Last Days of Life Guidelines
Prescribing guidance for symptom management in last hours or days of life for restlessness/agitation, dyspnoea/breathlessness, nausea/vomiting, pain and upper airway secretions. Last days of Life…
Resources
Resources
Palliative Care Handbook – Hospice NZ
The aim of this resource is to make palliative care understandable for healthcare professionals, using clear logical layout and understandable explanations of how to manage…
Kia kōrero | Let’s talk advance care planning
Advance care planning helps you, the important people in your life and your health care team plan for your end-of-life care. It helps you understand…
What’s it like to die?
Death seems to have become a difficult topic for a lot of people. Many of us have lost the knowledge about what happens, what to…
What worries people about dying?
Hospice NZ asked some hospice staff from around the country what people talk about most often when it comes to worries about death and dying. …
5 myths about palliative care
Hospice NZ has created a range of 5 ways resources as part of the #weneedtotalkaboutdying campaign. Often it is hard to know the right words…
5 ways to help someone who is grieving
Hospice NZ has created a range of 5 ways resources as part of the #weneedtotalkaboutdying campaign. Often it is hard to know the right words…
5 conversation starters with your family
Hospice NZ has created a range of 5 ways resources as part of the #weneedtotalkaboutdying campaign. Often it is hard to know the right words…
5 ways to talk to a child about death
Hospice NZ has created a range of 5 ways resources as part of the #weneedtotalkaboutdying campaign. Often it is hard to know the right words…
5 things you might not know about death
Hospice NZ has created a range of 5 ways resources as part of the #weneedtotalkaboutdying campaign. Often it is hard to know the right words…
CareSearch Australia
CareSearch Australia has palliative care knowledge network—e-learning, evidence and quality information. Death and dying will affect all of us. CareSearch provides information about palliative care…
Canadian Virtual Hospice
Information & support on palliative care, loss & grief. See “Tools for Practice” under “Professional Links” for protocols, advanced practices & other tools to support…