Events
Past Events
Advance Care Planning and the Tasmanian Advance Care Directive
Location
- What is Advance Care Planning (ACP)? Why, how, when (capacity), legalities, Substitute Decision Making (SDM) and documentation.
- Benefits of ACP and explaining these to patients/clients/residents.
- Understanding capacity and when an Advance Care Directive (ACD) would be used.
- Legalities of ACD and substitute decision makers.
- SDM – options and considerations.
- What should you include in an ACD?
- Palliative care framework and ACP/ACD – case studies/scenarios.
- How to start/have a conversation about end of life care wishes.
- ACP and considerations for specific populations (i.e. Tas Aboriginal, CALD/LGBTI).
- Tools to assist in writing an ACD – have a go at writing one for yourself.
Cost
Non-members: $40
Members: $30 (contact us after registering if you are a member)
Attend 4 sessions throughout 2019 and receive registration for the 5th session FREE (contact us if pursuing this option).
For more information, contact admin@pct.org.au.
Grief & Loss
Location
- Grief and Loss theories - older and contemporary.
- Basic understanding of the needs of people who are grieving.
- How to support someone who is grieving.
- Communication - what to say/what not to say.
- Anticipatory grief and complicated grief.
- Importance of rituals when grieving/bereavement process.
- How to care for yourself if you are grieving or supporting a grieving person.
Cost
Non-members: $40
Members: $30 (contact us after registering if you are a member)
Attend 4 sessions throughout 2019 and receive registration for the 5th session FREE (contact us if pursuing this option).
For more information, contact admin@pct.org.au.
Grief & Loss
Location
- Grief and Loss theories - older and contemporary.
- Basic understanding of the needs of people who are grieving.
- How to support someone who is grieving.
- Communication - what to say/what not to say.
- Anticipatory grief and complicated grief.
- Importance of rituals when grieving/bereavement process.
- How to care for yourself if you are grieving or supporting a grieving person.
Location: http://www.centralcoast.tas.gov.au/montgomery-room/
Cost
Non-members: $40
Members: $30 (contact us after registering if you are a member)
Attend 4 sessions throughout 2019 and receive registration for the 5th session FREE (contact us if pursuing this option).
For more information, contact admin@pct.org.au.
Palliative Care and the Palliative Approach
Location
- Basic death literacy and being comfortable with discussion of death and dying.
- Understanding the terminology – palliative care, palliative approach and trajectories.
- When is a palliative approach or palliative care appropriate?
- Who can receive palliative care services?
- Who provides palliative care services in Tasmania?
- National Palliative Care Standards and the Tasmanian Palliative Care Community Charter.
- Communication skills – responding to people in palliative care, including their families/carers.
Cost
Non-members: $40
Members: $30 (contact us after registering if you are a member)
Attend 4 sessions throughout 2019 and receive registration for the 5th session FREE (contact us if pursuing this option).
For more information, contact admin@pct.org.au.
Palliative care, ageing, wellbeing
Location
Palliative Care and the Palliative Approach
Location
- Basic death literacy and being comfortable with discussion of death and dying.
- Understanding the terminology – palliative care, palliative approach and trajectories.
- When is a palliative approach or palliative care appropriate?
- Who can receive palliative care services?
- Who provides palliative care services in Tasmania?
- National Palliative Care Standards and the Tasmanian Palliative Care Community Charter.
- Communication skills – responding to people in palliative care, including their families/carers.
Clinical topics:
- Pain and symptom management,
- Syringe drivers and what medications we use in them; and
- when to recognise that a palliative approach is necessary.
Clinical educator:
Sally Bonde has over 35 years’ experience as a registered nurse, working in community nursing and palliative care. She is an experienced educator, having educated members of the SPCS across the State.
Sally holds postgraduate qualifications in palliative care and is passionate about educating other health professionals and members of the community about the meaning of palliative care and the palliative approach to care.
Cost
Non-members: $40
Members: $30
Attend 4 sessions throughout 2019 and receive registration for the 5th session FREE.
For more information on membership, contact rob.hill@pct.org.au.
Palliative Care and the Palliative Approach
Location
- Basic death literacy and being comfortable with discussion of death and dying.
- Understanding the terminology – palliative care, palliative approach and trajectories.
- When is a palliative approach or palliative care appropriate?
- Who can receive palliative care services?
- Who provides palliative care services in Tasmania?
- National Palliative Care Standards and the Tasmanian Palliative Care Community Charter.
- Communication skills – responding to people in palliative care, including their families/carers.
Clinical topics:
- Pain and symptom management,
- Syringe drivers and what medications we use in them; and
- when to recognise that a palliative approach is necessary.
Clinical educator:
Sally Bonde has over 35 years’ experience as a registered nurse, working in community nursing and palliative care. She is an experienced educator, having educated members of the SPCS across the State.
Sally holds postgraduate qualifications in palliative care and is passionate about educating other health professionals and members of the community about the meaning of palliative care and the palliative approach to care.
Cost
Non-members: $40
Members: $30
Attend 4 sessions throughout 2019 and receive registration for the 5th session FREE.
For more information on membership, contact rob.hill@pct.org.au.
Advance Care Planning and the Tasmanian Advance Care Directive
Location
- What is Advance Care Planning (ACP)? Why, how, when (capacity), legalities, Substitute Decision Making (SDM) and documentation.
- Benefits of ACP and explaining these to patients/clients/residents.
- Understanding capacity and when an Advance Care Directive (ACD) would be used.
- Legalities of ACD and substitute decision makers.
- SDM – options and considerations.
- What should you include in an ACD?
- Palliative care framework and ACP/ACD – case studies/scenarios.
- How to start/have a conversation about end of life care wishes.
- ACP and considerations for specific populations (i.e. Tas Aboriginal, CALD/LGBTI).
- Tools to assist in writing an ACD – have a go at writing one for yourself.
Location: http://www.centralcoast.tas.gov.au/montgomery-room/
Cost
Non-members: $40
Members: $30
Attend 4 sessions throughout 2019 and receive registration for the 5th session FREE.
For more information on membership, contact rob.hill@pct.org.au.
Advance Care Planning and the Tasmanian Advance Care Directive
Location
- What is Advance Care Planning (ACP)? Why, how, when (capacity), legalities, Substitute Decision Making (SDM) and documentation.
- Benefits of ACP and explaining these to patients/clients/residents.
- Understanding capacity and when an Advance Care Directive (ACD) would be used.
- Legalities of ACD and substitute decision makers.
- SDM – options and considerations.
- What should you include in an ACD?
- Palliative care framework and ACP/ACD – case studies/scenarios.
- How to start/have a conversation about end of life care wishes.
- ACP and considerations for specific populations (i.e. Tas Aboriginal, CALD/LGBTI).
- Tools to assist in writing an ACD – have a go at writing one for yourself.
Cost
Non-members: $40
Members: $30
Attend 4 sessions throughout 2019 and receive registration for the 5th session FREE.
For more information on membership, contact rob.hill@pct.org.au.
Wellness Information Day - mini Expo
Location
Open to anyone with an interest in palliative care or volunteering.
For more information or to RSVP, contact palliativecare.north@dhhs.tas.gov.au or call 03 6777 4544.