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.
- Thursday 18th April 2024 0900-1630 Register here
- Thursday 27th June 2024 0930-1600 Register here