APS VR Simulation Training - Dementia, Parkinson's and End-of-Life Conversations

APS Simulation Training: Dementia, Parkinson's Disease and End-of-Life Conversations

Featuring a special focus on two progressive diseases, this immersive training strengthens learners’ understanding of these conditions while also emphasizing the importance of clear, compassionate communication about end-of-life decisions and about what to expect in the final days.

Learning Objectives

After attending this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify ways these diseases affect individuals.
• Recognize changes that can disrupt activities of daily living.
• Find effective ways to work as a team between patient, family and health care personnel to contribute to patient quality of life.
• Identify effective ways to manage anxiety, agitation or hallucinations that often present with these conditions.
• Recognize when caretaker burnout, financial burden or safety may necessitate help from professional care agencies and/or residential communities.
• Identify ways residential communities can tailor care for older adults with unique needs due to their culture as well as disease presentation.
• Define three end-of-life services and identify service offerings.
• Identify two examples of important end-of-life paperwork.
• Identify two signs or symptoms of active dying.
• Define the cycle of grief and provide one example of complicated grief.
• Identify three death and bereavement resources.