Most people wish to die at home yet significant barriers exist in accessing care in one’s home, especially for individuals with caregiver and/or housing instability. Across the U.S., residential homes for the dying are opening to address gaps in end-of-life care by recruiting community members to serve as caregivers to hospice patients during their final days. This paper describes a blended-experiential training program, informed by both an evidence-based educational framework and transformative learning theory, that trains undergraduate students to serve as surrogate family members to hospice patients in residential care homes. This study analyzed data from a sample of undergraduate students (n = 35) who participated in an 8-week program. Applying Kirkpatrick’s evaluation model, study results indicate the program provided essential knowledge and skills in end-of-life care, benefiting both student learning outcomes and resident care.

大多数人希望死在家里，但在家中获得护理存在重大障碍，尤其是对于有护理人员和/或住房不稳定的人。在美国各地，临终者之家正在开放，以解决临终关怀方面的差距，招募社区成员作为护理人员在临终病人的最后几天提供临终关怀服务。本文介绍了一个混合体验式培训计划，该计划以循证教育框架和变革性学习理论为基础，培训本科生作为代理家庭成员在养老院中为临终关怀患者提供服务。本研究分析了参加为期 8 周课程的本科生样本 (n = 35) 的数据。应用柯克帕特里克的评估模型，