The February Northern Rivers Community of Practice Ageing, held in collaboration with Healthy North Coast, puts the new End-of-Life Pathway in the spotlight. The event brings together a panel from across the health and aged care sector to explore how services can work together to coordinate end-of-life care.
How and where we are doing end-of-life is changing. In effect since 1 November 2025, the new End-of-life Pathway under the new Aged Care Act supports older people to spend their final weeks at home. How does this new pathway affect your role? What is yours to do to ensure coordinated end-of-life care?
The February Northern Rivers Community of Practice Ageing, held in collaboration with Healthy North Coast, puts the new End-of-Life Pathway in the spotlight. The event brings together a panel of professionals from across the health and aged care sector to explore how in-home aged care providers, GP’s, and specialist palliative care services can work together to coordinate end-of-life care.
Join us on Thursday 5 February in Ballina for a morning facilitated panel discussion and an afternoon of workshops. The morning session will also be available to attend online via MS Teams. The afternoon workshops are an opportunity for in-depth discussion on supporting your in-home aged care team to deliver end-of-life care.
The new End-of-Life Pathway provides up to $25,000 funding for home care services over a 12-week period (extended to 16wks if funding remains) and is designed for individuals with an estimated 3 months or less to live. These funds can be used for intensive care coordination, and services such as personal care, shopping, and cleaning (see the Support at Home service list).
What are the challenges for in-home aged care providers supporting a smooth and timely transition from CHSP services to the End-of-Life Pathway under Support at Home? Are your staff trained and prepared to navigate the emotionally charged dynamics that can accompany end-of-life? What makes a successful Care Partner? Is your organisation prepared to deliver culturally safe end-of-life care?
What essential perspectives and insights can GPs and specialist palliative care professionals bring to aged care providers finding their way on this new Pathway?
Be a part of strengthening connections between in-home aged care and primary health to ensure that the End-of-life Pathway delivers the quality person-centered care that it was designed to provide.
