Palliative Care Workshop

Course Structure:

Introduction:

• Brief Overview of Palliative Care;
• National Palliative Care Standards;
• Palliative Care Myths;
• Law Relating to Palliative Care;
• Medical Cannabis, Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide.

• Definitions of Advance Care Planning;
• Advance Care Planning and the Law;
• How to do Advance Care Planning;
• Advance care directives in other states;
• Value of Advance Care Directives.

• Why clients request their desire to terminate life;
• Managing difficult conversations – aligning with persons wishes;
• Advocating for families / stakeholders / support person.

• Palliative approach as a sole practitioner;
• Aged Care, Home/Community;
• Acute Care;
• As a sole practitioner, larger services.

• CALD, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Asylum Seekers, Intersex LGBTI, Mental Health, Social or Economic Disadvantage.

• Journey – from client to community – optimal death in varying health arenas;
• Incorporating objectives from each session, summarising person centred palliative care and end of life care.