As with First Aid, Last Aid is intended to provide knowledge for support and assistance in unfamiliar and sometimes difficult situations. Most of us take on care responsibilities sooner or later. These can be parents, children or siblings, but also neighbors or friends who suddenly depend on our support due to (incurable) illness or simply aging. Part of this type of care work often includes saying goodbye and the process of end-of-life care, which demands a lot of physical and emotional work from both those in need of care and their relatives.
The Last Aid Course is dedicated to talking about the normality of dying as part of life. Of course, information on Patientenverfügungen (advance directives) and lasting power of attorney will also be briefly discussed. Possible complaints that may be part of the dying process are addressed, and how relatives can be supported in alleviating them. There will also be joint consideration of how to say goodbye and where one’s own possibilities and limits lie.

Seminar contents:

• Dying is part of life
• Providing for and deciding
• Alleviating physical, psychological, social and existential distress
• Saying goodbye

The event is part of the series “No worries?! An information and exchange series on care work and university , organized by the Equality and Diversity Office in close cooperation with the Family Services Center of Personnel Development.