Palliative Approach in Aged Care

This is an introductory workshop for health care professionals working in aged care with limited or no palliative care experience.

The aim of this workshop is to improve the understanding and practice of the aged care workforce in the palliative approach to care through:

• Understanding the important role that palliative care plays in the lives of people with life-limiting illness and their families/carers
• Increasing confidence to provide holistic and person-centred care the older person living with life-limiting illness.

Topics:

• Principles of palliative care
• Communication
• Providing care
• Advance care planning
• End-of-life care
• Ethical issues in palliative care
• Caring for yourself

Facilitator:

Kerrie Cunningham has been working in palliative care and providing education for over 15 years, across a variety of settings, including rural remote Australia and metropolitan Melbourne. Kerrie is dedicated to helping enhance and enrich health professionals understanding of palliative care, which in turn leads to improved patient and family outcomes.

Please direct any enquiries to PEPA Administration: pepa@svha.org.au