Conference Programme

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04 - 05 November 2024

Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre 

Pre-conference Hui

PCARN (Palliative Care Aotearoa Research Network) Biannual Hui
Sunday 03 November, 9.30am - 5.30pm
Easthope Lecture Theatres, Level 12 WSB (blue lift), Wellington Regional Hospital

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Monday 04 November

9.00am

Mihi whakatau and Welcome

9.20am

Keynote presentation - Future vision of Māori health in Aotearoa New Zealand
Riana Manuel

9.45am

Sir Roy McKenzie Guest Lecture – The value of palliative care in modern times
Dr Amanda Landers

10.30am
MORNING TEA
11.00am

Completing the continuum of human caring clinical and cultural leadership for the 21st century
Emeritus Prof Ira Byock 

11.45am

Sex & Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll – adolescents and young adults living with degenerative/palliative conditions
Stephen Parkinson

12.15pm
LUNCH
1.30pm

Concurrent Session A

  • 1.30PM
    The experiences of older people living alone with life limiting illness: Findings from an integrated literature review
    Raegan Sinkovich

    2.00PM
    Have we lost our way in palliative care? Current debates regarding older adults access to palliative care
    Dallace Lilley, Kate Reid

    2.30PM
    A collaborative approach to hospice referrals
    Heather Spence, Donna Gray, Brenda Hynes

  • 1.30PM
    Patterns of religiosity, death anxiety and hope in a population of community-dwelling palliative care patients in New Zealand: What gives hope if religion can’t?
    Catherine Byrne, Deidre Morgan

    2.00PM
    Building confidence and competence for nurses’ spiritual care conversations 
    Claire Russell

    2.30PM
    Spiritual care in Aotearoa New Zealand healthcare: A national study begins
    Richard Egan, Waikaremoana Waitoki, Mei-Ling Blank, Deanna Haami, Hukarere Valentine, Elle Brittain, David Tombs, Jacqueline Tuffnel, Hata Temo, David Hough, Ella Iosua

  • 1.30PM
    Is there a right time to die? Patients, families and providers’ experiences of assisted dying decision-making
    Jessica Young, Antonia Lyons, Kevin Dew, Richard Egan

    2.00PM
    Challenges and rewards: Clinicians reflections on hosting Assisted Dying at Tōtara Hospice I Te Kahu Pairuri o Tōtara
    Susan Fryer, James Jap, Georgina Miller

    2.30PM
    Assisted dying – Three years on. We need to talk more and listen and learn...
    Barb O’Loughlin, Bev Platt, Jan Nichols 

  • 1.30PM
    Community-focused hospice care: Innovations in service delivery through volunteer integration and healthcare hub implementation
    Ruth Choi Lee, Esther Bushell

    2.00PM
    Cultivating compassion communities / Letting go of death talk being morbid
    Rebecca Retter, Stephanie Hutchinson

    2.30PM
    Te Toi Porehu - The Art of Palliative Care Medicine 2024
    Tanya Loveard, Lucy Elkin, Sinéad Donnelly

  • 1.30PM
    The Samoan concept of “Tausi” in relation to palliative care towards the end of life
    Margaret Tuala

    2.00PM
    Kaimahi Māori Roopu North Haven Hospice
    Maureen Frayling, Morgan McCaskill, Mona Thorburn

    2.30PM
    Toitū Te Ao Māori
    Ria Earp, Melanie Cole

3.00pm
afternoon tea
3.30pm

Advance care planning: Trauma informed care and grief
A/Prof Ghauri Aggarwal 

4.00Pm

Voices of undeserved communities | Health NZ commissioned research project
Merryn Gott and Jackie Robinson

4.30Pm

End of life Doula
Treza Gallogly, Melanie Humphries-Connolly

5.00Pm

Day one concludes

7.00Pm

Conference Dinner - Second time around

Support your local, shop Hospice. Come in an outfit sourced from your local hospice.

Tākina

Tuesday 05 November

7.30am

Remembrance walk  
Join us for a morning walk on the second day of the conference. Before the day's sessions begin, take this opportunity to stroll through Wellington, connect with fellow delegates, and remember, reflect, and honour the special people in our lives. 

