Managing Palliative and End of Life Care in Home Care

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this webinar, you will be able to:

• Differentiate between advance care planning and an advance care directive
• Understand the difference between a palliative approach, palliative care and end of life care
• Identify available resources and support within the community to support palliative and end of life care
• Describe the requirements of Aged Care Quality Standards regarding palliative and end of life care
• Define criteria for an organisation to be able to deliver palliative and end of life care at home
• Conduct an organisational capability and capacity assessment around providing palliative and end of life care
• Assess how an organisation can provide for  the psychosocial spiritual issues of palliative and end of life care
• Recognise cultural and spiritual beliefs and practices to be incorporated into assessment and care planning
• Use tools to support values clarification and advance care planning discussion with consumers
• Identify and work within roles and responsibilities when planning palliative care
• Assess and plan for the training and assessment needs of the workforce