Your Essentials for Pre-Emptive Prescribing and Deprescribing in RAC

This is part of a series focused on providing palliative care education for GPs & NPs working with residents living in aged care facilities.

By Palliative and Supportive Care Education

Date and time

Wed, 8 Nov 2023 2:00 AM - 3:00 AM PST

Location

Online

About this event

Available Dates:

Wednesday 8 November 2023 | 6:00pm – 7:00pm

CANCELLED - Wednesday 1 May 2024 | 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Cost: Free ticketed event | Venue: Your computer

Designed for: General Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners and Community Pharmacists

Series: RACEPC Communicate | General Practitioner (GP) & Nurse Practitioner (NP) Series

Title: Your Essentials for Pre-Emptive Prescribing and Deprescribing in Residential Aged Care

Overview:

Many residents in Aged Care Facilities and patients across WA have been living with life limiting conditions and multiple co-morbidities for many years. When a person’s condition deteriorates, it is important to rationalise medications and look at deprescribing and pre-emptive prescribing to ensure impeccable symptom control and minimise any burden or harm. Regular medication review and rationalisation is an important component when looking after patients, especially at end of life.

Understanding the process to deprescribing and pre-emptive prescribing palliative care medicine can improve symptom management, medication availability, thus reducing emergency situations.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Establish if medication be continued by considering patients life expectancy and disease trajectory.

2. Identify how to review medicines based upon benefits and adverse effects.

3. Identify benefits of pre-emptive prescribing.

4. Identify drugs available in palliative care.

Presented By:

Dr Kieron Bradley, Palliative Care Consultant, Medical Director Palliative Care Program.

Penelope Tuffin, Advance Practice Pharmacist, Palliative Care & Pain Management.

Organised by

Palliative and Supportive Care Education

Palliative care education for health professionals, health care workers and palliative care volunteers across WA.

Our events are aimed at increasing knowledge and understanding of palliative care for health professionals caring for any person with a life-limiting illness in all settings.

The education programs are facilitated by project officers in collaboration with expert palliative care clinical providers and health professionals. Tailored education to meet specific requirements is available as we continue to improve and develop our programs to meet the growing demand for palliative and supportive care education.

PaSCE is supported by Cancer Council of WA and the WA Cancer and Palliative Care Network, WA Department of Health.

Our events are PRIVATELY LISTED, to view what is coming up visit our Health Professionals Calendar

https://www.cancerwa.asn.au/articles/calendar/calendar-health-professional-training-seminars-and/

To be added our MAILING LIST please email pasce@cancerwa.asn.au.

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