Information in Your Language

Information about palliative care and end of life care issues helps you to plan and make decisions. This page includes links to trustworthy sources of information available in different languages. Where available the English version of each resource is listed under 'English'. Select your language to get started.

If you know of any other resources not yet listed here, please let us know at palliaged@flinders.edu.au

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Afrikaans

Advance care planning

• WA Department of Health, Have the conversation
• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning patient's guide (424kb pdf)
• WA Department of Health, My Advance Care Plan (283kb pdf)

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Amharic - አማርኛ

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (641kb pdf)

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Cancer Council Victoria, What is cancer (201kb pdf)

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Arabic - عربي

Advance care planning

• Advance Care Planning Australia, About Advance care planning
• Australian Department of Health and Aged Care, What do you want for your end of life care
• South Australian Government, About Advance Care Directives (90kb pdf)

What is palliative care

• CareSearch, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (920kb pdf)
• NSW Health, About palliative care

Practical palliative care

• CareSearch, Living with illness, How to care, and At the End
• Paediatric palliative care, A Family Companion
• Palliative care Australia, dying2talk booklet (23MB pdf) and cards (915kb pdf)
• Palliative Care South East, Carer Support Kit (2.97MB pdf)
• NSW Health, Last Days of Life toolkit – a wish to go home (137kb pdf)
• NSW health Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Grief and Loss (398kb pdf)
• Clinical Excellence Queensland, When someone dies (715kb pdf)

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information
• CarerHelp, Resources for carers

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia video, and comic (6.51MB pdf)
• Cancer Council NSW, Cancer Information sheets and videos
• Parkinson’s Victoria, Understanding Parkinson’s

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Armenian - Հայերեն

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia

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Assyrian - ܐܵܬܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About dementia

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Auslan

Advance care planning

• Deaf Society NSW, Advance care planning and why it is important

What is Palliative Care

• Deaf Society, What are end of life care and palliative care?

Practical palliative care

• Deaf society NSW, Palliative care services for children with a life limiting illness

Support services

• Deaf Society NSW, Palliative care volunteer support services

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Cantonese - 廣東話

Advance care planning

• Advance Care Planning Australia podcast, About Advance care planning
• Advance Care Planning Australia, About Advance care planning - Simplified
• Advance Care Planning Australia, About Advance care planning - Traditional
• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations
• Australian Department of Health and Aged Care, What do you want for you end of life care - Simplified
• Australian Department of Health and Aged Care, What do you want for you end of life care - Traditional
• South Australian Government, About Advance Care Directives - Simplified (171kb pdf)
• South Australian Government, About Advance Care Directives - Traditional (180kb pdf)

What is palliative care

• CareSearch, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care - Simplified
• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care - Traditional
• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (732kb pdf)
• NSW Health, About palliative care

Practical palliative care

• CareSearch, How to care
• Paediatric palliative care, A Family Companion
• Palliative Care Australia, dying2talk booklet (23.206MB pdf) and cards (975kb pdf)
• Palliative Care South East, Carer Support Kit -Simplified (4.91MB pdf)
• Palliative Care South East, Carer Support Kit -Traditional (5.32MB pdf)
• NSW Health, Last Days of Life toolkit – a wish to go home, Simplified (232kb pdf)
• NSW Health, Last Days of Life toolkit – a wish to go home, Traditional (206kb pdf)
• Clinical Excellence Queensland, When someone dies - Simplified (907kb pdf)
• Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement, About Grief

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information
• CarerHelp, Resources for carers - Simplified
• CarerHelp, Resources for carers - Traditional

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia videos
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia comic - Simplified (5.88MB pdf)
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia comic - Traditional (5.85MB pdf)
• Cancer Council NSW, Cancer Information sheets and videos
• Cancer Australia, Starting a conversation when your cancer has progressed - Simplified (346kb pdf)
• Cancer Australia, Starting a conversation when your cancer has progressed - Traditional (491kb pdf)
• Parkinson’s Victoria, Understanding Parkinson’s

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Croatian - Hrvatski

Advance care planning

• Advance Care Planning Australia, About Advance care planning
• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations

What is palliative care

• CareSearch, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care

Practical palliative care

• Palliative care Australia, dying2talk booklet (23.08MB pdf) and cards (904kb pdf)
• NSW health Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Grief and Loss (460kb pdf)

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia
• Parkinson’s Victoria, Understanding Parkinson’s

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Dari - دری

Advance care planning

• South Australian Government, About Advance Care Directives (123kb pdf)

Practical palliative care

• Palliative Care South East, Carer Support Kit (3.04MB pdf)

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, Worried about your memory?

