Topic - palliative care, dementia care, oral care
Content
A suite of eLearning modules designed for the aged care workforce and centred on three key areas: dementia, palliative care, and oral care
Modules
Dementia care:
- Understanding dementia
- Understanding pain
- Recognising and responding to responsive behaviours
- Depression and dementia
- Sleep and dementia.
Palliative care
- Palliative care introduction
- Symptom management
- Recognition and management of an actively dying resident
- Loss, grief and bereavement
- Self-care and resilience.
Oral Care
- Perspectives on oral care
- Aged care quality standards
- Oral care and communication
- Health oral structures
- Oral screening and oral care planning
- Specific personalised oral care
- Additional preventive options
- Oral sensitivity and comfort.
In addition to these related module suites there is an introductory module and a module on Communication in aged care.
Depth
Intermediate to advanced
Target Audience
Residential Aged care workers
Time to Complete
Individual modules approximately 30 minutes
Authors
The Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care (ACEBAC)
Comments
The VACET group suggest that the following modules be considered as essential learning:
- Introduction to dementia
- Introduction to palliative care
- Perspectives on oral care
- Communication in aged care.
A portfolio has been included as a useful way to collect your efforts and have them ready to share with others.
Registration Required
Yes
Payment Required
No
Student Support
Yes
Certificate
Yes in the form of badges which can be added to a personal learning portfolio
Country of Origin
Australia
Web Address
https://vacet.latrobe.edu.au
For further information
vacet@latrobe.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 9479 6607
Page created 02 August 2021