Hospice

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide a theoretical framework for clinicians working with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities who access hospice care. Considerable emphasis will be directed towards an examination of assessment tools, client outcomes, professional regulations, and standards for care, explanation of the coordinated efforts of all disciplines utilized in the field of hospice work as well as the field's history, characteristics and challenges faced. Therapeutic skills utilized when working with the bereaved in end of life care will also be examined.