
Health Professional Resources
Assessing the need for Palliative Care
- CARESEARCH – Identifying Palliative Care Needs
- CARESEARCH – Prognosticating
- Contact local service for advice
Advance care planning
- CARESEARCH – Advance Care Planning
- See also “Community Member Resources” on Advance Personal Planning
- CARESEARCH – Communication
Symptoms
- Pain
- CARESEARCH – Pain
- Opioid Conversion Ratios
- Syringe driver drug compatibilities
- Information for Patients – Learn more about pain management
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Breathlessness
- Constipation
- Symptom management in specific conditions
- COPD
- Heart Failure
- Renal and Liver failure
- Some symptoms and their management
Planning for a home/community death
- Planning for a Home death – CARESEARCH checklist
- In Town/Darwin
- In a remote community
- In a Regional Aged care facility
- Useful medication list
- Equipment
The Dying Patient
- Recognising/diagnosing dying
- CARESEARCH – Assessing and recognising the dying patient
- Palliative Care VIC – Diagnosing Dying, Useful Resources
- CARESEARCH – Prescribing for end of life symptoms
- Syringe drivers
Paediatric Palliative Care
See palliativecare.org.au/children
Providing Palliative Care for Aboriginal patients
Healthinfonet: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care
Equipment available to palliative care clients and families in Darwin
Territory Palliative Care have a small stock of equipment which is funded through the Top End Health Service.
The equipment is loaned out to the patient and family and then recovered after the patient no longer needs the equipment.
The equipment includes walkers, wheelchairs, cushions, shower commodes and chairs and hospital beds for a limited timeframe.
The equipment service is coordinated by the Occupational Therapist and CNM. The service enables clients to remain at home for as long as is possible and provides comfort and safety for the clients. The clients need to be registered with Territory Palliative Care in order to receive these services.
Alternative suppliers of equipment for hire in Darwin include:
- Keep Moving – 08 89475122
- Equip4living – 08 89472139
- Disability Equipment – nt.gov.au/wellbeing/disability-services
- Aged care services – nt.gov.au/wellbeing/health-subsidies-support
- New Aged mobility – Disability Services and Mobility Equipment – newagemobility.com.au
FIND SERVICES IN NT
Search the National Palliative Care Service Directory to find specialist care providers near you.
For more information, visit https://palliativecare.org.au/directory-of-services