An introductory course on palliative care

STEPPING Stone Hospice & Care Services is offering a course on Introduction to Palliative Care in February 2019 and invites you to register.

This course is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to provide basic palliative care. It responds to the World Health Assembly Resolution 67.19 which recommends that all health professionals undertake basic training in palliative care.

It is a 40-hour course over five days and on the successful completion of the course, a certificate of completion will be issued.

Topics to be covered over the five days include:

• Principles of Palliative Care, Palliative Care and Ethics and End of Life Decision Making

• Communication Skills and the Team and Family

• Pain Assessment and Management and other Symptom Management

• Culture, Spirituality, Sexuality, Care of the Caregiver

• Loss, Grief and Bereavement, Care of the Caregiver

Cost to attend the course is R3 500 per person and the dates are February 19, 20, 24, 27 and March 5 daily from 8.30am to 3pm.

The course will be hosted at Stepping Stone Hospice & Care Services, 15 Heidelberg Road, corner of Heidelberg and Ascot roads, Newmarket Park.

To register please email Sonia Thomson at sonia@steppingstonehospice.co.za

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