Spirituality and End of Life Care

This training is about Palliative Care. It contains information about end of life care, including death and dying which some people may find upsetting.

The training was developed by MPFT Palliative and End of Life Care Team (Palliative + EOLC).

Course Objectives:

1. Recognise that everyone has a spiritual dimension.
2. Identify individuals who have spiritual/religious needs.
3. Develop awareness that spiritual needs require acknowledgement.
4. Identify how to approach assessment of spirituality.
5. Define spiritual distress & develop means of supporting people in spiritual distress.
6. Recognise that some individuals have a religious element to their spirituality.
7. Develop awareness of own spirituality and how this impacts on self.