Course details
This course delivered by experienced nursing & allied health professionals from specialist palliative care aims to provide health care assistants with a greater understanding of the palliative approach. The programme provides the opportunity for individuals to share their experiences, ideas and reflect on their provision of end of life care for patients in their care. The programme has an underlying theme of “bedside care needs” of the patient and family - the Health Care Assistant role in alleviation of patients physical symptoms e.g. pain, nausea & vomiting, breathlessness and address’s common communication issues, dealing with the challenging questions such as ...“Am I dying?” “Don’t tell mum she has cancer.”
This program is an excellent stepping stone for those who wish to pursue the FETAC/QQI Level 5 Healthcare Support award and compliments the learning for those who have already completed that level 5 FETAC/QQI award.
On completing this study day care assistants will be able to:
- Identify the Healthcare Assistant contribution in relation to Standard 16 “ End of Life Care” National Quality Standards for Residential Care Settings for Older People in Ireland
- Identify the individuals who is nearing the last few hours of life
- Outline common symptoms in end of life
- Understand the concept of “total pain”
- Recognise palliative care emergencies
- Identify the psychosocial issues in palliative care
- Appreciate the importance of good communication
- Recognise the importance of personal coping
- Identify the palliative care core competencies required for health care assistants when providing a palliative approach as set out by the Palliative Care Competence Framework HSE 2014.
Course Location
About Milford Care Centre
The overall infrastructure at We_They has changed dramatically over the years since the establishment of Milford House Nursing Home by the Little Company of Mary in 1928. Despite these physical changes we, as a healthcare facility, have strived to ensure that we continue to deliver the highest quality and safe care to our residents, patients and visitors. Today we still uphold the core message of the Little Company of Mary which is reflected in our Mission Statement.
I hope you will have time to browse through our site to see the full range of services we can now offer to our service users and see the supports we provide for family members. We believe that the people we serve deserve only the best and that is what we seek to achieve through our continuous improvement policies and training. Our job here in We_They is to make a positive difference to people’s quality of life and this is a role that we take very seriously.
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