What is Advance Care Planning, and how do you begin the conversation? What communication principles are most effective, and how can you support someone to formally record their wishes?
Join us as Kylie Ash and Samantha Brean share their wisdom about “Advance Care Planning; Put Simply”. Moderated by Sarah Begley, this is this is THE session to learn more about Advance Care Planning.
A little bit about Kylie:
Kylie Ash is the Advance Care Planning Australia Education Coordinator. Kylie is a registered nurse with a Master of Nursing. Her clinical grounding in cancer and haematological settings forged her passion for holistic, person-led care. She has an extensive history managing and contributing to cancer and palliative care workforce development projects nationally. In her current role, she is driven to deliver engaging and innovative learning to care providers and the community to support advance care planning in Australia.
A little bit about Samantha:
Samantha (Sam) Brean is a clinical nurse consultant with over 30years experience, and is the advance care planning (ACP) program lead at Eastern Health.
Sam's role includes supporting patients/families/carers with ACP discussions in hospital and the community. Sam lives in the Dandenong's with her family and pets.
