Topic: Physical Issues and Supports & Caring for People at Home or In a Hospice (Modules 6 & 7)
Date: Friday, October 18, 2024
Time: 11:30am – 1pm
Location: Online via TELUS Business Connect
Facilitator: Trish Talarico – Director, Hospice Care and Clinical Practice, Pilgrims Hospice Society
Learning Objectives for Modules 6 & 7 from the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association:
- Understand the most common life-limiting illnesses, their treatments and side effects.
- Understand the care needs of people with those illnesses.
- Understand the volunteer’s role in providing physical care and pain and symptom management, and how to provide that care.
- Recognize when a person is experiencing pain and appropriate comfort measures.
- Recognize the signs of death and care needs when the end is near.
- Understand infection control policies and know which practices to use.
- Understand the unique challenges of caring for a dying person at home or in a hospice.
- Understand the role of food in the life of a dying person and family, and how food affects the quality of hospice palliative care.
- Understand the causes of appetite loss as well as strategies to help people increase their intake of food.
- Learn about body mechanics.
- Learn basic safety precautions.
For more information on our Volunteer Training Program, please contact volunteersupport@pilgrimshospice.com.