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What is HELP for Care Homes Partnership?

Experts from St Christopher’s and Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice have joined together with the aim of providing high quality training in end of life care, forming the Hospice Education and Learning Partnership (HELP).

We are delighted to be working with our HELP Care Home Partners to maintain and improve the quality of care for people living in the last phase of life in care homes.

HELP for Care Homes upcoming events

Events for care homes in South East London and Croydon from St Christopher’s and Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice

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Principles and Practice of Palliative and End of Life Care for Registered Nurses Nursing Associates and Allied Health Professionals

Principles and Practice of Palliative and End of Life Care for Registered Nurses, Nursing Associates and Allied Health Professionals

  • 20 Feb, 2024
  • 3 days at St Christopher's CARE
  • 9am to 4.30pm (with lunch break)

This three-day course provides nurses and Allied Health Professionals working in any setting with the essential building blocks to support patients and their families at the end of life

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Principles and Practice of Palliative and End of Life Care for Health and Social Care Assistants

  • 23 Jan, 2024
  • 2 days at CARE
  • 10am to 4pm

This two-day course provides Health and Social Care Assistants working in any setting with the essential building blocks to support patients and their families at the end of life

Introduction to the Principles of Palliative Care

Introduction to the Principles of Palliative Care

  • Approximately 30 minutes

On demand module suitable for all health and social care professionals

Community of Practice for for Activity Coordinators HELP Care Home Partners

Community of Practice for Activity Coordinators (HELP Care Home Partners)

  • 16 Jan, 2024
  • 2 hours
  • 2pm to 4pm

For HELP Care Home Partners

Introduction to Syringe Drivers Workshop

Introduction to Syringe Drivers Workshop

  • 09 Jan, 2024
  • 2 hours
  • 11am to 1pm

The use of syringe drivers in palliative and end of life care. This course will provide an introduction to the essential skills and key components of syringe drivers.

Introduction to Syringe Drivers Workshop

Advanced Syringe Driver & Drugs Skills Workshop 

  • 09 Jan, 2024
  • 2 hours
  • 2pm-4pm

Advanced syringe driver management and drugs commonly used in palliative care

Care of Wounds in Palliative Care Workshop

Care of Wounds in Palliative Care Workshop

  • 2 hours
  • 2.30 to 4.30pm

Wound care management and holistic symptom control at the end of life

Falls Clinic Skills Workshop

Falls Clinic Skills Workshop 

  • 2 hours
  • 12-2pm

Supporting people who may be at risk of falls

Breathlessness Workshop

Breathlessness Workshop

  • 2 hours
  • 2.30 to 4.30pm

Making breathlessness bearable - tips for supporting people who are breathless

Skills for Care Registered Managers Network Meeting

Skills for Care Registered Managers Network Meeting

  • 27 Feb, 2024
  • 2.5 hours
  • 10am to 12.30pm

In conjunction with Skills for Care for Care Homes Registered Managers

Sensitive Conversations

Sensitive Conversations

  • Approximately 45-60 minutes

On demand module suitable for all health and social care professionals

HELP for Care Homes Partnership Benefits

In addition to the events listed above, Our HELP Care Home Partners are entitled to HELP educational care home initiatives run by St Christopher’s and Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice.

Download our latest programme of learning here

Partners have access to free or discounted HELP events as listed above and below.

If you are interested in becoming a partner please email education@stchristophers.org.uk

In addition, all care homes within the boundaries of the HELP local CCGs will receive the usual clinical support that St Christopher’s and Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice always provided for care home residents.

What our HELP Care Home Partners get

Steps to Success

Steps to Success end of life care programme and toolkit is available on demand and can be requested by HELP Care Home Partners

Online Resources

Access to our online resources on many aspects of palliative care

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FAQs about HELP for Care Homes Partnership

HELP Care Home Partners are provided with support to set up and implement ECHO, a community of learning linking several care homes in each borough.

Using a hub-and-spoke model, care home staff are facilitated to present real cases for discussion and learning.

The ECHO team works closely with clinical nurse specialists and other members of the wider multidisciplinary team. The curricula for educational sessions are decided by care homes.

View upcoming ECHO sessions

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What is ECHO?

 Project ECHO is a ‘not for profit’ initiative which aims to bring together specialist teams and primary health care providers, such as care homes, to enable learning and support. The goal is to improve best practice and empower participants to make informed decisions when problem solving in their place of work. 

The heart of the Project ECHO model is its ‘hub’ (in this case St Christopher’s) and ‘spoke’ (care homes, GP’s, district nurses) knowledge sharing networks, using video conferencing to form communities of practice, supported by a trained facilitator and administrative/IT support from St Christopher’s. 

What are the benefits of participation? 

Allows staff to participate in training without leaving the care home, reducing lost working hours, travel time and travel costs 

  • Enables staff to build confidence whilst acquiring new skills and competencies 
  • Care homes can network and learn from one another – share ‘best practice’ and become a ‘community of practice’ 
  • Opportunity to present and discuss challenging case studies and receive feedback from a multidisciplinary team of specialists and peers 
  • Open access to ECHO training resources and recorded sessions 
  • Tailored to the learning requirements of your specific ‘community of practice’ 
  • Access to specialist knowledge 

What does a typical ECHO session look like?

A typical ECHO session may look like this: 

  • Introduction & reflection
  • 20 min PowerPoint presentation from the hub on the agreed topic followed by discussion 
  • 1-2 case presentations from spokes followed by discussion 
  • Summary 

Principles and Practice of Palliative and End of Life Care for Registered Nurses, Nursing Associates and Allied Health Professionals (3 day course)

DELIVERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

  • Day one is FREE to HELP Care Home Partners and offers an introduction to the topic areas
  • Day two and three are advanced in depth sessions and are offered at a discount to HELP Care Home Partners
  • Courses are delivered online with a blend of virtual classrooms and self-guided on demand materials

View upcoming course dates  

Principles and Practice of Palliative and End of Life Care for Health and Social Care Assistants (2 day course)

DELIVERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

  • Day one is FREE to HELP Care Home Partners and offers an introduction to the topic areas
  • Day two is an advanced in depth session and is offered at a discount to HELP Care Home Partners
  • Courses are delivered online with a blend of virtual classrooms and self-guided on demand materials

View upcoming course dates

We run a series of 2 hour Communities of Practice for our HELP Care Home Partners on various topics related to care homes and end of life care as well as dementia care.

As part of the HELP for Care Homes free skills workshops will be facilitated three times a year.

Each workshop will focus on a particular topic and will take place on site at St Christopher’s.

Topics include challenging conversations, the use of syringe pumps and medications at end of life and dementia.

St Christopher’s Hospice facilitates Registered Managers Network meetings in conjunction with Skills for Care. These are available for all care homes, regardless of whether they are an HELP for Care Home Partner.

Nurse Verification of Expected Adult Death on demand module is for registered nursing staff that have support to verify expected deaths in their workplace.

Introduction to the Principles Palliative Care on demand module is for all health and social care professionals wanting to know more about the principles of palliative care.

You can obtain a free code for these modules from education@stchristophers.org.uk to book online.

Steps to Success end of life care programme and toolkit is available on demand and can be requested by HELP Care Home Partners.

View the Steps End of Life Care Toolkit

HELP Care Home Partners are entitled to discounts on courses run by St Christopher’s CARE.

Please view our range of accredited and non-accredited education and training related to the care of people in the last phase of life.

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