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Core Principles of Palliative Rehabilitation - an AHP approach
Thursday 21st November 2024
9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Online
Who should attend:
This a foundation level training session for AHP’s interested in learning how to adopt palliative rehabilitation principles in any healthcare or community setting.
If you support people living with life limiting conditions, frailty or long-term conditions we are confident that you will learn some new skills
Course Aims:
We aim to share the foundations of palliative rehabilitation including holistic assessment, self-management and goal setting. We hope you will then be able to apply these skills in your own healthcare setting
Objectives:
- To expand knowledge and understanding of the vision and ambitions of palliative rehabilitation based on most recent evidence
- To increase understanding of the benefits of holistic assessment, self-management and goal setting strategies, in all clinical and healthcare settings
- To provide an opportunity to reflect on your own/your services ability to deliver palliative rehabilitation
Presented by
Manisha Cook
Lecturer Practitioner and Specialist Physiotherapist
Manisha has worked as a specialist physiotherapist at The Hospice of St Francis for 9 years and previously has worked in community and acute healthcare settings in London and Hertfordshire.
Manisha has recently completed her level 4 Certificate in Teaching and Education, and is committed to providing a specialist palliative education programme for Allied Health Professionals and the wider multi-disciplinary team.
Amy Smissen
Lecturer Practitioner and Community Occupational Therapist
Throughout her career she has worked in a range of settings including a community learning disability team, an inpatient neurological rehab unit and a local charity providing support to people living with long-term neurological conditions.
Amy joined the Hospice of St Francis in 2023 and works 3 days a week in the Community Team, bringing her unique OT perspective to enable community patients to optimise their function and ultimately, their overall quality of life. Amy has always enjoyed facilitating therapeutic groupwork sessions, running workshops and training sessions both for patients and carers and with fellow clinicians. These skills lend themselves well to her Lecturer Practitioner role, which she took on in early 2024.
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