Palliative Care & Advance Care Planning in Aged Care: The Role of the Team

Advance Care Planning Workshops: Residential Aged Care

Date: Monday 25 October

Time: 7.30am - 8.30am

Venue: Virtual

Designed for

Palliative care or ACP experienced* Nurses, Allied Health, Facility Managers and GPs

*If you have no ACP or palliative care knowledge, Workshop 1 may be appropriate for you to attend first.

Palliative and Supportive Care Education (PaSCE) are pleased to announce the launch of the Advance Care Planning for Residential Aged Care Workshops for 2021. These workshops are available to all staff in residential aged care facilities and provide tailored education for these staff to increase organisational advance care planning (ACP) knowledge. The implementation of ACP practices within residential aged care facilities promotes compliance to the Aged Care Quality Standards (2019) Standards 1, 2 and 3 and the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, ‘Partnering with consumers’ and ‘Comprehensive care’. Register yourself and team members into one or more of the appropriate workshops to grow your successful ACP practice.

Overview

This session will build on the expertise, and care already delivered by the Aged Care sector and will provide the knowledge and tools to further ACP practice.

This workshop supports the practitioner to meet the delivery of person-centred care, dignity and avoidance of suffering as expected by community.

“Community expectation of person-centred health care, self- determination, dignity and the avoidance of suffering, have focused attention on advance care planning. Nationally, The Palliative Care Strategy and The National Framework for Advance Care Directives, prioritise advance care planning and advance care directives. “ *

Learning outcomes

• Interpret Advance Care Planning information and consider how to integrate into practice
• Increase understanding of Palliative Care in Residential Aged Care
• Discuss the challenges of ACP

Presented by

Experienced clinician and presenter, Dr Alison Parr

Clinical Lead, Palliative Care, WA End of Life and Palliative Care Program, Palliative Care Specialist

Reference

Advance Care Planning Australia; Education Capability Framework: 2020 Implementation Guide

https://www.advancecareplanning.org.au/docs/default-source/acpa-resource-library/acpa-learning/education-framework/acpa-education-capability-framework-guide.pdf