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PEPA Palliative Approach in Aged Care Workshop

Event description

Acquire knowledge, skills and confidence in providing palliative care for people with a life-limiting illness, and their families.

Target audience: Health care professionals working in aged care with limited or no palliative care experience.

Topics:

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

Facilitators:

Kerrie Cunningham: Kerrie 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.

There are two events which are free, and registration and more information can be obtained by following the links below.

DATE
27 June, 2024
from 9:30am to 4:00pm Melbourne/Sydney time zone
VENUE
Online
EVENT
  • Professional Development Activity, Information Session, Workshop
TIME
  • Melbourne/Sydney time zone
AUDIENCE
  • Aged Care Staff, General Practitioner / Registrar, Other Healthcare Worker
COST
  • No cost to you
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