Who should attend:

Open to any health or social care professional who supports individuals living with heart failure.
May be of particular benefit to community teams, community matrons or palliative care staff who want to learn how they can support such individuals

Course Aims:

To learn more about the management of heart failure and the role of palliative care to support individuals

Objectives:

• To state the pathophysiology and types of heart failure including progression of heart failure
• To gain insights into the patient’s experience of living with heart failure
• To describe the role of the specialist heart failure nurses and the role of palliative care
• To identify common symptoms in heart failure and state some drug and non-drug approaches to its management
• To explore approaches to advance care planning including difficult conversations about managing ICDs