Education and Training:-

Face to Face Training:

Dementia Essentials two-day course  - CHCAGE011 – Provide support to people living with dementia.

This nationally-accredited course is designed to assist workers supporting people living with dementia. Strategies are explored to assist with good communication, planning, developing appropriate activities and understanding behaviour in people living with dementia.
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Paediatric Palliative Care Learning Day -  Thursday 11th June 2026, 9.00am-3.00pm Mt.Duneed Estate, Waurn Ponds.
A dynamic Paediatric Palliative Care Learning Day showcasing expert perspectives, innovative practices, and emerging models of care designed to strengthen support for children with life-limiting conditions and their families, includingbereavement care across Victoria. (click heading for more information & to register)

Online Training & Webinars:

End-of-Life Essentials - Communication and Managing Conflict in EoL Care – 6th May, 2026 12.30pm (45minute session) (click heading for more information & to register)

PEPA Placements:

PEPA provides an opportunity for primary health care providers to develop skills in a palliative approach by undertaking a supervised clinical placement of up to four days within a specialist palliative care service. Click here for more information

Further educational resources and vidoes:

Caring@home - aims to increase access to quality and timely end-of-life care for home-based patients by developing practical and evidence-based resources and providing associated education for health professionals. (click the heading for more)

Palliative Care eLearning – These modules which cover a multitude of topics were created by CareSearch and have been appraised for the quality of their content, and their relevance for palliative care. (click the heading for more)

Advance Care Planning Australia - Designed for health professionals, healthcare workers, education providers and the general public, these educational programs range from an introduction to advance care planning to more specialised courses for professionals. (click the heading for more)

End of Life Directions for Aged Care – Educational Videos
Residential Aged Care & Home Care Toolkits:

  • Module 1: Recognise End of Life
  • Module 2: Assess Palliative Care Needs
  • Module 3: Work Together
  • Module 4: Manage Dying
  • Module 5: Organisational Support

Talking End of Life …..with people with intellectual disability – this is an online toolkit with training modules for disability support workers, families, carers, health professionals and educators. The 12 modules are designed around a three topics:

  • How do I do this?  Any or all of these 5 modules will help if you’re unsure about your role, how to teach about the end of life, or how to manage cultural beliefs or feelings.
  • Teaching how to understand end of life: Any or all of these 3 modules will help you to teach about dying, death, and loss, grief and mourning.
  • Teaching the planning options: Any or all of these 4 modules will help if you want to teach about how to plan for dying and death.

Dying2Learn - Birth and death, these are something we will all have to cope with. But when it comes to the latter, we seem reluctant to think about, talk about, and plan for it. This is your chance to find out more, a great place to start the conversation. 

For any further enquiries contact the consortium by emailing Christine at christine.hocking@grampianspalliativecare.com.au or phone 0428 737 330