Topic
Care at the end of life in residential aged care facilities
Content
Two sets of modules focussing on (1) care at the end of life and (2) advance care planning for residents in aged care facilities
End-of-life care:
- Module 1 - Nurturing resilience and fostering self-care as an aged care nurse
- Module 2 - Palliative Care Case Conferences in Residential Aged Care
- Module 3 - Principles of quality terminal care
- Module 4 - End-of-Life Care in RACFs: pharmacological symptom management
Advance Care Planning (ACP):
- Module 1 - Introducing ACP for the people in your care
- Module 2 - Understanding ACP documents commonly used in Queensland
- Module 3 - Supporting conversations to complete the Statement of Choices document
- Module 4 - Cultural considerations for End-of-Life Care
- Module 5 - Using the PREPARED Framework to support advance care planning conversations
Depth
Basic to intermediate
Target audience
Nurses
Time to complete
15-30 minutes per module
Authors
Joint program Queensland Government, Metro South Health, PHN Brisbane South, and CareSearch
Comments
The end-of-life care modules are relevant to nurses providing end-of-life care in all states of Australia. Although the ACP module relates to laws in Queensland, the basic principles of ACP are generally applicable.
Registration required
No
Payment required
No
Student support
Yes
Certificate
Yes
Country of origin
Australia
Web Address
End-of-life Care Education: https://www.caresearch.com.au/eolcareracf/
Advance Care Planning: https://www.caresearch.com.au/eolcareracf/Advance-Care-Planning
Page updated 01 March 2024