About PALLIAMICT
The acronym PALLIAMICT is a mergence of the two words PALLIATIVE (lat.), in English “alleviating”, and MICT (ukr.), in English “bridge”. Palliative care refers to a holistic concept of care, which is no longer oriented to healing but to the needs of patients suffering from a progressive disease leading to death. Palliative care takes also care of their relatives and friends.
What is the aim of PALLIAMICT?
PALLIAMICT wants to build a bridge between Ukraine and Germany in matters of palliative care.
Where does the idea of PALLIAMICT come from?
Since 2017, Andreas Stähli, former head of the academy at Johannes-Hospiz in Münster, had carried through numerous projects in and for Ukraine and in cooperation with the Palliative Care Center in Iwano-Frankiwsk. Thus, a wide network came into being with contacts to colleagues in specialized palliative care and at universities and colleges in Ukraine. Andreas Stähli wants to pick up this thread after having finished his work at the Academy from spring 2024.
What does PALLIAMICT offer?
- talks on main topics in palliative care across the disciplines (such as emotions and communication, eating and drinking at the end of life, ethics, spirituality and spiritual care) and on specialized nursing subjects (such as palliative oral care or dealing with shortness of breath in palliative care)
- access to a series of publications on palliative care, which started in 2021, and to other specialized materials in Ukrainian and German language
- project management in educational work in palliative care
- work in a network Germany-Ukraine in a European context; obtainment of contacts from the field of hospice and palliative care for a bilateral cooperation (care, education) in Germany and Ukraine
- informations on particular curricula for different disciplines in palliative care in Germany
- advice on special professional questions including those of quality assurance
Whom is the offer aimed at?
The offer aims at skilled personnel, at voluntary workers in hospices and palliative care in both countries, and at the interested public.