Third palliative care webinar

Recognising deterioration in patients with dementia and anticipating care

Join us for the third instalment in our educational series about palliative care in general practice.

For our third webinar, we will hear from guest speakers Dr Paula Moffat, Palliative Care Consultant and Geriatrician at Bethesda, and Dr Sarah Pickstock, Palliative Care Consultant at WA Country Health Service and Joondalup Health Campus.

This webinar will cover recognising deterioration in patients with dementia and anticipating care.

Webinar topics:

• The trajectory of dementia.
• Using the Surprise Question and SPICT (SPICT-4-All) to assess unmet palliative care needs.
• Triggers for advance care planning (ACP) and managing ACP in patients with decreased capacity.
• Symptom burden in advanced dementia and management strategies.
• Ceiling of care for specialist interventions.
• Triggers for referral to specialist palliative care (SPC) for GPs.
• Accessing dementia and SPC services in WA.

This webinar is accredited for 1 RACGP EA CPD hour.

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