Supporting Patients with Life Limiting Conditions

ABOUT THE COURSE

A one-day course to gain an understanding of challenges that patients face whilst living with long term conditions. This course will give an overview of support needs of these patients from a palliative care perspective.

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

• Palliative care & Heart Failure and challenges faced by this group of patients
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – understanding a patient’s journey
• Supporting patients with end stage renal failure
• Diabetes as a long-term condition and implications for palliative care support
• The importance of advance care planning for patients with long term conditions
• Helping patients with life limiting conditions to live well

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

All Health and Social Care Professionals who would like to gain further knowledge in the above.