Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Indigenous palliative care program

• Reach:

  VIC

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) aims to develop and provide a culturally-appropriate palliative care system for Indigenous Victorians. The goals of this program are to provide culturally-safe and sustainable palliative care services for Indigenous people, to develop and increase the awareness and access to palliative care services, and to develop a sustainable relationship between palliative care providers and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHO's) in Victoria.

The VACCHO palliative care program works in partnership with Aboriginal Medical Services, Indigenous organisations, mainstream health services, and Palliative Care Services Victoria to assist in regional planning to meet the palliative care needs of Indigenous people, families and communities.

Contacts

Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
5-7 Smith Street
Fitzroy VIC 3065
PO Box 1328
Collingwood VIC 3066
Ph: (03) 9419 3350
Fax: (03) 9417 3871
E-mail: enquiries@vaccho.com.au

Related publications

Providing culturally appropriate palliative care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: resource kit (2004)

Mungabareena Aboriginal Corporation, Wodonga Insitute of TAFE, Mercy Health Service Albury (Palliative Care)

This resources was produced as part of the National Indigenous palliative care project. It is divided into three sections:

• introduction
• information on culturally appropriate palliative care services for Indigenous Australians
• information on how practices can create these culturally appropriate services and spaces.

This resource helps to operationalize the findings, making them usable and relevant to practitioners and palliative care organisations.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

• Links
• View report: Providing culturally appropriate palliative care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: practice principles (PDF - 1.4 MB)
• View resource: Providing culturally appropriate palliative care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: resource (PDF - 1.7 MB)
• View information: Providing culturally appropriate palliative care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: development phase
• View information: Providing culturally appropriate palliative care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: resource kit
• View website: Indigenous Palliative Care Project

Links

• View information: Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Indigenous Palliative Care Program
• View website: Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation