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SUMMARY: PCSA Palliative Care Policy Summit and Showcase 2023 – Wrap-up
Last week we welcomed health professionals, stakeholders, peak bodies and members of our community of care to our 2023 Policy Summit and Showcase.
Designed to shine a light on the initiatives and programs that support our goal to ensure that all South Australians facing death and bereavement are supported to live, die and grieve well, we would like to offer our thanks and gratitude to everyone who attended and made both days a wonderful showcase of palliative care in our state.
Within this email, you will find access to the resources presented on the day as well as the opportunity to have your say on the event and provide us with vital feedback on the events.
From here, we will be theming the priorities identified today and the Key improvement Areas from our sector survey to create a Priorities for Palliative Care in SA report, which we will launch in the next few months.
Thank you for being part of our 2023 PCSA Summit and Showcase. We would also like to acknowledge the support of SA Health, without whom our Policy Summit and Projects Showcase would not have been possible.
PCSA Policy Summit – National Session
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Our Summit – National Session brought together leaders from across Australia to share their program and project updates.
Opened by PCSA Chair Susan Emerson, speakers included Camilla Rowland – PCA, Christine Mott – ANZSPM, Dr Aileen Collier – PCNA, Ross Drake – PaPCANZ, Liz Wright – PCSWA, John Rosenberg – PHPCI and Chris Hall – Grief Australia.
PCSA Policy Summit – State Session
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Our Summit – State Session brought together leaders from across South Australia to share their program and project updates. Speakers included Adam Monkhouse – SA Health, Shyla Mills – PCSA, Peter Allcroft and Kathyn Hourigan – CEIH: SA Palliative Care Clinical Network, Kerrie Grant – NAPS, Linda Foreman – CAPCS, Tim To – SAPS, Mary Cossich – PPC, Brendan McGarry – PHN – Adelaide, Sally Patten – PHN – Country, Jaklin Eliott – Adelaide University, Jason Mills – University of South Australia, and Jen Tieman – Flinders University.
SUMMARY: PCSA Showcase 2023
Co-hosted by PCSA and SA Health, the Showcase was a unique opportunity to hear from projects and organisations who shared their innovations, results and resources before we participated in a deep dive discussion about collective learnings.
SA Palliative Care Showcase 2023 – Sessions 1&2
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This session featured presentations on the following projects Palliative Care Pharmacist Aboriginal Health Services, Occupational Therapy Australia’s Palliative Care Webinar Series, Supportive and Palliative Care for Dementia, Palliative Care Pharmacist Home Service in Regional SA and Project Echo – Enhancing Palliative Care.
SA Palliative Care Showcase 2023 – Sessions 3&4
Missed the session? Watch it below on PCSA’s YouTube Channel
This session featured presentations on the following projects: Early identification of clients at risk of deterioration or dying with non-malignant disease, Experience of unpaid family carers on access to palliative care and self-care information, resources, and services: Opportunities and gaps in existing carer support service model, Viva Pal: navigating palliative care options for the disability community, Palliative Care Holistic Leaders Program, Carers SA, Establishing a Compassionate Community (Healthy Cities Onkaparinga), In Home Hospice Care Mount Gambier, Talking grief (loss, grief and bereavement volunteer program), THRF_PC, ACDs – Peer-led Workshops and cross Council collaboration (city of Onkaparinga) and SA Compassionate Communities.