Please read the latest coronavirus advice before visiting any of the hospice sites.
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.
If you have any queries please email education@stchristophers.org.uk
Croydon Residential Homes
Tuesday 4 May 2021
Encouraging Engagement in Activities in People with Dementia
Helen Scott, Nurse Lecturer, St Christopher’s
Bromley Nursing & Residential Homes
Wednesday 12 May 2021
Relaunch
Greenwich & Bexley Nursing & Residential Homes
Thursday 13 May 2021
Pharmacological & Non Pharmacological Management of Pain
Alison McCarthy, Matron, Community Services GBCH
Lambeth, Lewisham & Southwark Nursing Homes
Tuesday 18 May 2021
Safeguarding – The Challenges in Care Homes
Vincent Docherty, Head of Patient & Family Support, St Christopher’s
Lambeth, Lewisham & Southwark Residential Homes
Tuesday 25 May 2021
Caring for People with Dementia in the Last Days of Life
Helen Scott, Nurse Lecturer, St Christopher’s
Croydon Nursing Homes
Wednesday 26 May 2021
Cultural Diversity
Andrew Goodhead, Spiritual Lead, St Christopher’s
Croydon Residential Homes
Tuesday 8 June 2021
Conflict: Belief vs Resident’s Choice
Helen King, Project Manager, Age Attuned Palliative Care, St Christopher’s
Bromley Nursing, Extra Care Housing & Residential Homes
Wednesday 9 June 2021
Rehabilitative Palliative Care: Putting People at the Centre
Gail Preston, Physiotherapist, St Christopher’s
Lambeth, Lewisham & Southwark Nursing Homes
Tuesday 15 June 2021
Frailty
Helen King, Project Manager, Age Attuned Palliative Care, St Christopher’s
Greenwich & Bexley Nursing & Residential Homes
Thursday 17 June 2021
Managing End Stage Dementia
Lisa Morris, CNS, GBCH
Croydon Nursing Homes
Wednesday 23 June 2021
Pain Recognition & Assessment in People Without Capacity
Helen Scott, Associate Nurse Lecturer, St Christopher’s CARE
Lambeth, Lewisham & Southwark Residential Homes
Thursday 24 June 2021
Nutrition in the Last Days
Lorna Pearce, Dietitian, St Christopher’s
Bromley Learning Disability & Mental Health Homes
Monday 28 June 2021
Introduction to Principles and Practice of Palliative Care
Speaker TBC
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.
This event is for care homes in South East London and Croydon.
If you want to find out more about our additional Care Homes offering please see our Help for Care Homes information.
Speaker:
Maaike graduated from the KATHO (Roeselare, Belgium) in 2002 as a general and mental health nurse. She started her professional career working on mental health A&E units in Belgium and then moved to Aruba (Caribbean) where she worked on a mental health A&E unit and the local prison. After working there for 3 years she moved back to Belgium and continued working in A&E and Nursing Homes.
Maaike moved to the UK in 2006 and has since worked in Nursing Homes and Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice where she developed a palliative care service for care homes and then also developed and established an education department. Maaike has experience of working in palliative care, mental health, dementia, prison, care homes and education and has completed various post graduate education including a PGCert in Higher Education and a MA in Education.
Maaike has previously been seconded to the University of Greenwich as a senior lecturer and now works for St Christopher’s Hospice as Senior Educationalist where she alongside her senior leadership role leads on curriculum development and delivery.
If you have any questions about this or any of our other courses, please contact the Education team who will be happy to help
At St Christopher's, a registered charity, it is important for us to maximise any surpluses to reinvest in the objectives of the charity.
Unfortunately, the manner in which we undertake our training currently means we are not able to invest as much of our surplus as possible, therefore from the 1 December 2017, St Christopher’s Education Centre will charge VAT at the standard rate on our training courses, the reason for this change in pricing is twofold:
i) We want to be able to reinvest any surpluses made from training back into all of our charitable objectives rather than only Education
ii) We want to be able to reclaim the VAT on costs relating to developing and running the training courses