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The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) is pleased to announce it will provide Traveling Scholarships to support the travel of palliative care workers to attend the following educational events:
Applicants from all disciplines are welcome. In order to apply for a traveling scholarship, applicants must meet the following criteria:
Preference will be given to applicants who:
This program offers funding for travel and registration only. Applicants need to secure funding from other sources to cover additional expenses. The IAHPC website has more detailed information on the application process and the online form.
Examine how care homes are organized in six European countries, and how palliative care in care homes can be improved for older people, in a free online course given by Dr. Sheila Payne of Lancaster University. The massive open online course, or MOOC, available for 5 weeks as of April 1, is constructed to take 3 weeks to complete.
Using the PACE Steps to Success program, the course will focus on:
How to apply the six steps to success (discussing current and future care, mapping a patient’s changes, coordinating care, improving assessment and pain management, care after death)
‘Tenemos que Hablar’ Serious Illness Conversation Workshop, 22-23 March 2019, Madrid, Spain
Cuidado Compasivo e Investigación Cualitativa, 25-27 March 2019, Madrid, Spain
Inaugural International Conference on Palliative Dementia Care (ICPDC), 8-10 May 2019, Belfast, Ireland
Pre-Conference Session: Enabling Leaders in Palliative Care, 22 May 2019, Berlin, Germany
2nd Interprofessional Train-the-Trainer Spiritual Care Education Curriculum (ISPEC), 9-11 July 2019, Honolulu, Hawaii
Art of Presence – 14th Annual Healthcare Renewal Retreat, 14-20 August 2019, Assisi, Italy
By Marissa Ambalina, VirtualHospice.ca
LivingOutLoud.Life is a free, international online platform dedicated to supporting and empowering adolescents and young adults (AYAs) living with advanced illness.
The site comprises young people sharing their stories about, relationships, daily life, decisions, sex and fertility, and more. The short video clips are unscripted, unfiltered and unforgettable. Leading health experts from Canada and the US have also contributed content to the site.
A French version of the site is expected to launch in May 2019.
LivingOutLoud.Life is currently partway through a 100-day social media campaign that began on February 4, 2019, inviting other ADAs to share their stories and posting them online.
Meet some of the AYAs:
This project was enacted when Virtual Hospice teamed up with young Canadians living with advanced illness, The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, The Thomas Sill Foundation, Young Adult Cancer Canada, and Team Shan Breast Cancer Awareness for Young Women.
‘My Toolkit’ was designed to bring about positive change to workplace behavior of health care professionals at the point of care; in other words, to change how people behave on the job.
In December, an evaluation was published in the BMJ Open Quality online journal after 439 kits were distributed throughout Australia; 65 responded to the survey.
Unexpectedly, the researchers found that the toolkit, intended as a personal resource, was being used as an educational resource. It was also being used more widely than intended; 9.3% of requesters were educators, managers, volunteers, aged care workers, pastoral support workers, policy makers, project officers, a terminally ill patient, and an end-of-life doula.
The End Of Life Toolkit is available from the End of Life Essentials website. It is free to access but registration is required.
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There are three main resources I use to stay current and stay inspired about palliative care:
— Ryan C. Costantino, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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