Coping with Bereavement and Loss
| Course Type: |
Part-time |
| Course Start Date: | On application |
| Location: | Colchester |
| Centre: | Professional Training Centre |
| Course Fee: | Upon application |
Course Description:
Available on an in company basis only. This course can be adapted to meet your requirements.
This course covers the phenomenon of death, with a special emphasis on implications for older persons. Issues such as the meaning of death, the dying process, and supporting clients, families and care staff through the bereavement process are examined.
Course Objectives/Key Benefits:
By the end of the course delegates will have a greater understanding of the issues relating to ageing, death and bereavement as well as the skills to positively support their clients and colleagues through the bereavement process.
Who the Course is Aimed at:
Anyone who works within the care sector.
Course Content:
- Understanding the ageing process
- The effects of death on the lives of older persons, their families and carers
- Death in context - A historical, philosophical and sociological look at death and dying
- Theories of the bereavement process
- Developing the skills to positively support clients, families and colleagues through the bereavement process
Entry Requirements:
To be working with people in the care field
Course Progression:
Managing Stress in the Care Sector
Training Method:
Presented in a highly interactive format including discussion and group work.
Further Information:
This course is offered by the Professional Training Centre
PTC Enquiry Line: (01206) 712727
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Updated on Fri, 22/07/2011 - 11:29am.
