New practical care resources: Caring@Home

[From Caring@Home project]

caring@home is proud to launch new resources to support First Nations families.

The new resources support culturally safe practical care and medicines safety for First Nations people who are receiving care at home or on Country.

Clinical services can download and print the resources to give to families as needed. Each resource is available with either Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander artwork.

NEW Providing practical care step-by-step guides

• How to care for the eyes and the nose
• How to care for the mouth
• How to change a pad
• How to wash a person
• How to move and position a person in bed

A short training video – How to move and position a person in bed – will be available soon.

Supporting terminal care at home: new checklist for community nurses

Thorough and proactive planning by community nurses is essential to support people who wish to die at home, and their families. It can help prevent unnecessary hospital transfers during the terminal phase.

caring@home has developed a new resource to assist with this: the Terminal care planning checklist for nurses in the community.

The checklist:
✅ outlines key steps to support the well-coordinated care of a person at home. It helps nurses follow a clear process, supports effective education and preparation for families, and strengthens communication between health professionals.
✅ can be used as part of routine clinical practice to improve the quality of end-of-life care and support people to die at home, if that is their preference, in the last hours, days or week of life.
✅ aligns with the terminal care management clinical process as described in the Prompts for End-of-Life Planning (PELP) Framework