Uncategorized – Sharing Palliative Care

We are the quality of life detectives

Palliative care is about exploring what ‘quality of life’ means to that person in front of us, whose heart will take its last beat sooner than previously thought. For that person and those important to them, death is on the horizon … somewhere… So, by a holistic assessment in any setting, by any person, weContinue reading “We are the quality of life detectives”

HALT

Are you: – Hungry? – Angry? – Late? – Tired? If so, you are likely to make poor decisions. This top tip was presented by Dr Mark Stacey in Wales at a resilience workshop and developed into this picture. I think what was so useful at the time was the concept of pragmatism. We mightContinue reading “HALT”

Oiling the machine

There are many different parts in delivering palliative care to patients – the patient themselves, their family or care supports and their community. Health and social care professionals add in to the picture and it becomes an intricate piece of machinery. Conditions for which that palliative care approach have expanded beyond cancer over the pastContinue reading “Oiling the machine”

PCC 2023 image

We have had 3 years of ‘bridges’ as part of the logo for the Palliative Care Congress in the UK. ‘Bridges’ seemed to represent palliative care making connections between people, between teams, between settings and also bridging gaps. The Ironbridge theme for the Telford conference that was due in 2020 but had to be postponedContinue reading “PCC 2023 image”

Diversity in team working

This was one of the first posts of the collection, written as health care teams formed and disbanded, at times overnight, in response to COVID-19 pressures. Valuing individual skill sets is more important than ever, both professionally and behaviourally – and recognising that these may change on a daily basis, depending on mood and morale.Continue reading “Diversity in team working”

WELCOME to ‘sharing palliative care’

This site was launched in January 2021 as a resource for sharing palliative care skills to help facilitate education about palliative care issues . At the time of development, the covid19 pandemic was a global health and palliative care crisis during which sharing palliative care skills was more important then ever – not only forContinue reading “WELCOME to ‘sharing palliative care’”