Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Annual Conference 2026: Tools for a Changing World

Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care's Annual Conference on Tools for a Changing World features a range of sessions relevant to those working in older people's healthcare and end of life care:

• Medical Anthropologist Prof Erica Borgstrom will be facilitating a dialogue between a practitioner of palliative medicine and geriatric medicine exploring how can we better understand their similarities and potential differences, and what might this mean for practice.
• Prof Mark Taubert will explore the opportunities and the challenges of using digital health innovations by and for older people as their palliative care needs increase.
• A session exploring health inequalities foregrounding the real world experiences of a GP and District Nurse proving care towards the end of life for people in the most socio-economically disadvantaged communities.
• A session on improving quality of life for people with advanced dementia.
• A session bringing learning from Australia about a collaboration between formal services and community volunteers in meeting social needs towards the end of life.
• A session on multimorbidity.