Grants to Promote Access to Community Based Palliative Care, Palliative Care Services in Victoria - Department of Human Services Victoria Australia

On 10 October 2001, the Minister for Aged Care announced additional one off funding of $270,000 that was distributed equally between the nine DHS regions for community based palliative care.

2. Purpose of Grants

The grants funded projects that promote access to community-based palliative care which:

Promote awareness of and access to services by people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds and, foster culturally sensitive palliative care services through staff training and support;
Improve access to community-based palliative care services in rural Victoria; and
Provide resources and support for the involvement of general practitioners in community-based palliative care.

Organisation	Topic
Barwon Health	Project for palliative care services for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in the Barwon South West Region Report - April 2003 (PDF file 172KB)
Bendigo Health	Involving General Practitioners in community based palliative care in the Loddon Mallee region Report - Dec 2002 ( PDF file 69KB)
Djerriwarrh Health Services Palliative Care	Awareness among General Practitioners of the philosophies of palliative care in a community setting
Wimmera Health Care Group	Review of Koori needs for community based palliative care within the Grampians region Report - April 2003 (PDF file 338KB)
Central Gippsland Health Service	Gippsland Palliative Care Services culturally and linguistically diverse project
Eastern Palliative Care and Southern Metropolitan Consortium of Community-Based Palliative Care	Promoting awareness of, and access to home-based palliative care services by people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
Mercy Western Palliative Care	Cultural awareness and access: the Vietnamese community Report - January 2003 (PDF file 229KB)
Banksia Palliative Care	Multicultural video This project involved the production of a video that describes the key factors and array of multidisciplinary services available for community-based palliative care. The video is available in 10 languages and is in use at Banksia Palliative Care Service and Melbourne Citymission. For further enquiries, contact Banksia Palliative Care on 03-9497 2100 or email at banksia@banksiapalliativecare.com.au
Hume Regional Palliative Care	Promoting access to community based palliative care Report - Published August 2003 ( PDF file 81KB)

Last updated: 3 December, 2008
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