Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network hosts End of Life - Just Include Me: Supporting people with intellectual disability with death, dying and grief

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network hosts the Council for Intellectual Disability’s End of Life workshop. 

Who should attend: Health, disability, and end-of-life professionals and staff working in the Murrumbidgee PHN region who support people with intellectual disability and their families as part of their job. 

Aim: This workshop aims to build health, disability, and end-of-life professionals’ confidence, knowledge and skills to support people with intellectual disability through death, dying and grief. 

Learning outcomes: By attending this workshop attendees will 

• Build confidence initiating conversations about death, dying and grief 

• Develop skills in inclusive and accessible communication 

• Strengthen understanding of supported decision-making for end-of-life matters 

• Identify ways to ensure care planning reflects the preferences and choices of people with intellectual disability 

• Increase knowledge of end-of-life care, palliative care and Advance Care Planning for people with intellectual disability. 

Funded by the NSW Ministry of Health.