SMRPCC, with the Victorian Palliative Care Network (VPCN) brings you more 10-minute Sessions about palliative care. These sessions are specifically designed for PCAs. No need to register. Join us in …
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Event Overview The opioid crisis in Australia continues to grow, with increasing rates of dependence, overdose and harm. There is an urgent need for skilled prescribers to deliver safe, evidence-based treatment. This training offers a pathway to MATOD (Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Dependence) accreditation and supports practitioners to build confidence in opioid dependence care. …
About this session Designed for busy cancer care clinicians and non-clinical staff, this session offers strategies you can apply immediately to create more inclusive, person-centred care. Facilitators This webinar will be delivered by experts from the Healthcare Communication Collective. Meg Chiswell has trained thousands of health professionals and clinicians in person-centred communication for improved health …
Managed by the Victorian Department of Health through the Commonwealth Government’s Strengthening Medicare – Supporting Older Australians initiative, the Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care (ACEBAC) at La Trobe …
Target audience: The focus of this education is to enhance the capacity of the health workforce to provide quality, holistic and culturally-responsive palliative care for First Nations peoples and their families …
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Palliative Aged Care Outcomes Program (PACOP) supports aged care homes (ACHs) to provide optimal palliative & end-of-life care for residents and their families. By embedding a framework of routine assessments to identify increasing palliative and end-of-life needs, PACOP guides care planning to address these needs using an evidence-based practice and evidence-based responses.
Aim: Acquire knowledge, skills and confidence in having meaningful but often difficult conversations about terminal illness, palliative care and grief with people living with a life-limiting illness, and their families. Target …
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Presenters: Deb Likouras and Eszter Cowle Level: Introductory Audience: General and professional public who wish to understand the fundamental information and skills to support grieving individuals. Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to: recognise and understand the broad and varied range of common grief reactions/responses discuss and reflect upon a …
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Who should attend this webinar? This webinar is for any staff, residents, and family members involved in the transition to care. This includes health care assistants, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, …
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Aim: Acquire knowledge, skills and confidence in understanding loss and grief, including the role of health care providers in supporting grieving individuals and families both before and after death. Target audience: Health professionals working in non-specialist palliative care environments, who want to develop confidence in communicating effectively and respectfully with people with life-limiting and chronic illnesses, and …
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