Listening to Lived Experience: What People Living With Dementia Want You to Know About Compassionate Care and their Serious Illness
As January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, we brought you this insightful webinar led by Maria Panzera with guest speaker Myrna Norman. This podcast highlighted how dementia affects daily life, identity, communication, and relationships. We examined how a palliative approach to care can support comfort, dignity, and person-centred decision-making throughout the illness trajectory. Learning Outcomes:
Recognizing Change, Supporting the Person: Earlier Identification and Palliative Approaches in Developmental Services
A thoughtful and practical conversation led by our specialists Tracey Human, Janet Elder, Angie Gonzales, Teresea Donaldson, and Michael Mackenzie. This was a conversation for care providers about how early recognition, teamwork, and compassionate communication could improve quality of life for a person with an intellectual and/or developmental disability who is living with a serious […]
Every Child, Every Family, Every Community: Inclusive Approaches to Pediatric Hospice Palliative Care
For this webinar, led by Maria Panzera Rugg, Participants learnt what pediatric palliative care is (and is not). The webinar examined the vital role of PSWs and HCAs in caring for children, learnt strategies to use in caring for a child, the family and community, and gained an appreciation for the importance of cultural safety […]
Challenges and Resilience in the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community: Exploring Grief and Bereavement Through a Holistic Lens
Grief and loss are universal experiences, but for members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, the journey of grief can carry unique challenges. In this session, Geoff Straw and Carma Mackenzie, who are two passionate psychotherapists, looked at grief and bereavement and then discussed challenges and resilience in the context of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. This was a […]
