Capital Health Network

CHN, together with Stroke Foundation, invite GPs in the ACT to the Stroke Management in General Practice webinar.

With over 80% of strokes being preventable, GPs play a critical role in identifying high-risk patients, educating them on stroke signs and risk management, and implementing early interventions. This webinar will equip you with practical strategies to systematically reduce stroke risk through guideline-based management and rapid response planning. It will also provide insights into educating staff and patients on stroke recognition and highlight acute stroke resources available in the ACT. Join us to enhance your practice’s approach to stroke prevention and improve patient outcomes.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this activity participants will be able to:

• Describe the serious burden of stroke in Australia and the challenges that need to be overcome to reduce this burden.
• Proactively identify patients at increased risk of stroke within your practice
• Systematically implement guideline-based management approaches to reduce risk of stroke.
• Confidently triage patients with acute stroke to help ensure optimal outcomes.
• Develop practical strategies within your practice to ensure F.A.S.T. awareness.

Key Presenters:

• TBA
• TBA
• A Stroke Foundation Stroke Safe Speaker and survivor of stroke

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This event is brought to you by Stroke Foundation in partnership with Capital Health Network, supported by ACT Government.

Capital Health Network (CHN) invites Allied Health professionals working in primary and community health care to this exclusive one-day Grief and Bereavement Workshop (catered).

Attendees’ eligibility criteria: Allied Health professionals assisting patients with life limiting illness and working in primary and community health care

What this event is about:

Allied Health clinicians play an active role in physical, social and psycho-spiritual care of palliative care patients and carers. The Palliative Care Australia Service Delivery Guidelines acknowledge the role of Allied Health professionals in meeting the needs of people living with a life-limiting illness. One of the roles is providing a wide range of psychological support, social support, pastoral care and bereavement support. CHN invites Allied Health professionals working in primary and community health care to this exclusive one-day Grief and Bereavement Workshop. We will be joined by Sonia Fenwick from the Canberra Grief Centre to dive into grief and bereavement for palliative care/end of life care.

Learning outcomes:

Topic: Deep Dive into Grief and Loss in the Palliative Context

Session 1- Loss and Grief Pre-Death (morning session)

1. Role of attachment in grief

2. Loss as a threat

3. The landscape of loss and grief including characteristics, what shapes a person’s grief

4. Anticipatory mourning including death anxiety/denial, role of hope

5. Liminality, transition, change, role of movement, time and space

Session 2 – Loss and Grief Post Death: Bereavement (afternoon session)

1. Ingredients for healthy bereavement and ways to enable this in the client

2. Acute grief: what happens in this space, holding space

3. Role of acceptance

4. Meaning making

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About the presenter:

Sonia is the Director and owner of the Canberra Grief Centre. She is a Level 4 Registered Clinical Counsellor with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia and an internationally certified Thanatologist (study of death, dying and bereavement) with the Association of Death Education Counselling. Sonia has over 20 years’ experience working in various settings related to death, dying, grief, bereavement and associated trauma, including palliative care and coronial counselling.

A certificate of attendance will be provided to attendees. Attendees are welcome to self-report CPD hours to their education dashboard, (Educational Activity 1.5 hours).

Note- The nearest parking option is the Wilsons underground car park located in the same building. $10 for parking, with your ticket authorised by the hotel reception. Please note that parking is subject to availability.

Date and time

Wednesday, May 21 · 9am – 4pm AEST

Location

Midnight Hotel, Autograph Collection

1 Elouera Street Braddon, ACT 2612