Innovation, Inclusion and Collaboration – Building Back Better [FULLY BOOKED]

09:00 - 09:30

Registration

09:30 - 10:15

Opening Keynote Presentation - Future Direction Update from Hospice UK | Anita Hayes, Clinical Quality Lead

10:15 - 11:00

Workshop 1 - Your Life, Your Death ACP Programme | Rebecca Draper

This group is new to Longfield commencing as a pilot initially on 17th January 2024. The group will run over a 10-week period for 2 hours on a Wednesday morning (10.30-12.30) with lunch included. Lunch will be a valuable debrief time as a group where they can continue to build relationships and decompress following potentially emotionally challenging conversations. Week 1 will be structured around trust and relationship building, completing outcome measure paperwork, setting the scene for the coming weeks and introducing memory boxes. It’s essential for the participants to have a sense of psychological safety within the group and trust each other in order to help them feel comfortable in participating fully in conversations. The 8 weeks in the middle will each have a different specialist topic – with the overall topic being Advance Care Planning. The topics covered will include will writing, funeral planning, anticipatory grief and the psychological impact, planning ahead, CHC funding and Hospice at Home, amongst others. Where possible, the group will benefit from the expertise of internal members of staff but in some cases, this is not possible and external facilitators will be attending to share specialist knowledge. Each week, participants will also be invited to complete an activity to include in their memory boxes, building a box of personal treasures to share with family members. The final session of the 10 weeks will be focused on feedback, debrief, ‘next steps’ and a relaxation session. This feedback will be essential to then follow a PDSA cycle in looking for improvements and changes to be made following the pilot group. Outcome measures will be used to gather findings such as ‘priority’ and ‘fear’ of each topic to ascertain whether these have changed by the end of each session. E.g. less fear of the topic or now a higher priority with more understanding. For the session covering Lasting Power of Attorney’s, we have Clare Fuller, an Advance Care Planning Advocate. A nurse by background, she is also an End-of-Life Care Expert, patient rights campaigner, educator, and Lasting Power of Attorney Consultant. Through her business ‘Speak for Me’, she holds monthly educational webinars on various topics of Advance Care Planning, as well as fortnightly blog posts and has a national Podcast.

11:00 - 11:15

Break

11:15 - 12:00

Workshop 2 -Transition from children’s services to adult services | Naomi Turrell

This session begins with a brief introduction about St Andrews Hospice, Grimsby. It outlines what is meant by the term ‘transition’ and explores the basic transition pathway. The session then describes the transition process at St Andrews Hospice and utilises a case study to demonstrate this. The session ends with more information about our Transition Wellbeing Group – ‘Circle Club’.

12:00 - 12:30

Your Shout - Reflections from the morning Workshops | APDS Committee to facilitate

12:30 - 13:15

Lunch and Networking

13:15 - 13:30

APDS Annual General Meeting | APDS Committee

13:30 - 14:15

Workshop 3 - Partnership working with the Citizens Advice Bureau, Macmillan and Myton Hospice | Jodie Morris and Kieran Howell

14:15 - 15:00

Workshop 4 - Neuro Living Well Course | Grace Dakin and Rachel Milne

In this session we will cover the following • An introduction to St Peter’s Hospice, our services and data. • An overview of the Day Services unit and courses offered. • Neuro Living Well course format, number of patients, subjects covered. • Inclusion/exclusion criteria, triage and provision for patients. • Carers’ café • Reflections/learnings/benefits • Outcome measures

15:00 - 15:30

Break

15:30 - 16:15

Closing Keynote Presentation | How Palliative Day Service professionals can utilise/ digilise digital technologies to improve feelings of wellbeing in patients and their loved ones. James Norris - Founder, MyWishes

This session will highlight how different, easy to use technologies can be used to improve perceived feelings of wellbeing. Topics will include digital legacy planning, 'person-centred virtual reality', curating digital content, using technologies to remember loved ones, advance care planning, having conversations about technologies, postural care planning, reimagining and creating day service materials. The session will also explore free to access frameworks, tools and services that can be used with patients and internally

16:15 - 16:30

Closing Remarks