Palliative Care in Residential Aged Care: Your Role - 5948
Date and time
Location
Seminar Room
Cancer Council WA 15 Bedbrook Place ShentonPark, WA 6008 AustraliaDescription
Palliative Care in Residential Aged Care: Your Role
This workshop is designed to provide you with a greater understanding of the palliative approach and your role in the delivery of exceptional care in your facility.
“You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life. We will do all we can not only to help you die peacefully, but also to live until you die”
Dame Cicely Saunders
Learning areas
- The palliative approach
- Tools in embedding the palliative approach
- Advance Care Planning
- Communicating with the resident, family and staff
Date: 31 October 2018
Time: Registration 8.45am, 9am - 1pm
Venue: Seminar Room, Cancer Council WA at 15 Bedbrook Place, Shenton Park
Presenter: Claire Doyle, Palliative Crae Nurse Practitioner
Tina Dobrin, Social Worker, Metropolitan Palliative Care Consultancy Service
Target Audience: Health care professionals working in aged care facilities; Doctors, Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, Facility Managers, Pastoral Care Workers, Aboriginal Health Workers, Patient Care Assistants, Assistants in Nursing, Counsellors
Parking: Free parking is available at 15 Bedbrook Place. See the map below for visitors parking information and directions to the Seminar Room.
Organised by
Palliative care education for health professionals, health care workers and palliative care volunteers across WA.
Our events are aimed at increasing knowledge and understanding of palliative care for health professionals caring for any person with a life-limiting illness in all settings.
The education programs are facilitated by project officers in collaboration with expert palliative care clinical providers and health professionals. Tailored education to meet specific requirements is available as we continue to improve and develop our programs to meet the growing demand for palliative and supportive care education.
PaSCE is supported by Cancer Council of WA and the WA Cancer and Palliative Care Network, WA Department of Health.
Our events are PRIVATELY LISTED, to view what is coming up visit our Health Professionals Calendar
https://www.cancerwa.asn.au/articles/calendar/calendar-health-professional-training-seminars-and/
To be added our MAILING LIST please email pasce@cancerwa.asn.au.