On Life's Journey - International Conference on Palliative Care and Care of the Older Person
 

Programme

Royal College of Physicians of Ireland CPD Credits
Friday 16th: 6 credits
Saturday 17th : 4 credits
Full Conference: 10 credits

Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland Continuing Education Units
Full Conference: 10 Units

This preliminary programme is subject to change.

Thursday 15th October 2015

18.30

Civic Reception in Cork City Hall.

 

Friday 16th October 2015

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKER


Chair: Ms Sarah McCloskey, Interim CEO, Marymount University Hospital & Hospice

09.00-09.30

Registration Tea/Coffee

 

09.30-09.45

Welcome


9.45-10.30

Plenary Session: On Life’s Journey…

Professor Tony O’ Brien, Consultant Physician in Palliative Medicine, Marymount University Hospital and Hospice, Cork, Ireland

10.30-11.15

Plenary Session:  Ageing: Growing Old, Living Better (to be confirmed)

Dr Shaun O'Keeffe, Geriatrician, Clinical Lecturer, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Galway

11.15 -11.45

Tea/Coffee Break

 

11.45 -12.30

Plenary Session:   Healthcare: the Power of the Narrative 

Dr Frank Brennan, Palliative Care Physician, St. George & Calvary Hospital, Sydney, Australia

12.30-13.15  

Plenary Session: Individualised Person Centred Care: Challenges/Opportunities in Healthcare Today

Professor Brendan McCormack, Head of Division of Nursing, Queen Margaret University, East Lothian, UK .

13.15 -14.30

Lunch 

 


Chair: Dr Marie Murphy, Consultant Physician in Palliative Medicine, Marymount University Hospital and Hospice

14.30-15.00 

Parallel Sessions: 

 

1 Capturing Complexity on Life's Journey Dr Faith Cranfield, St Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown, Dublin
2 End of Life Journey Challenges: Embracing a Palliative Care Approach in Older Person Residential Care Ms Una Molloy, St. Francis Hospice, Raheny, Dublin
3 "Til Death us do Part" What Support Can We Offer the Bereaved? Ms Irene Murphy, Director of Bereavement & Family Support, Marymount University Hospital, Cork
4 Spiritual Care in Life's Troubled Waters Rev Daniel Nuzum, Pastoral Care, Marymount University Hospital & Hospice, Cork
5 Motivating Movement throughout Life - Irish Older Adults Perceptions of Exercise Ms Louise O'Hare, Physiotherapist, Marymount University Hospital & Hospice, Cork
6 The Journey of the Person with Parkinson's Disease  Dr Suzanne Timmons, Centre for Gerontology & Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, UCC & St. Finbarr's Hospital Cork

15.05-15.35

Parallel Sessions:  

 

1 Capturing Complexity on Life's Journey Dr Faith Cranfield, St Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown, Dublin
2 End of Life Journey Challenges: Embracing a Palliative Care Approach in Older Person Residential Care Ms Una Molloy, St. Francis Hospice, Raheny, Dublin
3 "Til Death us do Part" What Support Can We Offer the Bereaved? Ms Irene Murphy, Director of Bereavement & Family Support, Marymount University Hospital, Cork
4 Spiritual Care in Life's Troubled Waters Rev Daniel Nuzum, Pastoral Care, Marymount University Hospital & Hospice, Cork
5 Motivating Movement throughout Life - Irish Older Adults Perceptions of Exercise Ms Louise O'Hare, Physiotherapist, Marymount University Hospital & Hospice, Cork
6 The Journey of the Person with Parkinson's Disease   Dr Suzanne Timmons, Centre for Gerontology & Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, UCC & St. Finbarr's Hospital Cork

15.40-16.00

Tea/Coffee Break

 

16.00-16.45

Plenary Session: Safe Psychological Haven for Patients and Families 

Ms Ursula Bates, Principal Clinical Psychologist, Director of Psychosocial & Bereavement Services, Blackrock Hospice, Dublin, Ireland

16.45-17.30

Plenary Session: Life, Illness, Death in the Medical Humanities

Dr Frank Brennan, Palliative Care Physician, St. George & Calvary Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Saturday 17th October 2015

09.00-09.30

Tea/Coffee

 


Chair: Professor Tony O'Brien, Consultant Physician in Palliative Medicine, Marymount University Hospital and Hospice

09.30-10.15

Plenary Session:

Symptom Management:

What’s New, That Matters: Lessons from Across the Atlantic

Professor Eduardo Bruera, Professor & Chair Department of General Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Centre, University of Texas, Houston, USA.

10.15-11.00

Plenary Session: Well-being and Breathlessness

Dr Sara Booth, Macmillan Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Addenbrooke’s Hospital & Associate Lecturer, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK 

11.00-11.30

Tea/Coffee Break

 

11.30-12.15

Plenary Session: Starvation, Sarcopenia, and Suffering

 

 

Dr Florian Strasser, Associate Professor, Oncological Palliative Medicine, Cantonal Hospital, St. Gallen, Switzerland

12.15-13.00

Plenary Session: Cicely’s Legacy: the Next Frontier

(Past, Present, Future Journey)

Professor Eduardo Bruera, Professor & Chair Department of General Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Centre, University of Texas, Houston, USA

13.00-13.30

Presentation of Awards/Close