40525N Describe a person-centered approach to caring for a person in the last days of their life: Palliative Care Support Assignment, ETB, Ireland

Apply a person-centered approach to caring for a person in the last days of their life to include the provision of supportive and holistic care promoting safety, dignity, respect, and comfort (15 Marks)

1. Describe a person-centered approach to caring for a person in the last days of their life (2 Marks)

2. Outline how you would provide supportive, holistic care for a person while promoting safety, dignity, respect, and comfort. (2 Marks)

3. Identify your role as a support worker in meeting the needs of the dying person who is experiencing: (8 Marks)

• Pain
• Fatigue
• Nausea and vomiting
• Breathlessness
• Constipation
• Diarrhea
• Sore mouth/dry mouth
• Swallowing difficulties
• Altered state of consciousness

4. Outline how you would recognize the signs that death is imminent (3 Marks)

5. Outline the importance of offering choices and prioritising needs of the person nearing the end of their life (4 Marks)

6. Outline your understanding of the need for effective and sensitive communication (4 Marks)

7. Outline how you would work as a team when caring for a person nearing the end of their life, to include family members, friends, and staff as part of this team (4 Marks)

8. Outline your understanding of the need for support to be available to anyone affected by the end of life and death of an individual including family, friends, staff, and other clients/service users (3 Marks)