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Find out how you can access palliative care for medical treatment, emotional support and practical help to maintain your quality of life for as long as your condition allows.

The members of your palliative care team may include doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, volunteers and carers.

You can have inpatient palliative care in a hospital or a specialist inpatient palliative care unit.

It is important for the family members of someone who is facing the end of their life to respect their wishes and follow through with the requests of their loved one as much as is practical and possible

When someone dies, it will help you to have a written plan of what you need to do including who you need to contact.

Palliative care for children provides physical, emotional, social and spiritual support to newborns, infants, children and young people with a life-limiting condition and their families.

Some people prefer having palliative care at home because of the familiar environment, feeling of independence and close access to family, friends and the local community.

Palliative care helps improve the quality of life for a person with a life-limiting illness, as well as the lives of their family, friends and carers, through advice, information, referral and support.

Victoria is the first state in Australia to pass voluntary assisted dying laws. The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act (2017) provides a safe legal framework for people who are suffering and dying to choose the manner and timing of their death.

Some people prefer having palliative care at home because of the familiar environment, feeling of independence and close access to family, friends and the local community.