Palliative Care at Home for Young Children in Africa: Training and Support Package

This Home-based Paediatric Palliative Care Training and Support Package is designed to help train community workers who are in a position to support families to care for very sick young children at home. It is also designed to support families directly in looking after a very sick child. According to the publication, the training and support package is presented within an adult-friendly learning framework designed to be accessible to a range of literacy levels. The underlying principle is to facilitate learning through practice in the home environment and build partnerships between professional health care workers, community and home-based care workers, families, and other caregivers. The training guide contains practical guidance, techniques, and tips and uses stories to facilitate the training - there is a story for each important message to make it easier to understand and remember.
The training and support package contains the following:

• A Guide for home-based care workers
• A Training manual for home-based care workers
• Caregiver's toolkit
• Helpful handouts
• Information for managers and administrators
• Evaluation of basic competencies
• Training and support certificates for caregivers, home-based care workers, and trainers.