This course takes a deep dive into the challenges families and friends of a patient with serious illness face and how you can care for and support them as a provider, social worker or family friend. Supporting Families and Caregivers especially focuses on the children of a patient with serious illness and their caregiver, and teaches you the best way to empower them to get the support they need. By the end of this course, you will be able to provide critical avenues of support for the people who are instrumental to your patients care, wellbeing and quality of life.
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Status: Social Work
Social Work
Status: Patient Advocacy
Patient Advocacy
Beginner·Course·11 hours
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5.0·Reviewed Aug 10, 2023
Thank you for providing insightful knowledge through this course.
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Anonymous Anonymous
1.0
·Reviewed Dec 9, 2020
My gosh! The peer review is taking forever and I have to grade 3 people for every course. That will take forever. Make it more measurable and don't put you can finish as fast as you could. Because it is not real. even though we finish early, we have to wait forever. You are doing the peer review so people would get stuck and pay a monthly subscription or encourage other people to join your course. You guys just want to suck money out of people. Horrible! Horrendous!
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Amelia Brown
1.0
·Reviewed Mar 11, 2021
I’m upset that I’m considered “overdue” in this course because I haven’t reviewed 3 of my peers. How am I supposed to review 3 peers if there are not three peer assignments? And what happened to the peer review I did on Feb. 22nd? It seems to have disappeared! If there are not three peer assignments by the course deadline that should NOT be my problem!
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Saba Bashir
5.0
·Reviewed Aug 11, 2023
Thank you for providing insightful knowledge through this course.
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Joanne Duncan
3.0
·Reviewed Feb 24, 2021
I enjoyed the course , but I am just disappointed that I could not get my submitted work graded on time before my subscription expired, I can not afford to pay again and I have finished and submitted all the work, but grading took too long for me to get my certificate before the expiry date
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Adeniyi Makanjuola Michael
5.0
·Reviewed Nov 18, 2022
This course has changed my way of thinking towards patients who need care, it has built empathy and compassion in me and I now put myself in their shoes . I have also learnt to relate well with my children by giving them the opportunity to give their own opinion unlike before that I do impose my will on them. The content of the course is very rich
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WAHID SHAH
5.0
·Reviewed Apr 13, 2026
Excellent course! It provides clear, practical guidance on supporting families and caregivers during challenging times. The lessons are easy to understand, well-structured, and very meaningful. I especially appreciated the real-life examples and compassionate approach. Highly recommended for anyone interested in caregiving or family support.”
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Papio Fonseca-Diaz
5.0
·Reviewed Aug 26, 2024
The Certification is Fantastic.
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Mokgwadi Deon Mamushi
5.0
·Reviewed Apr 26, 2024
I enjoyed this course so much
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omobola Adewumi
5.0
·Reviewed Jun 12, 2022
Great course...
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Ada Chang
5.0
·Reviewed Nov 11, 2024
very good
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Diana Dauda
5.0
·Reviewed Mar 5, 2024
Good
4.0
·Reviewed Oct 5, 2024
I enjoyed every part of the course, but I do have with continuation sometimes, because the course settings will draw me back to some lessons I've completed instead of bringing the next module.
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Nila swarnika
4.0
·Reviewed Jun 1, 2024
Informative
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Elizabeth Byrne
1.0
·Reviewed Jul 30, 2024
They make you do half the course and you haver to pay for the rest. Wasted my timw!
