Evaluation of an end-of-life teaching programme for unregistered domiciliary care staff.

Background: With increased focus on people being supported to die at home, and increased numbers of people predicted to die in the coming years in the UK, it is recognised that domiciliary carers need to be trained and supported to give end-of-life care. Recent reports suggest that this is not happening.

Aim: To introduce and evaluate a training programme to upskill unregulated domiciliary care agency staff and integrate them into the palliative care teams, supporting registered nurses in caring for end-of-life patients.