Palliative Care for Complementary Therapists
Prerequisites: This course is suitable for qualified and trainee practitioners
Many therapists work in care settings throughout the UK, be they workers in hospices, hospitals or care homes. Having worked as a complementary therapist within the NHS, I would like to share my experience and knowledge of palliative care with you. By the end of your course you will have a good insight into the palliative care setting and the confidence to work with people at a critical time in their lives to offer them support, dignity and wellbeing.
We will examine:
Day 1
- The role of the complementary therapist within the palliative care setting
- What is cancer
- Other palliative conditions
- Contraindications to treatment
- Treatment adaptations and dignity
Day 2
- Listening and communication skills
- Roles and responsibilities
- Supporting the palliative patient and their loved ones
- Dealing with difficult questions
- Coping with grief and loss
- A good death
Palliative Care
- Length: 1 or 2 days
- Time: 9:30am – 4pm
- Cost: 1 day £140, 2 days £260
- 2021 Course Dates:
- Mon 7th June & Tue 8th June
- Mon 16th August & Tue 17th August
- Mon 8th November & Tue 9th November
- Enquire / Enrol
