Palliative Care Volunteer Training

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION :
Accompaniment of ill people in loss of their autonomy
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I am so grateful for these face-to-face training days throughout 2020, which were so inspiring for my approach to end-of-life care, but also full of lessons for my everyday lifes🌈✨.

The various speakers were fascinating, and each participant’s contribution was so enriching. I really enjoyed the group dynamics, and some lovely friendships were born😇.

I felt nostalgic when the course came to an end – these monthly meetings were so precious to me💗.

This training course provides a solid, common foundation for all palliative care volunteers in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It is organized by the VALM association (Veiller, Accompagner Là et Maintenant)

•Day 1: Verbal and non-verbal communication
Christine Burki, adult educator and psychosocial supervisor.

•Day 2: Volunteers-Professionals, what kind of collaboration?
Christine Burki, adult educator and psychosocial supervisor.

•Day 3: Mourning to get through,
Viviane Fürtwangler, nurse clinician at the Rive-Neuve palliative care center and bereavement group leader.

•Day 4: The function of rituals
Edmond Pittet, director of Pompes Funèbres Générales in Lausanne.

•Day 5: Palliative care: for whom, what and how?
Boris Cantin, physician, medical manager of the HFR palliative care unit of the “Voltigo” mobile team.

•Day 6: Life story, a story to be lived!
Christine Burki, adult trainer and supervisor in psychosocial work.

•Day 7: Spirituality in everyday life
François Rosselet, theologian and chaplain at the Rive-Neuve palliative care center.

•Day 8: Accompanying: comfort and safety gestures
Isabelle Quartenoud, PDSP trainer, Croix-Rouge fribourgeoise.

www.valm.ch