Culturally responsive palliative care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Event description
ATTENTION: Health professionals and community workers who care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
WORKSHOP: Culturally responsive palliative care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Aim: Acquire knowledge, skills and confidence in providing responsive and culturally sensitive care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with a life-limiting illness, and their families.
Target Audience: Health professionals (of all disciplines), Aboriginal Health Workers, Aboriginal Liaison Officers and Community Workers who support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. You may work in residential care, community health or a hospital setting anywhere in Victoria.
Content: Culturally responsive approaches to caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with a life limiting illness and their families.
Topics include:
- The palliative approach
- Cultural responsive care
- Communication
- Grief and loss
- Advance care planning
- Caring for yourself
Facilitator: Nicole Cassar: Business and Cultural Consultant. Nicole is a Gunditjmara, Wotjobaluk and Maltese woman from Victoria
Date: Tuesday 15th October 2024
Cost: Free (morning tea, lunch provided)
Time: Workshop 9.00am – 4.30pm
Venue: Peninsula Home Hospice, 327 Main Street, Mornington (go to reception)
Enquires: PEPA Administration Officer: pepa@svha.org.au
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander acknowledgement. PEPA/IPEPA acknowledges and pays our deepest respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of the many lands on which we work and live, and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Islander peoples. |
Cost: Free
An email confirming registration to attend will be sent from PEPA to participants.
If you have registered and find you are unable to attend, please advise us as soon as possible, as these workshops are in high demand and we can offer your place to another participant. If you do not advise us and don't attend, you will incur an administration fee. Thank you for your understanding.
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Would you like to see first hand what specialist palliative care providers do?
Observational placements are available for doctors, nurses, allied health and Aboriginal health professionals who are employed in health fields (e.g. hospitals, community, residential aged care facilities, general practice).
Contact PEPA Victoria on 9231 1926 for more details, or go to the PEPA website https://pepaeducation.com/
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