Description
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
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Develop an understanding of palliative care within care homes and its importance to patients, their family carers and healthcare professionals.
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Explore how palliative care can be implemented and sustained within a care home.
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Engage in online discussion with others and reflect on palliative care provision within care homes in your own country based on your own knowledge and experience.
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Assess how palliative care in care homes is managed across six European countries, drawing on results of the PACE project and examples from care home staff within these different countries.
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Engage with a number of palliative care topics including: discussing current and future care, mapping changes in an individual’s condition, coordinating care, improving assessment and management of pain, end of life care and care after death.