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Dinka - Thuɔŋjäŋ

Advance care planning

• South Australian Government, About Advance Care Directives (123kb pdf)

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Dutch - Nederlands

Advance care planning

• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia

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English

Advance care planning

• Advance Care Planning Australia, About Advance care planning
• South Australian Government, About Advance Care Directives (271kb pdf)

What is palliative care

• CareSearch, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Victoria, What is palliative care
• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (40kb pdf)
• Nepean Blue Mountains LHD, About palliative care (356kb pdf)

Practical palliative care

• CareSearch, How to care
• Paediatric palliative care, A Family Companion
• Palliative Care Australia, dying2talk booklet
• Palliative Care South East, Carer Support Kit (2.32MB pdf)
• NSW Health, Last Days of Life toolkit – a wish to go home (174kb pdf)
• NSW health Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Grief and Loss (114kb pdf)
• Clinical Excellence Queensland, When someone dies (1.08MB pdf)
• Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement, About Grief

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia comic
• Cancer Council NSW, Cancer Information sheets
• Cancer Australia, Starting a conversation when your cancer has progressed (706kb pdf)
• Parkinson’s Victoria, Understanding Parkinson’s

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Farsi - فارسی

Advance care planning

• South Australian Government, About Advance Care Directives

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (1MB pdf)

Practical palliative care

• NSW health Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Grief and Loss (202kb pdf)
• Palliative Care South East, Carer Support Kit (3.04MB pdf)

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

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Filipino/Tagalog

Advance care planning

• Advance Care Planning Australia, About Advance care planning - Tagalog
• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations

What is palliative care

• NSW Health, About palliative care (356kb pdf) - Tagalog
• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (72kb pdf) - Tagalog

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information - Tagalog

Practical palliative care

• NSW health Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Grief and Loss (72kb pdf)

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia - Tagalog
• Cancer Australia, Starting a conversation when your cancer has progressed (251kb pdf) - Tagalog

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Finnish - Suomeksi

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About dementia

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French - Français

Advance care planning

• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations
• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning patient's guide (435kb pdf)

What is palliative care

• NSW Health, About palliative care

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German - Deutsch

Advance care planning

• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations
• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning patient's guide (452kb pdf)

What is palliative care

• NSW Health, About palliative care (433kb pdf)

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About dementia

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Greek - Ελληνικά

Advance care planning

• Advance Care Planning Australia, About Advance care planning
• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations
• Australian Department of Health and Aged Care, What do you want for your end of life care
• South Australian Government, About Advance Care Directives (80kb pdf)

What is palliative care

• CareSearch, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (1.7MB pdf)
• NSW Health, About palliative care

Practical palliative care

• CareSearch, How to care
• Palliative Care Australia, dying2talk booklet for older people (23.01MB pdf) and cards (906kb pdf)
• Palliative Care South East, Carer Support Kit (2.58MB pdf)
• NSW Health, Last Days of Life toolkit – a wish to go home (118kb pdf)
• NSW health Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Grief and Loss (582kb pdf)
• Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement, About Grief

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information
• CarerHelp, Resources for carers

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia comic (7.48MB pdf)
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia
• Cancer Council NSW, Cancer Information sheets
• Cancer Australia, Starting a conversation when your cancer has progressed (322kb pdf)
• Parkinson’s Victoria, Understanding Parkinson’s

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Hebrew - עִבְרִית

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care

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Hindi - हिन्दी

Advance care planning

• Advance Care Planning Australia, About Advance care planning
• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (1.02MB pdf)

Practical palliative care

• Palliative Care Australia, dying2talk booklet (23.41MB pdf) and cards (940kb pdf)
• NSW Health, Last Days of Life toolkit – a wish to go home (156kb pdf)
• NSW health Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Grief and Loss (385kb pdf)

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information
• CarerHelp, Resources for carers

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia comic (6.80MB pdf)
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia
• Cancer Council NSW, Cancer Information sheets (244kb pdf)
• Cancer Australia, Starting a conversation when your cancer has progressed (323kb pdf)
• Parkinson’s Victoria, Understanding Parkinson’s

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Hungarian - Magyar

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia

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Indonesian - Bahasa Indonesia

