CPCRE - Where to Go for Help
If requiring support from palliative care services, the following links may be helpful.
National Palliative Care Service Directory
Searchable database of palliative care services in Australia
The Cancer Helpline
Toll Free number: 13 11 20 [Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm]
This service is a telephone information and support service of The Cancer Council Queensland. Trained staff provide information about various types of cancer and its treatment, as well as details about prevention and early detection. Booklets, information sheets, videos and other relevant resources are also available to callers.
The Cancer Council Queensland
553 Gregory Terrace
Fortitude Valley QLD 4006
Phone: (07) 3258 2200 Fax: (07) 3257 1306
Email: qldcf@qldcancer.com.au Web: www.qldcancer.com.au
Palliative Care Information Service
Freecall 1800 772 273 [Monday Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm]
The Palliative Care Information Service provides information and links to local support services for the terminally ill and their carers as well as support for general practitioners and clinical nurses with access to experienced palliative care medical practitioners in participating hospitals.
PO Box 2020
Windsor QLD 4030
Fax: (07) 3857 8040
Email: info@palliativecareinformationserviceqld.org.au
Web: www.palliativecareinformationserviceqld.org.au
Commonwealth Carer Resource Centre
Three information resources have been prepared to support carers up to, during, and after the palliative care stage of an illness:
Supporting Carers Booklet for carers to share with family, friends, service providers, or an employer about their needs and ways they can be supported.
Loss and Grief Fact Sheet around loss and grief issues experienced by carers.
Palliative Care Fact Sheet talks to carers about their feelings and needs, and available options.
These resources are free and are also available in Chinese, Vietnamese, Italian and Greek.
For copies, contact the Commonwealth Carer Resource Centre on
1800 242 636.
Palliative Care Australia
Palliative Care Australia is the national organisation for palliative care in Australia. They can provide information on a number of palliative care issues and put you in contact with palliative care service providers throughout Australia.
PO Box 24
Deakin West ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6232 4433
Fax: (02) 6232 4434
Email: pcainc@pallcare.org.au
Web: www.palliativecare.org.au/
Palliative Care Queensland
Palliative Care Queensland is the Queensland membership arm of Palliative Care Australia and a provider of palliative care information to the general public and members. It can make referrals to other palliative care services and organisations as appropriate.
117 Copperfield Street
GEEBUNG QLD 4034
Phone: (07) 3633 0096 Fax: (07) 3633 0086
Email: info@pallcareqld.com Web: www.pallcareqld.com
Motor Neurone Disease Association of Queensland
35 Wedgetail Street
Inala QLD 4077
Phone: (07) 3372 9004 Fax: (07) 3278 9871
Email: admin@mndaq.asn.au Web: www.mndaq.asn.au
Queensland Council of Carers
Freecall 1800 242 636 / 1800 059 059
This service provides supportive networks, particularly for those caring for individuals who have progressive illness. Other supports include counselling, community education and a newsletter.
15 Abbott St,
Camp Hill QLD 4152
Phone: (07) 3843 1401
Royal Children's Hospital Brisbane
Link to Royal Children's Hospital Palliative Care Information
Children and Young People's Bereavement Centre
The Children and Young People's Bereavement Centre was set up to support school-aged children and young people aged 5 - 17 years who have been through the experience of a close family member dying from a terminal or long-term illness. The Centre is open to all families in the greater Brisbane region and specifically offers counselling, grief and loss groups, school supports and community education.
The objectives of the Centre are:
- To provide accessible counselling and support to grieving children, young people and their families
- To raise awareness in the wider community (particularly schools) about the needs of grieving children and young people prior to and after a death in the family
- To develop and maintain a network of social workders and counsellors in the Brisbane area who work in palliative care and grief work
Phone: 07 3240 1190
Email: info@childbereavement.org.au
Web: www.childbereavement.org.au
Xavier Children's Network
The Xavier Children´s Network is a community organisation which supports families with young children who have complex difficulties, are medically fragile and at times may require palliative care.
Southside - Mt Gravatt East
Phone: (07) 3216 8811 Fax: (07) 3216 8778
Email: postmasters@xcsn.org
Northside - Aspley
Phone: (07) 3263 5188 Fax: (07) 3263 4817
Email: postmastern@xcsn.org
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