This course takes a deep dive into the challenges families and friends of a patient with serious illness face and how you can care for and support them as a provider, social worker or family friend. Supporting Families and Caregivers especially focuses on the children of a patient with serious illness and their caregiver, and teaches you the best way to empower them to get the support they need. By the end of this course, you will be able to provide critical avenues of support for the people who are instrumental to your patients care, wellbeing and quality of life.
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We suggest you take the first four courses in Palliative Care Always before this course but you are not required. This course can be taken alone.
Qué aprenderás
Describe several interventions to help with the emotions and coping of being a family member or caregiver of someone with serious illness.
Conduct a basic screen for appropriate adjustment in children.
Define caregiver burden and how to screen for it.
Habilidades que obtendrás
- Caregiver Support
- Palliative Care
- Psychosocial Support
- Child Guidance
We suggest you take the first four courses in Palliative Care Always before this course but you are not required. This course can be taken alone.
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Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso
Course Introduction and Overview
Review of Palliative Care
Child and Family Guidance
Supporting the Caregiver
Acerca de Programa especializado: Palliative Care Always

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Is this activity accredited for Continuing Medical Education (CME)?
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