CareSearch tools and checklists for Allied Health
The following forms, checklists and tools have been developed or reproduced by CareSearch to assist you in providing palliative care. These may be downloaded for free.
Professional development
Assessment
Planning care
- Communication Starters for difficult conversations (159kb pdf)
- palliAGED case conference forms
- Using the palliAGED conference forms (42kb pdf)
- Case conference checklist – Home care (410kb pdf)
- Case conference checklist – Residential care (404kb pdf)
- Invitation to attend a case conference – GPs (191kb pdf)
- Confirmation of a case conference – GPs (173kb pdf)
- Information for you and your family – What is palliative care and why do you need a case conference (151kb pdf)
- Invitation for you and your family (193kb pdf)
- Confirmation for you and your family (183kb pdf)
- Staff Communication Sheet (149kb pdf)
- Palliative care case conference summary – Home care (231kb pdf)
- Palliative care case conference summary – Residential care (231kb pdf)
Clinical decisions
The dying patient
Supporting families
- What is palliative care? (221kb pdf)
- Palliative care support for patients, carers, and families (4.45MB pdf)
- My Emergency Contact List (108kb pdf)
- Medicines List (143kb pdf)
- Information about case conferences and palliative care (161kb pdf)
- Self-Care for carers (206kb pdf)
- Interactive SPICT-4ALL Tool (571kb pdf)
Remuneration
To share with interdisciplinary team members as appropriate
Last updated 27 May 2026