Priorities for End of Life Care: One Chance to get it Right

Details

• Length: 8 hours
• Suitable for: Health & social care professionals and allied health care professionals who care for patients in receipt of end of life care.
• Delivered: at End of Life Care Education Hub, Spring Farm Business Centre, Moss Lane, Crewe, CW1 4RJ
  
• Funded: Until end June for West Cheshire and Cheshire East employees only. July onwards funded for Cheshire East employees only. 
• Price on application for staff outside funded areas

Course Overview

This course will consider and explore the 5 Priorities at the End of Life  approach to care of the dying, as highlighted in the One Chance to get it Right (2014) document .

Each Priority in turn will be discussed. Through explanation and discussion we will reflect on how we can deliver this approach to achieve best practice and meet those needs and wishes of the dying person and those close to them .

Learning Outcomes

• Raise awareness of the 5 Priorities for care and the skills to apply the principles in practice
• Promote understanding of the uncertainty of dying and how to communicate this with patients and families
• Raise awareness to the range of communication skills
• Promote the benefit of effective Advance Care Planning
• Raise awareness of holistic approach and symptom management at end of life

Dates

• Tuesday 18 June 2024: 09:00 – 17:00
• Monday 2 September 2024: 09:00 – 17:00
• Wednesday 20 November 2024: 09:00 – 17:00
• Wednesday 15 January 2025: 09:00 – 17:00

Cost

• Funded: Until end June for West Cheshire and Cheshire East employees only. July onwards funded for Cheshire East employees only. 
• Price on application for staff outside funded areas