Palliative care provides holistic care to optimise quality of life for people and their families living with a life-limiting illness. During the journey from diagnosis towards end-of-life, the patient, their family, and their friends experience grief as they deal with many varied losses along the way.
This course will consider key aspects of working with patients and their families at end-of-life; in particular, having conversations that can sometimes be difficult. Various life-space factors will be explored in the context of the various illnesses and dying trajectories. We will also review care choices and strategies to help clients prepare for end-of-life and work towards a good death, aiming to reduce complex bereavement issues in surviving family and/or significant others.
Learning outcomes:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- describe the application of palliative care to assist clients (patients and families) make end-of-life choices and prepare for a ‘good death’.
- identify common concerns, and apply grief and loss theories relevant to clients across the lifespan as they approach end-of-life.
- apply grief and loss theories to implement support for family members caring for someone approaching end-of-life.
- evaluate the impact on health professionals working in end-of-life care concerning cumulative grief and employ strategies to prevent work-related stress and burnout.
Format:
Pre-recorded 4-hour recordings to watch in your own time.
Price:
Member $ 275
Non-member $ 325
Certificates
Once all modules have been completed and the course concludes, all students
that have completed all modules will be sent a Certificate of Completion.
This certificate will be emailed to your nominated email address.
Continuing Professional Development Points
In order to gain ACA approved training certificate, you must successfully
complete this online multiple-choice quiz with a pass mark of 80%
Palliative care provides holistic care to optimise quality of life for people and their families living with a life-limiting illness. During the journey from diagnosis towards end-of-life, the patient, their family, and their friends experience grief as they deal with many varied losses along the way. This course will consider key aspects of working with patients as well as their families at end-of-life; in particular, having conversations that can at times be difficult. Various life-space factors will be explored in the context of the various illnesses and dying trajectories. We will also review care choices and strategies to help clients prepare for end-of-life and work towards a good death, with the aim that complex bereavement issues in surviving family and/or significant others can be reduced
Learning outcomes:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to
-
describe the application of palliative care to assist clients (patients
and families) make end-of-life choices and prepare for a ‘good death’.
-
identify common concerns, and apply grief and loss theories relevant to
clients across the lifespan as they approach end-of-life.
-
apply grief and loss theories to implement support for family members
caring for someone approaching end-of-life.
-
evaluate the impact to health professionals working in end-of-life care
in relation to cumulative grief and employ strategies to prevent
work-related stress and burnout.