Hosted by Palliative Care Sub-Group
This webinar will cover the first 30 minutes on the emerging role of dietitians in hospices followed by a 30 minutes talk by Dr Sally Boa's project presentation.
Speakers
- Dr Sally Boa, Head of Education, Research and Practice Development, Strathcarron Hospice.
More about Dr Sally Boa- Sally is Head of Education, Research and Practice Development at Strathcarron Hospice in Stirlingshire, Scotland. She worked as a Speech and Language Therapist in the NHS and third sector for over 20 years before completing her PhD, an investigation of goal setting practice in palliative care. Sally is passionate about the importance of multidisciplinary, person centred care and ensuring that the voice of the person and their family is heard.
Session title- Development of a multilingual European survey to explore perspectives about rehabilitation practice in palliative care:
- Successes, challenges and opportunities
Session overview- This talk will describe the work of the EAPC task force which aims to increase awareness and understanding of a rehabilitative palliative care approach and
identify and address barriers and facilitators to the integration and adoption of rehabilitative palliative care in practice.
- Francesca Tabacchi, Oncology Dietitian, Oxford Brookes University
More about Francesca- RD with 10 years of experience, finished her PhD in oncology nutrition last year. Currently Chair of BDA palliative care group
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- Honor Blackwood, Specialist Dietitian, Strathcarron Hospice
More about Honor Blackwood- Honor is a Registered Dietitian with over 16 years of experience across acute and community settings, with a strong interest in palliative and supportive care. Honor is particularly interested in the evolving role of dietitians in palliative care, including early supportive nutrition, realistic goal setting, and improving access to dietetic input across care pathways. She has recently joined the BDA Palliative Care Subgroup as secretary to contribute to shared learning and support continued development of dietetic practice within palliative and end-of-life care.
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Cost
- Free for Oncology Specialist Group members
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