• The Older Person
  • Culturally Safe Care
  • Dignity and Respect
  • Intimacy and Sexual Expression
  • Person-Centred Care
• Complex Needs
  • Advanced Dementia
  • Frailty
  • Mental Illness
  • Multimorbidity
• Communication
  • Advance Care Planning
  • Care Coordination
  • Talking About End of Life
  • Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD)
• Care Issues
  • Grief and Bereavement
  • Needs Assessment
  • Nutritional Care
  • Psychosocial Care
  • Recognising Deterioration
  • Reducing Care Burden
  • Spiritual Care
  • Symptom Management
  • Syringe Drivers
  • Terminal Care
• Symptoms and Medicines
  • Anxiety
  • Dyspnoea
  • Nausea and Vomiting
  • Pain
  • Respiratory Secretions
  • Terminal Restlessness
  • Dysphagia
  • Off-Label Prescribing
  • Opioids: Switching Between Formulations
  • Subcutaneous Medicine Administration
• For GPs
  • A Palliative Approach
  • Recognising change
  • Communication
  • Planning for the Future
  • Providing Care
  • Terminal Care
  • Bereavement
  • Tools and Resources
• For Nurses
  • Nurses Education and Training
  • palliAGED resources for Nurses
  • palliAGED for educators and managers
• For Pharmacists
  • Medication Management
  • Other Roles for Pharmacists
  • Medicines and Palliative Care Information Resources
• palliAGED Apps
• e-Health Resources
• Voluntary Assisted Dying
• Palliative Care and COVID-19
  • For the Community
  • Government
  • GPs and Primary Care
  • Home Based Care
  • Residential Aged Care
• Understanding the Standards

Terminal Care

Key messages

• A person with palliative care needs who has difficulties ingesting or digesting medications may receive them subcutaneously (under the skin) using a syringe driver. [1-8]
• A syringe driver is a small, portable, battery-operated device used to administer a continuous 24-hour dose of medication. [2-5,7,8]

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• Terminal Care: Palliative & Aged
• Terminal Care: Palliative only
• Terminal Care: Aged only

 

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