Palliative and End of Life Care

This course has been designed to ensure that you possess a theoretical knowledge and practical skills in supporting people facing the end of their lives, and will assess your ability to do the following:

– Describe what is meant by Palliative Care.

– Understand how we cope with Palliative Care and help others to:

– Describe the different types of complementary therapies.

– Understand how to empathies with, and support patients.

– Describe some End-of-Life Care strategies.

– Think about your attitudes and fears about death and dying.

– Recognize different experiences around death and dying.

– Understand the need for Advanced Care Planning.

– Describe the importance of Symptom Management.

– Describe ‘Advance Directives’.

– Understand roles and responsibilities in End-of-Life Care.

– Describe ‘Last Offices’.

– Understand the grief and loss process.