Topic
Palliative care, dementia care, and oral care of older people in residential care setting
Content
A suite of eLearning modules designed for the aged care workforce and centred on three key areas: dementia, palliative care, and oral care.
Palliative care series of modules includes:
- Palliative care introduction
- Symptom recognition and response in a palliative approach
- Communication in aged care
- Recognition and management of an actively dying resident
- Loss, grief and bereavement
- Self-care and resilience
Dementia care series of modules includes:
- Understanding dementia
- Recognising pain
- Communication in aged care
- Understanding responsive behaviours
- Depression and dementia
- Dementia and sleep
Oral Care series of modules includes:
- Perspectives on oral care
- Quality standards and standardised care
- Communication in aged care
- Healthy oral structures
- Oral screening and care planning
- Oral health and general wellbeing
- Specific personalised oral care
- Preventative options
- Oral sensitivity and comfort
In addition to these related module suites there are modules on
- Communication in aged care
- Incontinence management in RAC
- Communication in practice
- Introduction to aged care (pre-placement)
- Reablement
- Restrictive practices
- Medication safety
Depth
Intermediate to advanced
Target audience
Residential aged care workers (nurses, careworkers, allied health professionals)
Time to complete
Approximately 30 minutes per module
Authors
The Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care (ACEBAC), La Trobe University
Comments
The VACET group suggest that the following modules be considered as essential learning:
- Introduction to dementia
- Introduction to palliative care
- Perspectives on oral care
- Communication in aged care.
A portfolio has been included as a useful way to collect your efforts and have them ready to share with others.
Registration required
Yes
Payment required
No
Student support
Yes
Certificate
Yes in the form of badges which can be added to a personal learning portfolio
Country of origin
Australia
Web Address
https://vacet.latrobe.edu.au
For further information
vacet@latrobe.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 9479 6607
Page updated 05 March 2024