LOROS TRAINING
Course information
Personalised End of Life Care for Health and Social Care Workers
Dates and times
December 12th 2023
Course format
Face to face teaching
Who is this course recommended for?
This study day for Health and Care Support Workers aims to improve skills in providing compassionate personalised care for people in the last year of life.
What will I learn from this course?
This day focuses on the 5 priorities for care of the dying: recognising that someone is dying; communicating sensitively with them and their family; involving them in decisions; supporting them and their family; and creating an individual plan of care that includes adequate nutrition and hydration
· Definitions of Palliative and End of life Care
· The 5 Priorities of Care for the dying person
· Personalised Care Planning at the end of Life
· Recognition of symptoms at End of Life
· Comfort measures at End of Life
· The importance of looking after yourself
