Palliative care is for everyone
Knowledge'Palliative care does not mean a loss of hope; it's a recognition that we are going to focus on the quality of life over the quantity.'
Charléss Dupont, speaking on the Lewy body MasterClass, 2024
Every healthcare professional has a role in providing and supporting palliative discussions and services from the point of diagnosis all the way through to the end of life.
For someone with a neurological condition, those conversations can happen with their specialist nurse, their occupational therapist, their consultant or their physiotherapist.
Our Palliative Care MasterClass in May brings you insights from specialists across the whole multi-disciplinary team providing insight into their role in palliative care.
From speech and language therapists discussing eating and drinking with accepted risks to dieticians looking at supported decision-making, pharmacists discussing deprescribing to consultants considering unmet needs, this programme brings a diverse range of perspectives and experiences to a broad audience.
The MasterClass focuses on neurological conditions and considers:
- the importance of holistic, individualised and person-centred care,
- the need for formal and informal professional collaboration,
- clarity that palliative care is a value and a concept as well as a type or phase of care
Register now and join us on 8th - 9th May in Sheffield:
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