Palliative Care & Grief and Loss (Bereavement)

Content:

• Principles of palliative care
• Goals of palliative care
• Care settings
• The Team Approach
• Quality of life
• Principles of a good death
• Symptoms in the last 48 hours of life
• The needs of patients and their carers
• Stresses for families
• Support for families/carers
• Your role

Grief and Loss
Content:

• Grief and loss, discussing personal loss and the associated feelings
• Dealing with loss
• Stages of grief
• The tasks of mourning
• Supporting through loss
• Dealing with anger (Difficult Family Dynamics)
• Taking care of yourself