8.30am

Welcome to day two

8.35am

The Asia Pacific region: Where are we today?  
A/Prof Ghauri Aggarwal

9.15am

Hospice Palliative Care in the U.S. – A story of promise and pitfalls
Emeritus Prof Ira Byock

10.00am

Turning things upside down from the inside out? Implementing a public health palliative care approach from within a hospice
Dr Carol McAllum

10.30am
MORNING TEA
11.00am

Concurrent Session B

  • 11.00AM
    Standing together at the veil: Anomalous experiences at the end of life, and their impact on the grief of bereaved loved ones.
    Laura O’Sullivan

    11.30AM
    Strengths of family carers: Looking after a terminally ill adult under 65 years of age
    Mary James, Kate Reid

    12.00PM
    Improving equity and accessibility for a Family Carer Programme
    Denise van Aalst

  • 11.00AM
    Securing the future with our communities: Service evaluation of Hospice Whanganui’s model of care transformation
    Libby Sampey, Melanie Cole, Davene Vroon

    11.30AM
    Co-design; From the employee experience to the Clinical Action Plan
    Biddy Harford, Sue Mellsop, Ian Gwynne-Robson, Megan Kirk

    12.00PM
    Using data to plan hospice services across three distinct localities in the Harbour Hospice catchment area
    Jan Nichols

  • 11.00AM
    The importance of aromatic-anchoring in palliative care
    Carol Rose

    11.30AM
    An innovative approach to palliative care: Touch for care
    Fiona Carr

    12.00PM
    Poroporoaki (Farewelling ritual) in our Inpatient Unit (IPU) for tūpāpaku (deceased patients) and their whānau 
    Maureen Frayling, Agnes Hermans, Morgan McCaskill

  • 11.00AM
    Introduction to Ketamine-Assisted Therapy (KAT) in hospice care
    Fi Darracott-Cankovic, Nicholas Hoeh

    11.30AM
    Alternative strategies to subcutaneous medications at End of Life
    Lee Anderson, Jo Hendrickson

    12.00PM
    A targeted interdisciplinary approach to meeting the specific needs of people living with chronic obstructive airways disease referred to a community hospice
    Oleg Kiriaev

  • 11.00AM
    Valuing the expertise of Allied Health and Family Support Specialist Palliative Care practitioners through a competency, career and salary progression framework
    Diane Greenwood-Havea

    11.30AM
    A grief counsellor’s need for grief counselling
    Jayne Huggard

    12.00PM
    Supporting Children through Grief
    Claire Ewans

12.30Pm
LUNCH
1.30pm

Concurrent Session C

  • 1.30PM
    Culturally responsive palliative care: Addressing barriers for refugee communities in New Zealand
    Ruth Choi Lee, Merryn Gott, Jackie Robinson

    2.00PM
    The Immigrant nurse’s voice
    Chimin Thomas, Maureen Frayling

    2.30PM
    A story that needs to be told of a korowai of palliative care woven to restore mana for a man who lived with the trauma of abuse in state care
    Kathryn Jackson, Toni Hancock

  • 1.30PM
    Holistic needs of non-hospice cancer patients: Perspectives from specialist and generalist palliative care providers
    Jessica Young, Antonia Lyons, Richard Egan, Kevin Dew

    2.00PM
    Exploring community pharmacy involvement in palliative care service provision in New Zealand through a national survey
    Sheng-Ting Chiu, Shane Scahill, Trudi Aspden

    2.30PM
    Korowai Aroha - A community initiative for palliative patients
    Nicole Waters, Poi Andrea Lawrence, Aman Kaur, Barbara Betham, Marleen Tuigamala, Niukini Hendrikse, James Jap

  • 1.30PM
    Game changing: The Palliative Care reform in Queensland: The statewide doubling of Specialist Palliative Care staffing and resources
    Andrew Broadbent

    2.00PM
    7 projects for improvement
    Mandy Wales, Tonie Eade, Mandy Reti

    2.30PM
    Developing palliative care paramedicine: a new national palliative and end-of-life care curriculum for paramedicine in Aotearoa New Zealand
    Vicki Jones, Mel McAulay, Bee Westenra, Alana Wilson, Helen Atkinson, Lisa Henderson, Astrid Adams, Lis Heath, Catherine D’Souza, Fraser Watson

  • 1.30PM
    Conscious leadership: Transforming how you lead in work and life. What does conscious leadership give uou? 
    Collette Parr-Owens

    2.00PM
    Debriefing with a twist
    Jessica Rowe, Tricia Hendry 

    2.30PM
    Palliative care fast track and fundamentals programme
    Tanya Loveard, Helen Golds

  • 1.30PM
    Tōfā Fetāla’i – Advanced care planning for Samoan families in palliative care
    Michelle Niukini Hendrikse, Eirenei Vailaau-AhKuoi, Bella Bartley

    2.00PM
    Ka mahi tahi tātou, ka taea e tātou te whakatutuki i tētahi mea
    When we work together, we can achieve anything
    Barb O’Loughlin, Jan Nichols

3.00Pm
AFTERNOON TEA
3.30Pm

Panel discussion on assisted dying in Aotearoa New Zealand
Dr Paul Jackson, Dr James Jap, Dr Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke, Morag McDowell

4.30Pm

Reflections and conference summary

4.45Pm

Conference concludes