Education Courses: Supportive Care

Getting competent and feeling confident: training for activity co-ordinators

Course Date(s):
Tue, 25 Jan, 2011
or
Thu, 7 Apr, 2011, Thu, 6 Oct, 2011, Thu, 1 Dec, 2011
These established morning meetings are aimed at those people who are interested in or who have the responsibility to support patients and residents within health and social care settings through providing group work activity or therapeutic...

Getting competent and feeling confident

Course Date(s):
Tue, 17 Jan, 2012
These established morning meetings are aimed at those people who are interested in or who have the responsibility to support patients and residents within health and social care settings through providing group work activity or therapeutic...

Transitional care: fact or fiction – what do people really need?

Course Date(s):
Fri, 24 Feb, 2012
What are the differences of caring for children, teenagers and young adults and adults coming to the end of life? Although there will be some fundamental differences, this day will focus on the similarities and comparable issues which sometimes may...

Personal landscapes: views from the end of life

Course Date(s):
Fri, 16 Mar, 2012
Between January and March 2012, the Royal Academy of Arts and St Christopher’s Hospice, London will work on a new dynamic creative arts project. This project will capture the views of dying people and those who care for them through the creation...

Developing a community resource for all: volunteering and hospices – the next steps

Course Date(s):
Fri, 30 Mar, 2012
Most hospices have unique expertise and knowledge with regards to volunteers and volunteering. There are usually robust structures in place to support volunteering; these include systems for recruitment and selection, training and ongoing support...
New course

Managing change: transforming day care

Course Date(s):
Fri, 11 May, 2012
In recent years, end of life day care has been the subject of examination and scrutiny. On the whole, it has provided care to a small number of people at a relatively high cost. Many organisations have been forced to radically rethink the various...

Cancer and palliative care for complementary therapists

Course Date(s):
Fri, 1 Jun, 2012
Statistics show that one in three people will develop cancer and that around 30% of all people with a cancer diagnosis will use complementary therapies alongside their conventional treatment. This study day is aimed at qualified therapists (...

The arts in a time of crisis: living and dying creatively in a changing world

Course Date(s):
Fri, 2 Nov, 2012 - Sat, 3 Nov, 2012
History shows that during times of complex change and increasing uncertainty, the creative arts can often act as both a catalyst and as a context to address crisis and to unravel and make sense of major societal issues. This symposium will provide...

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