Workshop Overview
Prerequisites
RN, RPN, Personal Support Workers, Nursing Student
Single day workshop where participants will learn how to provide compassionate and competent care for the dying or to person suffering from terminal disease. Participants will have a better understanding of the dying process, how to support patients and families to make informed decisions and how to implement care plans that are congruent with the desires of the individual and in the context of best practice. Palliative care is care given to improve the quality of life of patients who have a serious or life-threatening disease, such as cancer. Palliative care is an approach to care that addresses the person as a whole, not just their disease.
About Workshop
The physical and emotional effects of a person suffering from a terminal disease and its treatment may be very different from person to person. Palliative care can address a broad range of issues, integrating an individual’s specific needs into care. A palliative care specialist often takes a broad range of issues into account for each patient.
The goals of the workshop are to provide information on the following topics:
- Introduction to Hospice Palliative Care
- Dying, Death and Hospice Palliative Care
- Disease Management
- Physical Issues
- Psychological/Spiritual Issues
- Social/Practical Issues
- End-of-Life Care and Death Management
- Grief, Loss and Managing Occupational Stress
Learning Outcome of the Workshop
At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Define the terms palliative care, grief, end of life, care, and hospice care.
- Identify the members of the multidisciplinary team and their roles.
- Recognize the common symptoms of dying and state what care is appropriate.
- Identify and use the common tools of pain assessment. Care for the body after death.
- Understand the impact on the family of the life-threatening conditions.