Palliative and Community Care

Course description

The palliative component of this course prepares the personal support worker student to provide culturally relevant palliative and end-of-life care to support clients, families, and significant others. The PSW student will explore the PSW role in providing person-centered care for the client receiving a palliative approach to care. This course will extend the student’s knowledge, attitudes, skills and judgement using evidence informed practice to apply concepts of person-centered care to palliative care throughout the palliative care trajectory across the spectrum of care settings. The community component of this course will deepen the student’s knowledge of person-centered care for the medically complex client living in the community setting. The student will gain a deeper knowledge of concepts of aging in place, transitions in care, and ethical considerations as they pertain to providing care in the community. This course will also broaden the student’s understanding of the social determinants of health and health inequities influence on community care.

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