Dignifying life thru palliative care, Round table conference

Ayat Skills Development Centre and The Daily Star organized a roundtable titled “Palliative Care: A Call for Public Awareness and Policy Inclusion” on January 06, 2018. Nusrat Aman, Chief Patron, Ayat Skills Development Centre; Dr. Bimalangshu Ranjan Dey, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School; Dr Bushra Alam, Senior Health Expert, World Bank; Dr. Rumana Dowla, Founder, Bangladesh Palliative and …

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Make yourself heard 2017

|15 October, 2017|   On 14 October, 2017 Bangladesh Palliative and Supportive Care Foundation (BPSCF) organized a seminar with the theme ‘Palliative care and Universal Health Coverage: Don’t leave those suffering behind’ at National Press Club, Dhaka. On the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, this seminar emphasized on disseminating the importance and need of …

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Transition of care topic guide

Transition & Continuity of Care   Objectives for audience 1. Understand the concept of transitions of care 2. Understand concept of continuity of care and measures which support it 3. Understand the landscape of oncology, palliative and primary care in Sri Lanka 4. Factors which can improve patient experience and outcomes during transitions   1) …

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Patient Assessment topic guide

Patient Assessment 1) Identifying palliative care needs -patient with life-limiting illness (metastatic cancer, end-stage organ failure with decreasing benefit from treatment, degenerative neurological condition..) 2) Palliative approach-holistic assessment -nursing assessment includes –therapeutic relationship, communication skill,collection information and physical examination 3) Advanced care planning conversation -discuss concern, values, wishes, goals of care, place of care, decision …

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