Course overview
Why do I need this course?
- Deliver compassionate care to individuals with life-limiting or terminal conditions
- Support dignity and comfort by understanding physical, emotional and spiritual needs
- Communicate sensitively with patients, families and multidisciplinary teams
- Recognise your role in providing holistic, person-centred end-of-life care
What will I learn?
- Principles and goals of palliative and end-of-life care
- How to manage pain, symptoms and emotional distress
- The importance of communication and advance care planning
- Legal and ethical considerations in end-of-life decision-making
Who is this course for?
- Health and social care professionals supporting terminally ill individuals
- Carers and support workers in hospices, care homes or community settings
- Nurses and allied health staff involved in palliative care delivery
- Anyone seeking to improve their understanding of end-of-life care
Course details
This two-module course will give you effective end of life care training and an understanding of palliative care. The course explores what palliative and end of life care are, and how they work together to create a much-improved patient experience.
The course looks at the different aspects to such care, including spiritual, emotional, and physical needs and how effective planning can make delivery of this care more credible and effective. The course discusses the importance of palliative care and end of life care in ensuring the patient’s quality of life is as high as possible and tailored to their individual wishes.
Upon completion of this course, the learner will have a knowledge of:
- What palliative care and end of life care are
- How palliative care works alongside end of life care
- When each type of care starts in a patient’s illness journey
- How to increase a patient’s quality of life during the illness and towards the end of life
- Addressing spiritual and emotional needs
- Supporting the family
- Managing the symptoms and pain of the illness or treatment
- How to communicate effectively with the patient and family
- Advance care planning
This course consists of the following modules:
- Principles of Palliative Care
- End of Life Care
- Course Length: 60 mins
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