Palliative Care

Booking information

This comprehensive Palliative Care training is designed for caregivers, nursing staff, support workers, and healthcare professionals involved in end-of-life care in the disability and aged care sectors. The course provides participants with essential knowledge and practical strategies to support individuals with dignity, respect, and comfort during their final stages of life. 

Course includes

• Principles of Palliative Care: Understand the goals, benefits, and holistic approach to end-of-life care.
• End-of-Life Choices & Client Preferences: Recognise different care settings, community-based and hospital-based palliative care options, and the importance of respecting individual choices.
• Legal & Ethical Considerations: Learn about advanced care planning, voluntary assisted dying, power of attorney, cultural considerations, dignity of risk, and legal responsibilities in end-of-life care.
• Responding to Changes in Condition: Identify symptoms such as pain, misconceptions about symptom management, and relief measures, including nutrition and hydration strategies.
• Providing End-of-Life Care: Explore the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of care, including managing symptoms, responding to changes, and fulfilling the individual’s wishes.
• Care of the Body After Death: Understand respectful body care practices, positioning, privacy, and honouring cultural and spiritual traditions.
• Managing Personal Responses to Death & Grief: Learn about the grieving process, support services, and self-care strategies for caregivers.

This interactive training includes discussions, case studies, practical demonstrations, and knowledge assessments to ensure participants gain the confidence and skills to provide compassionate and effective palliative care.

Pricing per student

$160.00 per person