Southern Nurse Network Meeting

For Practice Nurses and Staff

The Southern Nurse Network provides an avenue for Primary Health Care Nurses working in the southern and central areas of Adelaide to share ideas, network and expand their knowledge regarding education specific to their needs.

Topic: Supporting Elderly Access to Homecare & Advance Care Planning

This education session will focus on enabling primary care nurses to provide support to elderly patients at their practice and help them to access home care packages. The session will provide an outline on advance care planning and advance care directives. The presenters will discuss the components of good advance care planning and how to use conversation starters as a guide to formulating a comprehensive advance care plan.

Learning outcomes

• Identify differences between aged care programs and understand how each program caters for different clients care needs.

• Discuss pathways to accessing each program.

• Explain the importance of advance care planning as a part of routine care and the person’s healthcare journey.

• Discuss how to use an advance care planning approach in the workplace and understand practice nurses role in promoting it.

• Outline advance care directives and discuss the legal framework.

Agenda

6.00pm – 6.30pm Registration and dinner
6.30pm – 7.15pm Presentation - Home Care Packages
7.15pm – 7.30pm Networking
7.30pm – 8.15pm Presentation - Advance Care Planning
8.15pm – 8.30pm Q & A, evaluations & close

Presenter

Patricia Gardner
RN Community
Services Coordinator
Resthaven

Julie Armitage
Palliative Care Improvement
Coordinator
Adelaide PHN

Lyn McVee
Palliative Care Improvement
Facilitator
Adelaide PHN

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This activity is supported by funding from the Adelaide Primary Health Network through the Australian Government’s PHN program