Topic

Palliative care and advance care planning for people with advanced dementia.
Available until 30 April 2024.

Content

Course content includes:

  • Understanding advance care planning and how it is relevant for a person living with dementia
  • Describing what palliative care is and how it might be relevant for a person living with dementia
  • Recording and communicating distress observed in people living with advanced dementia
  • Empowering families to support a person living with advanced dementia.

Depth

Beginner

Time to complete

Approximately 2 hours to complete the seven modules

Target audience

Careworkers, assistants in nursing, and support workers working in residential and community aged care settings.

Authors

The Advance Project

Comments

The Advance Project offers a range of learning options to support the provision of palliative care and advance care planning in everyday practice.

After completion of this course, you will receive a certificate of completion for two Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours.

Current course ends 30 April 2024

Registration required

Yes

Payment required

No

Student support

Yes

Certificate

Yes

Country of origin

Australia

Web Address

https://www.theadvanceproject.com.au/Education-Training/Dementia-Specific-Training/Dementia-Specific-Training-Careworkers

Last updated 19 December 2023