Linking palliative care and residential services

Applications need to include at least two organisations, one of which must be funded to provide federal government home care or residential services and one of which must provide dedicated palliative care services.

Grants will be provided to support projects which enable implementation of one or more of the following linkage strategies:

• Development of communication pathways and tools that support improved coordination and quality of end of life care between palliative care services and services in receipt of federal government home care or residential aged care funding
• Establishment of formalised agreements between palliative care services and services in receipt of federal government home care or residential aged care funding
• Development of multidisciplinary care approaches across palliative care services and services in receipt of federal government home care or residential aged care services
• Establishment of new or enhancement of existing designated linkage roles across palliative care services and services in receipt of federal government home care or residential aged care funding
• Implementation of continuous improvement processes that enable improved linkages across palliative care services and services in receipt of federal government home care or residential aged care funding
• Implementation of other appropriate strategies that enable improved linkages across palliative care services and services in receipt of federal government home care or residential aged care funding.

Successful project applicants will be provided with resources to support the implementation of the projects. Grant applications close Friday, 12 September 2014.

Access the Linkage Guidance Summary document, grant information, guidelines and application templates.