The people working in aged care are essential to quality care and good service delivery. The number and types of staff can vary between services. Aged care roles can have different skill sets, qualifications and development needs. Services can help staff understand their role and can also support palliative care education and training. While education and training is a key part of developing your workforce, this set of pages looks at the broader skills and supports that the workforce needs.
Specific pages for aged care nurses, personal careworkers, GPs and pharmacists can help them understand palliative care in aged care and consider their personal development needs. They can also check out learning options on the Education and Training pages.
We have provided suggestions for Educators and Managers on how to work with their staff and teams on building confidence and capability.
Services solutions provide a more structured approach for organisations to tackle common issues in providing palliative care and end of life care to older people.