Managing advanced non-cancer illness presents distinct challenges – unpredictable trajectories, underrecognised symptom burden, and uncertainty about when palliative care is appropriate. This 2-day course equips clinicians with practical skills to manage end-stage organ failure and dementia and frailty, and deliver better end-of-life care.

Access to supportive care, palliative care and end-of-life care are essential for persons living with an advance illness. In this course, community health and social care professionals will be offered a foundational overview of psychosocial issues faced by their clients living across illness trajectories in the community, and consider their roles in providing holistic support.