Cancer Council Podcasts
The Thing About Cancer podcast has an episode that discusses how cancer affects the carer too.
The Thing About Advanced Cancer podcast contains episodes about caring for someone with advanced cancer, managing relationships as the carers, self-care for carers, caring for someone in their last months, end-of-life care at home, coping with grief, and life after loss.
CarerHelp Modules
Free modules provide information on the key topics for each of the caring pathways. They can help you and others in your family to understand what is happening.
- Caring when death is a possibility
- Managing Symptoms
- Preparing for Dying
- After caring
CarerHelp Online Sessions
CarerHelp has free online information sessions to help carers prepare for caring and have their questions answered. Sessions are run by health professionals who will provide information, guidance and links to further support and services.
Carer Gateway Carer Skills online courses
- Dealing with stress
- Effective communication techniques
- Recharge and reconnect
- Legal issues
- Social connections
- Sleep
Carers NSW Carer skills program for older people
Carers NSW has developed six training modules to help carers develop practical skills in caring for older people living at home, including in palliative care. A series of short videos on Caring for someone with a life-limiting illness is also available.
Life, Hope and Reality online booklet (1.82MB pdf)
This is a booklet type resource which provides information to patients about many different aspects of living with cancer.
Supporting a Person Who Needs Palliative Care (280kb pdf)
This is an online pdf guidebook that provides basic but practical information for family and friends, carers or volunteers, who are assisting in care provision for a person who is in the palliative phase.
palliLEARN
PalliLEARN provides courses to promote palliative care education and enhance community knowledge and capacity. Participants will learn how to build the skills to support and care for those living with a life-limiting illness. Courses are available in various states.
