'Palliative care toolkit: Improving care from the roots up in resource-limited settings' provides a holistic and 'can do' approach to delivering care to those with life-limiting diseases.
A training manual has been produced to support education and training using the Toolkit. The Training Manual is available to download further down this page.
The toolkit was written by Dr Vicky Lavy, Dr Charlie Bond and Ruth Wooldridge for Help the Hospices and the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance. The training manual was written by Dr Vicky Lavy.
Getting the toolkit
The full version of the toolkit is available to download (the file is 5Mb). You can also download the list of contents.
You can also download the chapters and tools seperately.
Chapters
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What is palliative care?
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You can do palliative care in your setting
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You can build a team
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You can talk about difficult issues
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You can control pain and other symptoms
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You can help children and families
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You can tell others
Assessment tools and resources
Practical tools to aid patient record keeping and data collection, advocacy material, teaching aids and a basic drug list:
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Palliative care patient assessment
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Pain assessment tool
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Palliative care patient register
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Home visit record for care providers
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Patient-held recrod for home-based care
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Patient-held drug chart
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Patient-held morphine dose record
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Home-based care volunteer kit
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Referral to palliative care team
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Palliative care monthly report
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Palliative care leaflet
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Palliative care poster
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Sample letter requesting morphine
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The analgesic ladder for pain control
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Confidence rating scale
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Paediatric drug doses
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Basic drugs for palliative care; Additional drugs for palliative care
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Further resources
We have produced print and CD copies of the toolkit. If you are interested in distributing the toolkit in resource-limited settings, please contact us.
The Palliative Care Toolkit training manual has been produced to support education and training in hospice and palliative care in developing countries using the Toolkit.
Download the training manual.
Obtaining hard copies of the Palliative Care Toolkit and Training manual
If you work in hospice and palliative care in a resource-poor setting or are planning to travel to a resource-poor setting to deliver training, we will be able to provide you with copies of the Toolkit and the Training Manual.
Please contact our publications team.
The Toolkit and Training Manual in different languages
The Palliative Care Toolkit and Training Manual are currently being translated into a number of different languages. The translations will be available here when they are completed.
Download the Russian translation of the Palliative Care Toolkit.
Feedback
We would appreciate your feedback on the Palliative Care Toolkit so please complete the feedback form and return it to:
Claire Morris
Help the Hospices
34-44 Britannia Street
London
WC1X 9JG
Or send a message via the online form:
