Palliative Care Archives - PatchSA https://patchsa.org/category/palliative-care/ People who care supporting people who care Wed, 06 Sep 2023 07:52:54 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 Raising awareness of childhood cancer https://patchsa.org/raising-awareness-of-childhood-cancer/ https://patchsa.org/raising-awareness-of-childhood-cancer/#respond Tue, 29 Aug 2023 08:02:43 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=5146 September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month In the month of September, we raise awareness of childhood cancer, highlight the many challenges faced by children and their families, and promote efforts to find better treatments and ultimately cures for paediatric cancers. According to statistics found on the CANSA website, currently between 800 to a 1000 [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/raising-awareness-of-childhood-cancer/feed/ 0 Introduction to children’s palliative care training in Cape Town https://patchsa.org/face-to-face-training-in-cape-town-a-success/ https://patchsa.org/face-to-face-training-in-cape-town-a-success/#respond Wed, 29 Mar 2023 14:41:31 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=4502 Report on the two-week training at St Joseph's Home for Chronically Ill Children in Cape Town Tracy Rawlins and Sue Boucher travelled to Cape Town from 19 February to 03 March 2023 to facilitate Introduction to Children's Palliative Care face-to-face training to a group of staff members of St Joseph's Home for Chronically Ill [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/face-to-face-training-in-cape-town-a-success/feed/ 0 Palliative Care Certificate Course https://patchsa.org/register-for-our-8-month-certificate-course/ https://patchsa.org/register-for-our-8-month-certificate-course/#respond Mon, 20 Mar 2023 07:55:33 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=4478 Register for our 8-month Palliative Care Certificate Course APPROPRIATE FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE MDT CARING FOR CHILDREN WITH PALLIATIVE CARE NEEDS It's not too late to register for our 8-month interactive learning certificate course on children's palliative care. The course is suitable for all members of the multi-disciplinary team caring for children with [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/register-for-our-8-month-certificate-course/feed/ 0 Congratulations to the winner of a R5000 TFG Gift Card https://patchsa.org/congratulations-to-the-winner-of-a-r5000-tfg-gift-card/ https://patchsa.org/congratulations-to-the-winner-of-a-r5000-tfg-gift-card/#respond Tue, 14 Jun 2022 12:01:53 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=3764 12 June 2022 Congratulations to Ms Lynn De Vogel for winning a R5000 TFG Gift Card in a recent Raffle Draw. As part of our fundraising initiatives, PatchSA offered donors the opportunity to win a R5000 gift card from TFG (The Foschini Group) redeemable at any of the 20 TFG retail brands. The prize [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/congratulations-to-the-winner-of-a-r5000-tfg-gift-card/feed/ 0 PatchSA well represented at PPC Conference in Rome https://patchsa.org/patchsa-well-represented-at-the-recent-ppc-conference-in-rome/ https://patchsa.org/patchsa-well-represented-at-the-recent-ppc-conference-in-rome/#respond Sat, 04 Jun 2022 09:14:51 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=3661 5 June 2022 PatchSA was well represented at the 5th Maruzza International Congress on Paediatric Palliative Care which was held from 25 - 28 May in the enchanting city of Rome, Italy. This congress, originally set to take place in 2020 and twice postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, brought together 335 people from [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/patchsa-well-represented-at-the-recent-ppc-conference-in-rome/feed/ 0 Footprints 4 Sam scholarships awarded for Patch Academy courses https://patchsa.org/footprints-4-sam-scholarships-awarded-for-patch-academy-courses/ https://patchsa.org/footprints-4-sam-scholarships-awarded-for-patch-academy-courses/#respond Sun, 15 May 2022 10:25:50 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=3739 15 May 2022 In honour of what would have been Sam's 7th birthday, on 9 April 2022, Footprints 4 Sam offered a number of scholarships to complete 10 Patch Academy courses. We are thrilled to announce and congratulate the following people who were awarded a Footprints 4 Sam Scholarship to complete 10 Patch Academy [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/footprints-4-sam-scholarships-awarded-for-patch-academy-courses/feed/ 0 Media highlights lack of progress in providing palliative care to children of South Africa https://patchsa.org/media-highlights-lack-of-progress-in-providing-palliative-care-to-children-of-south-africa/ https://patchsa.org/media-highlights-lack-of-progress-in-providing-palliative-care-to-children-of-south-africa/#respond Mon, 24 Jan 2022 09:09:14 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=3501 22 January 2022 Reports in the Mail & Guardian & Daily Maverick highlight lack of progress in providing palliative care to children in South Africa and appropriate support to their families Journalist Chris Bateman has written two excellent reports on the devastating consequences of inaction by our health authorities to prioritize pallaitive care for [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/media-highlights-lack-of-progress-in-providing-palliative-care-to-children-of-south-africa/feed/ 0 We’ve changed our name to Palliative Care for Children South Africa https://patchsa.org/weve-changed-our-name-to-palliative-care-for-children-south-africa/ https://patchsa.org/weve-changed-our-name-to-palliative-care-for-children-south-africa/#respond Wed, 05 Jan 2022 11:46:16 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=3463 5 January 2022 PatchSA has changed its name. It's a small change but the meaning behind it is everything! The South African Children's Palliative Care Network (SACPCN) was officially launched at the 25th Anniversary conference of the Hospice palliative Care Association of South Africa (HPCA) in September of 2012. A year later, after consultation [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/weve-changed-our-name-to-palliative-care-for-children-south-africa/feed/ 0 History in the making – developing national guidance for providing palliative care https://patchsa.org/developing-national-guidance-for-providing-palliative-care/ https://patchsa.org/developing-national-guidance-for-providing-palliative-care/#respond Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:09:16 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=3432 12 December 2021 History was made last week when a group of palliative care experts from the country met in Gauteng to start the process of developing National Guidelines on Palliative Care with the support of the National Department of Health. For the first time in the history of the development of palliative care [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/developing-national-guidance-for-providing-palliative-care/feed/ 0 How can speech and language therapy enhance the palliative care journey? https://patchsa.org/how-speech-language-therapy-enhance-palliative-care-journey/ https://patchsa.org/how-speech-language-therapy-enhance-palliative-care-journey/#respond Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:49:56 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=3329 18 August 2021 Colleen Francis, a Speech Language Pathologist, describes her journey of discovery about palliative care and her thoughts on the valuable role Speech Language Therapists can play within the palliative care and children's palliative care team. As Speech Therapy students we were taught that we play a role throughout a person’s life, [...]

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