Advance care planning

• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations
• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning patient's guide (448kb pdf)

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia

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Italian - Italiano

Advance care planning

• Advance Care Planning Australia, About Advance care planning
• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations
• Australian Department of Health and Aged Care, What do you want for your end of life care
• South Australian Government, About Advance Care Directives (32kb pdf)

What is palliative care

• CareSearch, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (1.10MB pdf)

Practical palliative care

• CareSearch, How to care
• Palliative care Australia, dying2talk booklet for older people (23.07MB pdf) and cards (897kb pdf)
• Palliative Care South East, Carer Support Kit (2.66MB pdf)
• NSW Health, Last Days of Life toolkit – a wish to go home (110kb pdf)
• NSW health Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Grief and Loss (463kb pdf)
• Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement, About Grief

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information
• CarerHelp, Resources for carers

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia comic (6.36MB pdf)
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia
• Cancer Council NSW, Cancer Information sheets
• Cancer Australia, Starting a conversation when your cancer has progressed (244kb pdf)
• Parkinson’s Victoria, Understanding Parkinson’s

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Japanese - 日本語

Advance care planning

• Advance Care Planning Australia, About Advance care planning

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia

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Karen - Karenic

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (2.70MB pdf)

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

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Khmer - ភាសាខ្មែរ

Advance care planning

• South Australian Government, About Advance Care Directives (76kb pdf)

Practical palliative care

• Palliative Care South East, Carer Support Kit (2.89MB pdf)

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia

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Korean - 한국어

Advance care planning

• NSW Health/Sydney Local Health District, Advance care planning – my wishes (307kb pdf)

Practical palliative care

• NSW Health, Last Days of Life toolkit – a wish to go home (180kb pdf)
• NSW health Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Grief and Loss (363kb pdf)

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia
• Cancer Australia, Starting a conversation when your cancer has progressed (472kb pdf)

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Lao - ລາວ

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia

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Latvian - Latviešu valoda

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia

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Lithuanian - Lietuviu Kalba

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, Worried about your memory?

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Macedonian - МАКЕДОНСКИ

Advance care planning

• Advance Care Planning Australia, About Advance care planning
• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care

Practical palliative care

• NSW health Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Grief and Loss (141kb pdf)

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia
• Cancer Council NSW, Cancer Information sheets
• Parkinson’s Victoria, Understanding Parkinson’s

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Malay

Advance care planning

• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations
• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning patient's guide (445kb pdf)

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Maltese - Malti

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care
• NSW Health, About palliative care (367kb pdf)

Practical palliative care

• Palliative Care Australia, dying2talk booklet (23.11MB pdf) and cards (880kb pdf)

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia

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Mandarin - 普通话

Advance care planning

• Advance Care Planning Australia podcast, About Advance care planning
• Advance Care Planning Australia, About Advance care planning – Simplified
• Advance Care Planning Australia, About Advance care planning – Traditional
• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations
• Australian Department of Health and Aged Care, What do you want for your end of life care - Simplified
• Australian Department of Health and Aged Care, What do you want for your end of life care - Traditional

What is palliative care

• CareSearch, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care - Simplified
• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care - Traditional
• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (732kb pdf)
• NSW Health, About palliative care

Practical palliative care

• CareSearch, How to care
• Paediatric palliative care, A Family Companion
• Palliative Care Australia, dying2talk booklet (23.20MB pdf) and cards (975kb pdf)
• Palliative Care South East, Carer Support Kit - Simplified (4.91MB pdf)
• Palliative Care South East, Carer Support Kit - Traditional (5.32MB pdf)
• NSW Health, Last Days of Life toolkit – a wish to go home, Simplified (232kb pdf)
• NSW Health, Last Days of Life toolkit – a wish to go home, Traditional (206kb pdf)
• Clinical Excellence Queensland, When someone dies - Simplified (907kb pdf)
• Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement, About Grief

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information
• CarerHelp, Resources for carers - Simplified
• CarerHelp, Resources for carers - Traditional

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia videos
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia comic - Simplified (5.88MB pdf)
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia comic - Traditional (5.85MB pdf)
• Cancer Council NSW, Cancer Information sheets and videos
• Cancer Australia, Starting a conversation when your cancer has progressed - Simplified (346kb pdf)
• Cancer Australia, Starting a conversation when your cancer has progressed - Traditional (491kb pdf)
• Parkinson’s Victoria, Understanding Parkinson’s

