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Advance care planning / Decision making

Assessment tools

Clinical practice guidelines

Communication

Complementary therapies

Critical care

Culture

Diseases

Cancer

Cardiovascular Disease

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Dementia

Positive Communication- The Open Dementia Programme These 20-30 minute modules of the Open Dementia e-Learning Programme are designed for anyone who has contact with someone...

Recent progress in the palliation of dementia Dementia is an incurable and increasingly prevelent condition. The palliative care needs of patients with dementia are often...

Rules of Thumb for End of Life Care for People with Dementia A set of practical rules to help healthcare professionals and carers support people with dementia better.

Talking Mats® Talking Mats®, developed at the University of Stirling, are a low tech communication framework involving sets of symbols...

TeepaSnow: Positive Approach to Brain Change (Dementia) This website has a wealth of resources to support a better understanding of Dementia. Patients and families as well as health...

What is Alzheimer's Disease? A short “pocket” film by David Shenk explains how Alzheimer’s disease alters the brain. The animation calls for an understanding...

HIV / AIDS

Neurological diseases

Renal failure

Hospice and Palliative Medicine Questions This video series, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Questions (HPMQ), answers tough questions you may come across while caring...

Dying at home

Education

Ethics

Evidence databases

Grief and bereavement

Health care directives / Living wills - see Advanced care planning

Hospice and palliative care

Indigenous people

Interdisciplinary practice

International

Long term care