Thursday 8 November
Pre-conference workshops at the Pavilion
There will be four pre-conference workshops and a half-day guided tour, focusing on topics and issues that may be of interest to conference attendees who may be new to palliative care – or coming to this specialist field from another specialty. Details of these are as follows:
8.30am – 10.30am Workshop 1
Communication – The Heart and Mind of the Matter (presented by Kathleen Wurth and Nilda Miranda, Palliative Care CNCs)
What are critical conversations and who is responsible for having them with clients.
Negotiating treatment goals with patients, families and clinical teams.
Looking as well as hearing – when to escalate concerns
The gift of ‘presence’
Recommended for anyone involved in palliative and end-of-life care, including volunteers
10.45am – 12.45am Workshop B
You don’t always need the Palliative Care team: Last Days of Life Toolkit (presented by Jo Davis (ISLHD End of Life Care Coordinator) and Bernadette King (Clinical Excellence Commission)
How to adopt a palliative approach to end-of-life care without the Palliative Care team?
The Clinical Excellence Commission(CEC) in collaboration with clinicians and consumer advisers, developed these tools for generalist clinicians to improve the care of the dying patient, and are not intended to replace local guidelines or Specialist Palliative Care advice.
The tools relate to:
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Recognition of the dying patient, management planning and care after death;
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Medication prescribing for symptom management;
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Accelerated transfer to die at home;
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Communication.
Recommended for anyone involved in End of Life Care
PM Session
1:15pm – 3:15pm Workshop 3
Grief: An Introduction to Grief and Bereavement (Presented by Kristin Bindley)
When does grief start?
Ways of coping
Finding the ‘new normal’
Self care strategies – for carers and staff
Possible roles for volunteers and communities
Recommended for anyone involved in palliative and end-of-life care, including volunteers
3:30pm – 5:30pm Workshop 4
Let’s talk about basic drugs in palliative care (Presented by Dr Greg Barclay, Specialist Palliative Care Physician)
Common symptoms and medications.
Costs and benefits of treatment.
Complications and comorbidities.
Balancing medications/treatments with patient goals and preferences.
Recommended for anyone interested in Palliative Care, including nurses, allied health staff, aged care workers and volunteers
Guided Tour
Tender Funerals guided tour (led by Kay Cope)
Bus trip to Port Kembla Community Centre, where Tender Funerals began. A contemporary community-based funeral service, Tender Funerals aims to empower people around death and dying, and offer a not for profit funeral service that is affordable. Lunch at the Nan Tien Buddhist Temple. (Leave Kiama Pavilion 11.30am, returning 4pm) (Limited to 24 people). Register at Conference Venue 10.30am for bus collection at 11am. .
| Time | Session | Room | Speaker/Moderator |
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| 8:00am | Registrations for pre-conference workshops open | Foyer | |
| 8:30 - 10:30am | Communication - the heart and mind of the matter | Pavilion | Kathleen Wurth and Nilda Miranda, Palliative Care CNCs  |
| 10:30 - 10:45am | Morning Tea | ||
| 10:45 - 12:45pm | You don't always need the Palliative Care Team: Last Days of Life Toolkit | Jo Davis, ISLHD End of Life Care Coordinator and Bernadette King, CEC  |
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| 11:00am | Bus tour participants leave from the Pavilion for Nan Tien Temple and Tender Funerals with lunch at Nan Tien. | Kay Cope will lead the tour  |
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| 12:45 - 1:15pm | Lunch | ||
| 1:15 - 3:15pm | An introduction to Grief and Bereavement | Kristin Bindley |
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| 3:15 - 3:30pm | Afternoon Tea | ||
| 3:30 - 5:30pm | Let's talk about basic drugs in palliative care | Dr Greg Barclay and Dr Zivai Nangati |
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| 5.00 - 5.30pm | PCNSW AGM | ||
| 6.00pm - 8.00pm | The ACI Welcome Reception and Registration including: |  | Marquee and Foyer |
| PCNSW President's Welcome | Professor Deb Parker | ||
| Mayor of Kiama Mark Honey welcome |  |
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| Cocktails, Canapes and Croquet |  |
Friday 9 November
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| 7.00am | 7.45am | Pam Wilson - Tai Chi instructor | Tai Chi by Surf Beach (in Pavilion if inclement weather) |  |
| 8.00am | 8.45am | Registrations open | Foyer | |
| 8.45am | 9.00am | Session Chair: Linda Hansen | PCNSW Executive Officer’s Welcome, Linda Hansen | Plenary |
| 9.00am | 9.20am | Welcome to Country - Three generations of Aboriginal women: Alira, Jannali and Rachael Morgan, and Pauline Deweerd (Director Indigenous Health, St Vincent's Health Network). Welcome in language and in English with short dance | Plenary |
