End of life and palliative care

About palliative care Types of care and support to manage your symptoms and quality of life if you've been diagnosed with a serious terminal illness.

Palliative care services Find a list of services in the ACT to support you, your family and carers.

Complaints or feedback on palliative care services Tell us how well our services have supported you and what the service could have done better.

Advance care planning Set up a plan to help your healthcare team and loved ones make important medical decisions on your behalf.

Organ and tissue donation By becoming an organ and tissue donor, you could save someone’s life.

Meeting your needs at the end of life Find out how to talk to your healthcare team to get your cultural, spiritual or other needs met.

Accessing voluntary assisted dying in the ACT Voluntary assisted dying is medical help to end your life at a time you choose. It is for people who have a medical condition that is terminal and causing suffering.

Decision making capacity reforms and citizens' jury The jury will consider access to voluntary assisted dying for people who lose decision‑making capacity after they have been assessed as eligible, but before they can make their final decision.

When someone is dying Help for people who are caring for a person at the end of their life.

Grief and bereavement Understand the symptoms of grief and where to get help.

Supporting voluntary assisted dying for people in your care

Becoming a voluntary assisted dying practitioner