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Nepali - नेपाली

Advance care planning

• South Australian Government, About Advance Care Directives (79kb pdf)

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia

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Polish - Polski

Advance care planning

• Advance Care Planning Australia, About Advance care planning
• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (810kb pdf)

Practical palliative care

• Palliative care Australia, dying2talk booklet for older people (23.08MB pdf) and cards (896kb pdf)

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia

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Portuguese - Português

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (1.18MB pdf)

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia

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Punjabi - ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

Advance care planning

• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations
• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning patient's guide (573kb pdf)

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (1.15MB pdf)

Support services

• CarerHelp, Resources for carers

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia

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Romanian - Română

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia

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Russian - Русский

Advance care planning

• Advance Care Planning Australia, About Advance care planning
• South Australian Government, About Advance Care Directives (313kb pdf)

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (126kb pdf)

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia
• Parkinson’s Victoria, Understanding Parkinson’s

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Serbian - Српски

Advance care planning

• Advance Care Planning Australia, About Advance care planning
• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations
• South Australian Government, About Advance Care Directives (95kb pdf)

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (1.71MB pdf)

Practical palliative care

• NSW Health Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Grief and Loss (333kb pdf)

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia

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Sinhalese - සිංහල

Practical palliative care

• Palliative Care South East, Carer Support Kit (5.26MB pdf)

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Somali - Soomaali

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (53kb pdf)

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Spanish - Español

Advance care planning

• Advance Care Planning Australia, About Advance care planning
• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations
• South Australian Government, About Advance Care Directives (122kb pdf)

What is palliative care

• CareSearch, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (1.34MB pdf)

Practical palliative care

• CareSearch, How to care
• Palliative care Australia, dying2talk booklet for older people (23.92MB pdf) and cards (906kb pdf)
• NSW health Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Grief and Loss (473kb pdf)

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information
• CarerHelp, Resources for carers

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia comic (7.50MB pdf)
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia
• Cancer Council NSW, Cancer Information sheets
• Cancer Australia, Starting a conversation when your cancer has progressed (256kb pdf)
• Parkinson’s Victoria, Understanding Parkinson’s

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Swahili - Kiswahili

Advance care planning

• South Australian Government, About Advance Care Directives (31kb pdf)

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Tamil - தமிழ்

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia videos
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia comic (6.42MB pdf)

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Thai - ไทย

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia

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Tigrinya - ትግርኛ

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (1.35MB pdf)

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

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Tongan

What is palliative care

• Health Navigator New Zealand, About palliative care

Practical palliative care

• NSW health Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Grief and Loss (403kb pdf)

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Turkish - Türkçe

Advance care planning

• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (592kb pdf)

Practical palliative care

• NSW health Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Grief and Loss (364kb pdf)

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia
• Parkinson’s Victoria, Understanding Parkinson’s

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Ukrainian - Українська

What is palliative care

• CareSearch, About palliative care

Practical palliative care

• CareSearch, How to care

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Dementia Australia, About Dementia

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Urdu - اردو

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (840kb pdf)

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Vietnamese - Tiếng Việt

Advance care planning

• Advance Care Planning Australia, About Advance care planning
• WA Department of Health, Advance care planning conversations
• Australian Department of Health and Aged Care, What do you want for your end of life care

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care
• Palliative Care Australia, How palliative care can help (1.90MB pdf)
• NSW Health, About palliative care

Practical palliative care

• Paediatric palliative care, A Family Companion
• Palliative care Australia, dying2talk booklet for older people (23.08MB pdf) and cards (904kb pdf)
• Palliative Care South East, Carer Support Kit (2.85MB pdf)
• Clinical Excellence Queensland, When someone dies (647kb pdf)
• NSW Health, Last Days of Life toolkit – a wish to go home (118kb pdf)
• NSW health Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Grief and Loss (360kb pdf)
• Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement, About Grief

Support services

• CarerGateway, Service information
• CarerHelp, Resources for carers

Chronic life-limiting conditions

• Cancer Australia, Starting a conversation when your cancer has progressed (309kb pdf)
• Cancer Council NSW, Cancer Information sheets and videos
• Dementia Australia, About Dementia
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia comic (7.71MB pdf)
• National Ageing Research Institute, About Dementia
• Parkinson’s Victoria, Understanding Parkinson’s

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Yiddish - ייִדיש

What is palliative care

• Palliative Care Victoria, About palliative care

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