Foundations in Palliative Care:A programme of facilitated learning for care home staff

Karen Orr Macmillan Learning & Development Manager for Scotland

What is the tool?• Updated educational resource building on the previous toolkit

reflecting the current changes and direction within palliative

care.

• Purpose is to offer the opportunity to care home staff to develop

and enhance their skills in caring for their residents many of

whom will have multiple long term conditions.

• The pack contains 4 modules:

• 1. First principles

• 2. Communication

• 3. Pain and symptom management

• 4. Bereavement Care

How and Who should use this?• Toolkit is designed to be facilitated by an experienced

facilitator with relevant knowledge base, delivered within the care home

• Several models can be used eg. direct face to face by an external provider on a rolling programme, or a ‘train the trainers’ approach

• Modules designed to run over a month with workshops weekly ( ideally)

• Aimed at staff of all levels (dependant upon level of skill and experience in generalist palliative care)

• Toolkit contains facilitators manual and participant workbooks as well as information for the care home manager

How can you get a copy of the toolkit?

• Can be supplied free to Macmillan professionals ( i.e. Macmillan nurses- many of these professionals are the palliative care education champions within each NHS health board area)

• Is available to individual care homes for a small donation (suggested £5-£10 each)

• Can be supplied to larger numbers of care homes for the cost of the print run- cost depends upon the number required.

• The key to success is FACILITATION so ensure you have appropriate available facilitator before you order one!!