P-134 Developing and evaluating palliative rehabilitation in an in-patient unit (IPU) setting

Abstract

assistants' understanding of other HCPs' roles highlighted the need for further education in this area. Conclusions Whilst rehabilitation is not new to palliative care, the findings suggest this approach is going through a developmental and formalisation process. Increased interdisciplinary team working and further training in rehabilitative palliative care for hospice staff would be beneficial to embedding this approach in hospices. The findings show that healthcare assistants, who provide a large proportion of patient 'hands on care', would particularly benefit from additional training to incorporate rehabilitative palliative care into their practice.