questions can help: an aid for people seeing the palliative care team (pdf, 613kb), Palliative Care Australia Carer skills, Carer Gateway Caring for someone at the end of their life, myagedcare Caring for someone with life-limiting illness (pdf, 428kb), CareSearch End of life care, myagedcare Finding reliable health information, Better Health Channel Helplines for Carers (pdf, 550kb), CarerHelp Sheet How can I support my friend/family member?, Palliative Care Australia I’m a carer, Palliative Care Australia Carers of older people, Carers Australia Last days of life toolkit (pdf, 181kb) NSW Government Clinical Excellence Commission Living, dying & grieving well (pdf, 2.3MB), Palliative Care Victoria Managing communications (pdf, 545kb), CarerHelp Sheet Supporting a person who needs palliative care (A guide for family and friends), Palliative Care Victoria
Directory of palliative care services, Palliative Care Australia Find a health service, Health Direct Palliative care, My Aged Care Help and Advice, Carer Gateway Palliative Care Australia member organisations (each state and territory), Palliative Care Australia Symptom checker, Healthdirect Palliative Care-It is more than you think (pdf, 503kb), Palliative Care Australia