KNOWLEDGE OF PEOPLE - Supporting residents at the end of their lives

At the end of the course, participants should acquire the following skills:

-Analysing the psychological journey and needs of the person at the end of life

-Describing the semiology of physical pain and psychological suffering

-Expressing, verbalising their feelings and sharing their experience

-Identifying defence mechanisms

-Improving the helping relationship and communication with close relatives.

The training course focuses on 5 main areas:

The legislative and institutional framework

The needs of the person at the end of life:

(The needs of the ill person in the terminal phase of their illness)

- the announcement diagnosis

- from being ill to being at the end of life

- the psychological journey

- the concept of global suffering

- adapting comfort care

- defence mechanisms

- the patient's verbal and non-verbal behaviours.

The experience of carers:

- the impact of the announcement diagnosis on carers

- death experienced as a failure of the caring function

- defence mechanisms

- the role of the multidisciplinary team, the mobile palliative care team ...

- coordination with volunteers

- funeral grooming and rites.

The patient's entourage at the end of life:

- the announcement of the diagnosis and the meaning of death

- defence mechanisms

- coping mechanisms: the work of mourning

- verbal and non-verbal communication with the patient

- the family or close care partners.

The helping relationship:

- deepening the concepts of empathy and active listening

- deciphering family problems.

• Statement of skills and/or competencies

• All audiences

Caregivers working in institutions and/or the home help sector

• Fully classroom-based training

• Group lessons

EN-certified teachers, Bac +3 trainers with significant experience in adult education, professional lecturers

Registration pack to be collected from GRETA-CFA

Access for people with disabilities