Physio Europe and Beyond 2010

About the conference:

This international two day conference for physiotherapists working in palliative care will focus on everyday practical and psychosocial challenges. Participants will have the opportunity to share their experience, will be updated in the latest developments, have time to reflect on their clinical reasoning process and can set further targets for the development of palliative physiotherapy.

This conference offers – in one of the best known institutions delivering palliative care – a wide range of lectures and workshops. The main topics are, amongst others, goal setting and patients´ expectations, dementia, psycho-social challenges (e.g. anxiety & anger), exercise and training in palliative care including group work (e.g. circuits, breathlessness & fatigue), models of clinical supervision, assessments and neurological challenges.

Participants will also have the opportunity to take part in a guided tour of the hospice and also one of the most comprehensive palliative care libraries in the world. Optional social events including informal cocktails and dinner in Central London are also scheduled in the programme.

Facilitators:
Jenny Taylor, Senior Physiotherapist and Head of the Allied Health Profession team,
St Christopher´s Hospice, UK. Chair of the conference
Rainer Simader, Senior Physiotherapist, St Christopher´s Hospice, UK; Lecturer for Physiotherapy in Austria

Speakers include:
Prof Friedemann Nauck (keynote speaker), Professor for Palliative Care University of Göttingen, GER. Chair of the scientific committee of 11th European Palliative Care Conference (EAPC) in Vienna
Dr Adrian Tookman, Medical Director Marie Curie Hospice, London, UK
Dr Nigel Sykes, Medical Director, St Christopher´s Hospice London, UK

Ylva Dahlin, Senior Physiotherapist, Karolinska University Hospital      Stockholm, Sweden
Dr Gail Eva, Occupational Therapist, Research Fellow, Oxford, UK
Lorna Malcolm, Physiotherapist, St Christopher´s Hospice, London, UK
Sabine Mehne, Physiotherapist, Family Therapist, Darmstadt, Germany
Kate Norman, Senior Physiotherapist, St Christopher´s Hospice, London, UK
Peter Nieland, Senior Physiotherapist, Malteser Hospital, Bonn, Germany
Dr Karen Robb, Consultant Physiotherapist, St Bartholomew´s Hospital, London, UK

The Rev Dr Andrew Goodhead, Spiritual Care Lead, St Christopher’s Hospice, London, UK
Elisabeth Grünberger, Physiotherapist, Psychotherapist, Dance-and-Movement Psychotherapist, Vienna, Austria
Nigel Hartley, Director of Supportive Care, St Christopher’s Hospice, London, UK
Lyn Snowden, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT), Lecturer is CBT Therapy, St Christopher’s Hospice, London, UK

…AND PATIENTS OF ST CHRISTOPHER´S HOSPICE

Lectures include:
Rehabilitation in Palliative Care
Assessments
Neurological Challenges
Clinical Supervision
Ethical issues in dementia

Workshops include:
Breathlessness
The problems in goal setting
Spiritual perspectives
Exercise and patient groups
Dealing with anger
Treatment approaches in
end-of-life-care dementia

“Goldfish bowl”: You will also have the unique opportunity in a structured setting, to listen to patients' stories of their experience of rehabilitation on their journey in Palliative Care.

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