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| 9.20am | 10.10am | Keynote Address 1 Professor Deb Parker, President, PCNSW: Navigating uncharted waters: Palliative care for older Australians in an era of Reform | Plenary |
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| 10.10am | 10.40am | Morning Tea | Marquee and Foyer | |
| 10.40am | 11.50pm | Session Chair: Dr Greg Barclay | Keynote Address 2 Dr Robert Twycross: Palliative Sedation: Past, Present and Future | Plenary |
| 11.50pm | 12.30pm | Keynote Address 3 Dr Michael Barbato: Dying: opening to the mystery | Plenary |
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| 12.30pm | 1.30pm | Joan Ryan | Lunch and Poster judging | Marquee, Foyer and Downstairs for posters |
| 1.30pm | 2.30pm | Afternoon workshop and concurrent sessions | Various | |
| Clinical Workshop Chair: Kathleen Wurth | Palliative Care Assessment SOCRATES - Dr Zivai Nangati (Port Kembla) Fatigue - Linda Foley (CNC) Adjustment to palliative Care - Prof Liz Lobb | Football Club | ||
| Concurrent Session: Partnerships and Collaboration chair: Kay Cope | Bridging the Gap - The End of Life Doula - Helen Callanan `Gawbarrigam` - `Coming Together` - Jennifer Doust Making Waves - the power of collaboration - Linda Brown and Kim Kelly | Downstairs Pavilion Saddleback and Surf |
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| Concurrent Session: complex decision making and care planning Chair: Nilda Miranda | Medical and moral considerations regarding complex medical decisions in older patients with multimorbidity: a compact deliberation framework - Wilco Achterberg PEACH Program – A Partnership creating ‘CHOICE’ and ‘OPPORTUNITY’ - Kim Jobburn What do I need to know about you as a person to give you the best care possible? Implementing the Patient Dignity Question into a specialist palliative care service - Safrina Thristiawati | Norfolk Room | ||
| Concurrent Session: Partnerships: Changing Role of Specialists Chair: Greg Barclay | Increasing Access to Cancer Treatments and Palliative Care in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review of Facilitators and Barriers to Implementation - Andrew Donkor Rural Palliative Care Link Nurse Program - James Daley End of Life and Palliative Care Framework - Liz Junck | Downstairs Pavilion Kendal Room |
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| 2.30pm | 3.00pm | Afternoon Tea | Marquee and Foyer | |
| 3.00pm | 3.08pm | Transformation Vibrations Ani Neradikova, vocalist and Angela Sciberras, Therapeutic Harpist | Demonstration of using voice frequencies that channel transformational vibrations that actually change the listener's state of being. This unique system can assist anyone in overcoming issues such as anger, depression, anxiety, abuse or trauma. | Plenary |
| 3.00pm | 4.00pm | Facilitated by Colleen Carter, NSW Ambulance | Panel: Cultural Q&A: If in doubt - just ask. Panel includes: Rosalind Sultan, Rev Miao You, Fiorina Mastroianni, Vi Green, Andrew Watts. Clinical representation from Dr Greg Barclay and Annie Fanning. | Plenary |
| 4.00pm | 5.00pm | Session Chair: Kay Cope | Keynote Address 4 Dr Joanne Doran Dying: It Ain't What it Used to Be | Plenary |
| 5.00pm | Day 1 Close | Plenary | ||
| 6.30pm | 10.30pm | HammondCare sponsored Prizes for best dressed: Dementia Centre Education Package - Attendance at a 1 day Dementia Centre Symposium Event (2019) - 1 hour Dementia Centre consultancy (mini service audit with verbal feedback) Contact events@dementia.com.au to redeem Best dressed runner-up prize: Dementia Centre Education Book Package - Set of books from HammondCare including Lobster for Josino, My Home My Life and Palliative Care Handbook | Pre-dinner drinks and HammondCare Tapas of Champions gala dinner party with music provided by 'The Cassettes'. It's cocktail party time! If you're in the mood, come dressed in orange or purple or both! (Prizes for Best Dressed Orange Champion and Best Dressed Purple Champion) Wander around the Pavilion and enjoy panoramic views of the South Coast while feasting on tapas, canapes, a bbq and an extravagant grazing table. Enjoy a relaxing glass of wine on the balcony or catch up with friends at the bar Test out those dancing shoes to the live band “The Cassettes”  | Catering by the award winning Culinarius   |
Saturday 10 November
| start | end | session | room | |
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| 7.00am | 7.45am | Pam Wilson, Tai Chi Instructor | Tai Chi by Surf Beach (in Pavilion if inclement weather) |  |
| 7.00am | 8.30am | Convenor - Kim Kelly | Clinical Breakfast: Prescribing Medicinal Cannabis presented by Dr Judith Lacey | Pavilion downstairs saddleback |
| 8:00am | 8.50am | Registrations Open | Foyer | |
| 8.50am | 9.00am | Day 2 welcome: Dr Greg Barclay | Plenary - Norfolk room | |
| 9.00am | 9.45am | Session Chair: Dr Greg Barclay | Keynote Address 5 Dr Judith Lacey: Medicinal Cannabis in Supportive Cancer Care | Plenary  |
