AHP Bite Size Learning - Living and Dying Well at Home - How can AHP's Help?
Thursday 17th September 2026
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Online
Who should attend:
Open to all healthcare professionals, this session may be particularly useful for AHP and Wellbeing Practitioners who regularly support people living in their own homes or community setting
Course Aims:
To identify and discuss considerations for supporting people to live well at home despite having a life limiting or palliative diagnosis
Objectives:
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To describe interventions used within the community to optimise function and quality of life
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To recognise everyone’s role in advance care planning conversations and how to facilitate these conversations sensitively
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To identify effective approaches to supporting the needs of informal carers within a PEOLC context
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To explore other community services that can be utilised to help coordinate care
Presented by
Amy Smissen
Lecturer Practitioner/ 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.
Manisha Cook
Lecturer Practitioner and Specialist Physiotherapist
Manisha completed her Level 4 Certificate in Teaching and Education in 2021 and currently practises as a Lecturer Practitioner at The Hospice of St Francis and within Universities.
Manisha is passionate about providing holistic, patient-centred care with a special interest in long term conditions and Pulmonary Fibrosis. She is equally committed to education and professional development, sharing her clinical expertise to support and inspire multidisciplinary teams, students, and colleagues working within palliative and end-of-life care.
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