Palliative Care

The Palliative Care Service is available for clients within the Shire of Southern Grampians and Casterton. Clients can be seen in their homes, hospital or in residential care facilities. Services provided include:

Clinical assessment and individual care provision and consultations
Symptom management in association with the GP
In-home nursing
Terminal care
Provision of physical, emotional, spiritual and social support for client & carers
Referral to Specialist Nursing & Allied health Services as required
Provision of 24 hour on call
Equipment on loan for client care
Written information for clients and carers living with a life threatening illness
Trained volunteers to provide support, companionship whilst carers have some time out
Grief and Bereavement Support for carers and client
Education programs for health professionals, general public, volunteers and carers
- Advance Care Planning

Opening Hours

8.00am – 4.30pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.

Contact

Palliative Care: Tel: 03 5551 8359

DNS: Tel: 03 5551 8352

Support After Business Hours

The District Nursing Service provides cover from 4.30pm to 8.00pm weekdays and 8am to 8pm weekends and public holidays.

On Call

Local patients residing within the Hamilton town boundary can access an on-call service from 8pm- 8am weekdays by phoning 03 5551 8786- This goes to Caritas Christi.

Regional patients can access the regional on-call service outside of Palliative Care rostered hours by telephoning 03 5551 8786. Please note this is a telephone advice service only.

LOCATION

Hamilton House
Allied Health Centre
Tyers Street
Hamilton Vic 3300

Links

Palliative Care Australia http://www.palliativecare.org.au/
Aboriginal resources https://www.pallcarevic.asn.au/healthcare-professionals/cultural-safety/…
Brochure – Aboriginal Palliative Care Leaflet
LGBTQUI+ https://www.caresearch.com.au/Health-Professionals/Nurses/Patient-Diversity
Community Languages https://www.pallcarevic.asn.au/families-patients/community-languages/
WDHS Advance Care Planning https://wdhs.net/advance-care-planning

Multilingual information brochures

The Fact Sheets are available to view or download from the Palliative Care Australia and Palliative Care Victoria websites (refer to the links below). Ethnic communities may request hard copies of the Fact Sheets from Palliative Care Victoria by emailing info@pallcarevic.asn.au or phoning 03 9662 9644.

How palliative care can help – Amharic

How palliative care can help – Arabic

How palliative care can help – Chinese

How palliative care can help – English

How palliative care can help – Farsi

How palliative care can help – Greek

How palliative care can help – Hindi

How palliative care can help – Italian

How palliative care can help – Karen

How palliative care can help – Polish

How palliative care can help – Portuguese

How palliative care can help – Punjabi