| 9.45am | 10.30am | Keynote Address 6 Prof Kathy Eagar: Choices at End of Life: Palliative Care, Euthanasia and other End of Life decisions | Plenary  |
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| 10.30am | 11.00am | Morning Tea | Marquee and Foyer | |
| 11.00am | 12.30pm | Morning Workshops and Concurrent Sessions | ||
| Workshop: Waves of Creativity Chair: Kathleen Wurth | Creativity during Life Changes and Transitions - Carl Milton, artist Waves of Sound: Integrating ancient technologies with the new - Angela Sciberras The heart is a lonely writer - Kathleen Wurth | Rugby Club | ||
| Concurrent Session: Clinical Chair: Nilda Miranda | Fostering excellence through measuring the quality of palliative care in the hospital setting – a foundation to inform improvement efforts - Claudia Virdun Like Teaching a Peacock to Swim: Integrating the PCOC Assessment Tools Across Care Settings in a Rural Local Health District - Coral Marks Riding the Wave of Anticipatory Care using patient outcome measures to drive pre-emptive care in the community setting with Nurse Practitioners - Dawn Hooper You don’t know if you don’t ask: A pilot study using patient reported outcomes in a specialist palliative care service - Liz Lobb | Pavilion - Norfolk Room (main auditorium) |
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| Concurrent Session: Partnerships: Ageing Chair: Annie Fanning | Changing the way we do business: the importance of early conversations in Residential Aged Care (RAC) - Rita Taylor Innovative Models of Geriatric Palliative Care Nursing: Nurses Leading the Way - Josh Cohen Building Capability, Confidence and Fostering Partnerships in Residential Aged Care to improve End of Life Care - Kelly Arthurs The changing complexity of clinical care in residential aged care: A complex case study of end – stage liver disease management using the palliative approach -Larissa B McIntyre | Pavilion downstairs Saddleback and Surf Beach Room |
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| Concurrent Session: Partnerships: Planning Chair: Linda Hansen | Signing my life away, or making good choices. Patients’ and caregivers’ understandings of an advance care planning process: The example of ambulance palliative care plans - Christine Sanderson NSW Ambulance Authorised Care Plans, do they facilitate care that is aligned with the patient’s preference? -Colleen Carter At end of life- is ED the place to be? - Mira Glaven Developing novel partnerships to enable end-of-life care at home in a very remote community: a case study - Dr Sarah Wenham | Pavilion downstairs Kendall Room |
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| 12.30pm | 1.30pm | Joan Ryan | Lunch and poster judging | Marquee, Foyer and Downstairs for posters |
| 1.30pm | 2.30pm | Afternoon Workshops and Concurrent Sessions | Various | |
| Workshop: Palliative Care in Aged Care | Using the ELDAC toolkit - Deb Parker Palliative models of care in aged care - Josh Cohen | Rugby Club | ||
| Workshop: Non-pharmacological strategies for breathlessness: Allied Health is Awesome! Chair: Kay Cope | Helen McMullen (OT Shoalhaven Pall Care) Colleen Stahlhut (Physio, Shoalhaven Pall Care) and Pippa Blackburn (PCOC) | Pavilion downstairs Kendall Room | ||
| Concurrent Session: Dying: the changing role of clinicians | Multidisciplinary palliative care teams: The experience of caring for people with intellectual disability who are dying - Dr Michele Wiese ‘Waves of compassion’ Suffering of patients with Head and Neck Cancer - Joan Ryan How prepared are we if assisted dying is legislated? Lessons from the Canadian experience - Melissa Cumming | Pavilion Norfolk Room (main auditorium) |
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| Concurrent Session: Partnerships: Carers Chair: Alex Huntir | Assessing carer stress in palliative care attitudes and confidence of community nurses - Anne N Fanning Caregiver experience – redefining cultural norms in care of the dying in the palliative care home setting - Caroline Short Feasibility RCT of an ACT self-help program for carers of patients in palliative care - Esther Davis | Pavilion downstairs Saddleback and Surf Beach Room | ||
| 2.30pm | 3.00pm | Afternoon Tea | Marquee and Foyer | |
| 3.00pm | 3.35pm | Keynote Address 7 Dr Kim Caldwell: Or does it explode? The future of Palliative Care | Plenary |
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| 3.30pm | 4.30pm | Chair: Dr Greg Barclay Facilitator: Dr Roger Cole | Panel - What next for Palliative Care? Dr Robert Twycross Dr Kim Caldwell, Advanced Trainee Palliative Care Teresa Gillies, Nurse Practitioner Anna Fulford, Physiotherapist Dr Dom Frawley, GP Alex Huntir, Manager Community Engagement PCNSW Kim Christio, Consumer and Carer | Plenary |
| 4.30pm | 4.45pm | Conference Close Dr Greg Barclay | Plenary | |
| 5.00pm | late |  | Post-conference cheese and wine. We'll supply the cheese - you can purchase your wine from a great range of local wines. | The Sebel Harbourside, 31 Shoalhaven St, Kiama |