End of Life/Palliative Care Training: “Your Caring Presence: Supporting Residents and Families at End of Life”

Who should participate?
Direct care workers (such as nurses aides, certified nursing assistants, home health aides and other care assistants) who work in nursing homes, home health agencies and community organizations.

What is the purpose of the program?
To enhance the knowledge and skills of direct care workers related to end-of-life and palliative care issues of their patients/residents. See more about this.

How will this program benefit me & my organization?
This program will raise the awareness and sensitivity of direct care workers to issues patients/residents face at end of life and how to appropriately address those issues, which should result in greater competence, confidence and job satisfaction among direct care workers and in better quality of care for patients/residents.

Program Length: 8 hours

Cost: FREE - the cost of your participation in this program is being paid through grant funding by the Workforce Investment Board of Lancaster County

How can I participate?
We offer 3 options. Please contact Melanie G. Snyder, Project Manager, Healthcare Initiatives at (717) 361-2722 or via email at melaniegsnyder@yahoo.com for information on each of these options:

• Full day classroom trainings
• CD-ROM for self-study or small group use (note: modules on the CD-ROM are 15-20 minutes each and can be completed one at a time over a period of time)
• Train-the-Facilitator program to prepare senior NA's, staff educators & others to facilitate small group discussions using the CD-ROM

What is covered in the program?

The curriculum for this program was developed by Hospice of Lancaster County based on the standards outlined in the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

Your Caring Presence: Supporting Residents & Families at End of Life

• Module #1 - Introduction to End-of-Life Care
• Module #2 - Ethical Principles & Residents' Rights to Good Care at End of Life
• Module #3 - Working in Teams to Carry Out the Plan of Care
• Module #4 - Communication at End of Life
• Module #5 - Psychological Aspects of End-of-Life Care
• Module #6 - Spiritual Aspects of End-of-Life Care
• Module #7 - Cultural Aspects of End-of-Life Care
• Module #8 - Pain and Symptom Management at End of Life
• Module #9 - Dyspnea Symptom Management at End of Life
• Module #10 - Gastrointestinal Symptom Management at End of Life: Part One
• Module #11 - Gastrointestinal Symptom Management at End of Life: Part Two
• Module #12 - Neurological Symptom Management at End of Life
• Module #13 - Care of the Imminently Dying