Over the years, the consortium has developed a number of resources to meet the need in the region:

Self-Care

Meditation & Mindfulness

These are difficult times. Many of our clients will be very anxious about the chance of becoming infected with a deadly virus. Many people will be worried about their loved ones and finding isolation difficult. With this in mind this webcast will attempt to cover the basic concepts and language around Meditation and Mindfulness in the hope that it may provide some strategies that will be useful and give health professionals a way of providing information about this that could help. It may also offer health professionals some strategies for self-care.

To access the webcast CLICK HERE 

Health Professionals: Caring for Your Mental Health & Wellbeing (podcast)

This 22-minute podcast discusses the mental health and well-being of health professionals generally, and nurses in particular, during the Coronavirus pandemic. 

The experiences of those on the front line of care will be challenged as never before and this podcast provides information, strategies and tools to assist health professionals to prioritise their own wellbeing and self-care.

To access the podcast CLICK HERE

To access the podcast transcript CLICK HERE

To access further resources CLICK HERE

Palliative Care

What is Palliative Care? (webcast)

This webcast explains palliative care, including the types of supports and services offered from palliative care providers and how palliate care can empower patients, their carers and loved ones. It also promotes early referral and briefly explains the referral processes and models of care.

To access the webcast CLICK HERE

Promoting Quality of Life – Speakers Kit

This resource will assist palliative care services to establish a system to more proactively engage with the community, through training and supporting volunteers and staff to deliver talks to community groups. It includes information on processes to establish, tips on public speaking and a PowerPoint presentation.

• Speakers Kit – PDF
• Speakers Kit Powerpoint Presentation

Palliative Care Conversations

This program has been developed to train clinicians in generalist health services to understand the palliative care sector better and to improve their skills to have conversations with clients around referral to palliative care. It includes a facilitators guide, a session plan, a PowerPoint presentation and handouts. It is a train-the -trainer resource and can be used by experienced palliative care staff to train their non-palliative care colleagues.

• Palliative Care Conversations – PDF 
• Palliative Care Conversations – PowerPoint

Consider the Carer

This resource is aimed at clinicians and helps them to better understand the practical and financial issues around caring for someone with a terminal illness. It includes relevant links to organisations that can assist with finances and practical issues.

• Consider the Carer – PDF

Parkinson’s Disease – Issues for the Palliative Care Team

A new guide with a summary of information for staff who are caring for people with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) in the palliative stage is now available.

• For a copy of Parkinson’s Disease – Issues for the Palliative Care Team please contact SMRPCC Consortium Manager Tanja Bahro at tanja.bahro@smrpcc.org.au.