Principles & Practice in Palliative & End of Life Care

Details

• Length: 4 days
• Suitable for: Registered Nurses & Allied Health Professionals who support patients/residents in the last 12 months of life in all settings including community, primary care, care homes and acute hospitals.
• Delivered: Face to face at the EOLP End of Life Care Education Hub at Spring Farm Business Centre, Moss Lane, Minshull Vernon, 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

Session Overview

This course will:

• Familiarise you with the concepts of palliative care
• Introduce the “Priorities of Care”
• Define Advance Care Planning and how you may contribute to this
• Develop your communication skills & confidence in having difficult conversations with patients/residents and those important to them
• Explore common symptoms, the causes, effects, assessment & management
• Cover concepts & theories relating to loss, grief & bereavement
• Increase your awareness of the concept of resilience

Dates

• Thursday 16 January 2025: 09.00-16.15
• Thursday 23 January 2025: 09.00-16.15
• Thursday 30 January 2025: 09.00-16.15
• Thursday 6 February 2025: 09.00-16.15

(All days should be attended.)