Page 14 - TOH_Impact Report 2022-2023

Mai i te kōpae ki te urupā, tātou ako tonu ai
From the cradle
to the grave
We are forever learning
EMPOWERED BY YOU
LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE AT TE OMANGA HOSPICE
For family members, the courses provide the ability to increase their knowledge and access support from others that understand what it means to care for another with a life-limiting illness.
38
PATIENTS
Te Omanga Hospice continues its commitment to education and learning within the specialist field of palliative care. We acknowledge that learning about end-of-life care improves the quality of living and dying and creates understanding and meaning to one of the most profound periods
of our lives.
The Education team held a range of face-to-face education sessions for staff, volunteers, health professionals and people within our community who have an interest in palliative care. We hope to increase awareness and build confidence, so that everyone feels they have a part in caring for another at the end of life.
HOURS OF
FAMILY CARERS ATTENDED THE 'MAP THROUGH
THE FOREST' COURSE
ATTENDED THE 'WHERE THE LANDSCAPE LIES' COURSE
INTERNAL PROFESSIONAL
COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES
The Education team continues to step out into
the Hutt Valley community to support the ongoing progress around health promotion towards end of life and developing compassionate communities in palliative care.
In August 2022, we had a sound board in three
local libraries asking people about the last sound they would like to hear at the end of their lives. Common themes were birds, music, family sounds, wind, waves, sound of children playing and laughter. Certainly not alarms and bells.
Community engagement and community-led initiatives help develop networks and raise awareness of the final phase of living, dying and death. The Death Café continues to run in local cafés offering a space for people, often strangers, to gather to discuss death. The Coffin Club at the Naenae Menz Shed creates a practical space for people to build their
own or their family member’s coffin. While building, conversations happen around the end of life and great learning takes place.
DEVELOPMENT
FOR TE OMANGA HOSPICE CLINICAL STAFF
EDUCATION FOR PATIENTS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AS CARERS
Throughout the year, we held several of our patient- led courses “Where the Landscape Lies” and our family and whānau courses “Map through the Forest” - both courses were named by a patient and family member. These sessions aim to empower patients wanting to know what could lie ahead and are an opportunity to meet others in a similar situation.
14