Sharing Current Scottish Practice

Poster Abstracts of the Month: May

The SPPC Palliative Care Poster Parade is an online collection of posters showcasing best practice and new initiatives to improve experiences of living with serious illness, dying and bereavement in Scotland and further afield. All of the posters are available to view on the SPPC website, and each month we'll highlight a few in the the SPPC e-bulletin and in this blog. This month we focus on:

• A Palliative Care Virtual Ward – A viable, safe, supportive alternative to dying in a hospice 
• A Walk with Absent Friends’ A collaborative public art installation on loss, death, and care
• Addressing Terminal Agitation: A multidisciplinary approach to enhancing patient care and team support
• An audit of anticipatory care planning in patients with advanced liver disease and an investigation into the effects of having an advanced liver disease multi-disciplinary meeting on anticipatory care planning
• An innovative approach to develop and offer a training programme across services and boundaries based on what matters to service users, carers and staff
• An innovative, equitable approach to improve awareness of and access to supportive and palliative services and digital resources based on what matters to service users, carers and staff across Ayrshire and Arran
• Bridging Cultural Divides in Palliative Care: A Framework for Shared Decision-Making and Care Ethics in a Resource-Constrained Environment