Spotlight on Palliative Care Research - Caregiving and Bereavement, Dr Margaret Sealey Video Conference - 6599

Spotlight on Palliative Care Research - Caregiving and Bereavement, Dr Margaret Sealey

Presented by Dr Margaret Sealey

Research interests:

Margaret’s research interests focus on carers caring for family members, friends, or loved ones with life-limiting illness. Of special interest is grief and bereavement in the lead-up to the patient’s death and supporting bereaved carers following the patient’s death; the impact of caregiving on coping with a loved one at end-of-life; the impact of caregiving on grief and bereavement; communication by medical staff particularly in relation to diagnosis; Advanced Health Care Directives and end-of-life decision-making in residential aged care facilities (RACF); Support for staff dealing with end-of-life care in RACFs; provision of bereavement services appropriate to carer needs; education and training of health care professionals in relation to grief and bereavement.

Biography
Margaret Sealey (PhD, FT) is a counsellor, educator, researcher and thanatologist who has worked with vulnerable populations in health settings (palliative care and oncology in particular) for over 20 years. During this time she worked at various hospices, Cancer Council WA, Motor Neurone Disease WA and Alzheimer’s Australia WA supporting clients and family members facing life limiting illness.

With a previous background as a registered Nurse, she has undertaken a Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) and postgraduate studies in Counselling. Her PhD research developed a bereavement risk assessment model for use in palliative care using action research.

Margaret is a Fellow in Thanatology (FT) and member of the Association of Death Education & Counselling (ADEC), the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement (ACGB), and Palliative Care WA (PCWA).
She is a member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS), the Australian Counselling Association (ACA), and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and provides education in grief, loss and dementia to people affected by loss as well as the workforce sector. Presently she is a lecturer in the Discipline of Counselling at Murdoch University.

Video Conference Access options

Device requirements: speaker, microphone and camera.

Instructions are sent with meeting ID number after registration

• Within the Department of Health access is via the Telehealth sites
• On your PC or laptop install the SCOPIA Desktop Client
• Scopia Mobile is available for both Android and Apple products for use on an iPad or tablet.

Attendance records of individual participants and an evaluation from each participant is expected to be returned to PaSCE as soon as possible on completion of the session.

Date: Thur 7 November Registration 1.45pm, 2 - 3pm

Venue: Video Conference

Presented by: Dr Margaret Sealey, Psychologist

Designed for: Doctors, Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, Pastoral Care Workers, Facility Managers, Aboriginal Health Workers