Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Psychodrama: Living with Chronic Conditions

Psychotherapy Workshop
Date:  10 - 12 Dec 2016 (Saturday - Monday)
Time:  9 am - 6 pm (10 & 11 Dec), 9 am -  3 pm (12 Dec)
Place:  Rumah Hospis, 250A Jalan Air Itam, 10460 Penang


Registration Fee:  RM600
For further details, please contact Dr Rory Richardson:  012-418 8180.

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Living with Dementia

Penang Dementia Association in collaboration with Alzheimer’s Disease Foundation of Malaysia is organising a Family Caregiver Training Programme, ‘LIVING WITH DEMENTIA’

Date:  3 December 2016 (Saturday)
Time:  8:30 am – 5.00 pm
Place:  New Bob Centre, 6th Floor, Gottlieb Road, 10350 Penang

This training programme is designed for family caregivers who wish to learn more about dementia and develop caregiving skills and coping strategies. The program consists of 4 modules:

1. Understanding Dementia and Person Centred Care
2. Understanding the Behaviour of Persons With Dementia
3. Communicating with a Person With Dementia
4. Purposeful and Meaningful Engagement

For registration, please send the completed registration form with payment to the above address or by email.  Please register early to reserve a space.
For enquiry, please call Ms Gan 016-6745429, or email: pgdementia@gmailcom.

Closing date for registration: 30 Nov 2016



Saturday, October 8, 2016

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2016


World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (WHPCD) is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. It takes place on the second Saturday of October every year. Voices for Hospices is a wave of concerts taking place on the same date every two years.

                                                          Source:  World Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA)

A 26-minute documentary film 

[click on the link to watch the film on vimeo]
A story of a revolution in healthcare.
Produced by Moonshine Movies.
Commissioned by the Lien Collaborative for Palliative Care, 
Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network & Lien Foundation.
Narrated by Baroness Ilora Finlay.