Department of Health

Discharge from palliative care - planning resources

Palliative care providers have shared some of their planning resources for discharging patients into a community settings:

  • Acute resuscitation plan template (St Vincent's Melbourne )
  • Anticipatory medicine prescribing guidelines (West Gippsland Healthcare Group)
  • Limitation of medical treatment plan template (West Gippsland HealthCare Group)
  • Summary guideline for management of symptoms at the end of life (Northern health Palliative Care Service).

Find out more information on planning for discharge from palliative care into a community setting.

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Date published
09 Mar 2017

Reviewed 20 October 2025

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