Managing medication
Our Palliative Care team has compiled these resources to help people caring for someone who is at the end of their life, at home.
Find out more about palliative care at Alfred Health.
Managing medication
Websites & downloads
- Caring@Home: Teaching Carers And Families Resources - a range of resources for people teaching carers and families, including a medicines diary and symptoms and medicines chart
- American Cancer Society: Pain diary - a range of tools related to managing pain, including a pain diary
Videos
Hand washing steps
You must wash you hands correctly before giving medication.
This video shows you the correct hand washing steps outlined in the WHO technique.
Inserting a subcutaneous line
This video shows you how to insert a subcutaneous line into a patient.
Drawing up medicine from an ampoule
This video shows you how to write a label, open an ampoule and draw up medicine.
Giving medicine using a subcutaneous cannula
This video shows you how to give medicine to a patient using a subcutaneous cannula.
Giving sublingual medication
This video shows you how to give sublingual (under the tongue) medication.