End Of Life And Palliative Care Training For Support Workers
End Of Life And Palliative Care Training For Support Workers
About this Unit
There are many end-of-life and palliative care options for people living with a disability, and support workers have a key role to play in supporting a client with a life limiting illness who wishes to die in their home. This training will provide support workers with knowledge and practical skills to provide support to a client with a life-limiting illness.
Our Program
We select our Premium Health trainers and assessors carefully, as such our training programs are only ever conducted by either a nurse or a paramedic. As a trusted health professional, they will teach the ‘why’ of your course and are committed to your learning.
Some of the topics include:
- The role of the support worker in supporting a participant with a life-limiting illness
- The dying process
- End of life planning
- Considerations of other resident in a group home setting where a client is dying
- The needs of a conscious and unconscious customer who is dying
- Nutrition and fluid management
- Elimination requirements
- Pressure injury prevention
- Infection control considerations
- Oral care
- Identifying and managing pain or distress
- Immediate actions required upon the death of the participant
| End Of Life And Palliative Care Training For Support Workers | |
|---|---|
| Delivery Mode | The first option provides 2 hours and 45 minutes of live online training with a knowledge assessment. The second option offers 2 hours and 45 minutes of face-to-face training with a knowledge assessment. |
| Qualifications | For "End of Life and Palliative Care for Support Workers," you can choose between live online training with knowledge assessment or face-to-face training with knowledge assessment. |
| Validity of Certificate | 1 year |