Palliative and End of Life Care - an Awareness Day

Thursday 13th March 2025
9:30 am to 4:00 pm
In Person at The Hospice of St Francis, HP4 3GW

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Who should attend:

Would you like to gain awareness about palliative and end of life care?

Gain confidence in supporting individuals who are dying?

Learn how to talk about death and dying and what might be important in the future? If so, this may be the course for you.

Open to any health or social care professional who wishes to gain a basic awareness about palliative and end of life care.
Also suitable for care home staff, social care providers, allied health professionals and anyone with an interest in palliative care.

 

Course Aims:

To provide an overview of what palliative care can offer to individuals.


Objectives:

  • To identify when individuals are deteriorating
  • To recognise dying and the care individuals need
  • To state the importance of effective communication
  • To describe approaches to future planning
  • To state what normal grief looks like and what help bereaved individuals may need

Presented by

Manisha Cook)

Manisha Cook

Lecturer Practitioner and Specialist Physiotherapist

Manisha has been qualified physiotherapist for over 20 years, she is passionate about respiratory medicine and palliative care.

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.

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Dee Cooke)

Dee Cooke

Lecturer Practitioner/ Nurse

Dee started her nursing career in a general hospital on both medicine and gynae wards. Passionate about developing people and empowering them with skills and knowledge to provide excellent care to their patients her lecturer practitioner role is a perfect fit.

Dee has worked in a range of settings including a community team, care home improvement team and clinical skills facilitator team.

Dee joined the team in April 2024 and works clinically alongside delivering end of life care education.

Dee is passionate about supporting staff to get it right even in stressful situations.

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