Catalogue

For people who have a good understanding of Advance Care Planning (ACP). This session focuses on having ACP conversations using the Brief Intervention tool.

Are you a skilled non-registered healthcare staff member providing care to those approaching end of life? Enhance your skills with our comprehensive two-day course designed to equip you with essential practical knowledge and techniques.

Learn how to identify and assess frailty and frailty syndromes. Consider appropriate prescribing and de-prescribing for people at end of life.

Recognising dying is a key enabler for a better death. This workshop enables participants to explore current knowledge and understanding about recognising dying and help promote confidence in communicating this in the context of uncertainty.

This nationally benchmarked 2 day course will prepare you to practice and develop ways of handling situations you find most difficult, e.g. breaking bad news, responding to anger and uncertainty. The small class size and expert facilitation assures high quality learning and support. Feedback shows increased confidence from each participant and is "An invaluable addition to our degree module, it's second to none and reflected in student feedback" - Sam Garner, Education Lead, Gastroenterology

Gain the skills and confidence to offer spiritual care, an integral and rewarding aspect of palliative and end-of-life care. Spiritual care is something we can all offer, and this introduction learning event will help you understand how to provide compassionate support during these sensitive times.

Learn to use an evidence-based approach to non-pharmacological techniques in managing fatigue and promoting energy conservation for the breathless patient.

Understand ACP and resources for people with a learning disability. Recognise cues, and facilitate and enable people to have conversations about their plans, hopes and choices for the future.

This learning event supports registered nurses & senior healthcare assistants who double-check pumps to confidently set up and manage pumps, and understand commonly used medication that assists symptom management in palliative care.

Explore best practice and adaptations beneficial to patients at end of life.

Improve understanding in assessment and management of illnesses affecting the swallow function. Explore special impact at end of life affecting communication and decision-making to confidently provide care.

You do not need to be dying to think about what matters most in your life. In palliative and end of life care there are many choices and decisions that influence care. Planning in advance helps personalise that care and ensure care teams understand how to support. This workshop introduces ACP as conversations over time to help people, patients and families plan.

This introductory session aims to give an update on TEP Version 12. It will help you to understand your responsibilities around managing the care of a patient at end of life who has a TEP form in place. Highlight when it would be appropriate to request a TEP and the importance of the supporting conversations. Please note this is awareness training only and will not enable you to write TEPs.

Recognising this can be a challenging and significant aspect of care at end of life, this workshop will focus on some fundamental skills to help someone feel heard, understood and sensitively responded to.

This introduction workshop is open to all who work in roles supporting a person experiencing loss and looking to further understand and explore ways of helping. It is not intended for anyone currently or recently experiencing loss or bereavement.

We can all offer spiritual care. Attend this introductory course to gain skills and confidence in this integral and rewarding part of palliative and end of life care.

The five priorities were developed following a review of end of life care. Since then, they have became a national foundation for the UK in planning, delivering and assessing palliative and end of life care. Rowcroft Hospice developed a memory hand strategy to help recall in real life time.

Understand what happens to your digital accounts and assets, e.g. Facebook/Instagram/shopping accounts pre and post death. Help patients understand their choices and decisions around all password-protected digital accounts.

Recognise the causes and stages of liver disease. Learn about the principles of symptom management and prescribing in palliative care.

Helping you anticipate patients' decline and respond in crisis to symptoms at end of life.

Reviewing national guidance and evidence; discussing the ethicolegal issues which may arise. Exploring ways of supporting good communication when discussing nutritional and hydration needs with patients and their families.

Focusing on improving your assessment and management of common gut symptoms for palliative and end of life patients.

To develop an understanding of how to assess a patient's pain experience and become familiar with the various tools available for this purpose. To recognise and implement the principles of pain management, while also understanding the role and rationale behind both non-pharmacological interventions and prescribed medications.

The five priorities were developed following a review of end of life care. Since then, they have became a national foundation for the UK in planning, delivering and assessing palliative and end of life care. Rowcroft Hospice developed a memory hand strategy to help recall in real life time.

We can all offer spiritual care. Attend this introductory course to gain skills and confidence in this integral and rewarding part of palliative and end of life care.

This introduction workshop is open to all who work in roles supporting a person experiencing loss and looking to further understand and explore ways of helping. It is not intended for anyone currently or recently experiencing loss or bereavement.

This learning event supports registered nurses & senior healthcare assistants who double-check pumps to confidently set up and manage pumps, and understand commonly used medication that assists symptom management in palliative care.

Understand ACP and resources for people with a learning disability. Recognise cues, and facilitate and enable people to have conversations about their plans, hopes and choices for the future.

Learn to use an evidence-based approach to non-pharmacological techniques in managing fatigue and promoting energy conservation for the breathless patient.

For people who have a good understanding of Advance Care Planning (ACP). This session focuses on having ACP conversations using the Brief Intervention tool.