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Tuen Mun Hospital: Concept of Palliative Rehabilitation & clinical demonstration
Palliative rehabilitation is a comparatively new concept in palliative care. The aim of having a rehabilitative approach when treating patients in palliative care is to set the goal for treatment so that the patient can keep or improve functions and reduce the consequences of the disease for as long as possible.  The goal for the physiotherapeutic treatment is to keep as much independency as possible to make the important activities for the patient easy.  This field visit is designed to highlight and broaden the clinician’s knowledge in palliative rehabilitation.  Upon completion of this field visit, participants will be able to understand the concept of palliative rehabilitation and how it is implementing in clinical setting.

Maggie Caring Cancer Centre
Maggie's Centre is a charity organization offering multi-professional services to anyone diagnosed with cancer, their family members, friends or carers. Through its unique model of psychosocial support, the Centre’s aim is to help people equip themselves with effective ways to face and cope with a cancer diagnosis, to ensure they are able to get the best from their treatment, while they use its Programme to deal with the psychological, informational and emotional impact of cancer.

Schedule Details
Coach pick up time:13:45
Back to HKU: 19:15