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LEAP LTC in Fort Frances

October 16 @ 8:30 am - October 17 @ 5:00 pm

Award-winning palliative care course for health care professionals working in long-term care and nursing homes.

LEAP™ Long-Term Care is an interprofessional course that focuses on the essential competencies to provide a palliative care approach, with case studies contextualized to the long-term care setting. LEAP™ Long-Term Care is taught by local experts who are experienced palliative care clinicians and educators.

Who is it for?

LEAP™ Long-Term Care is ideal for any health care professional (e.g., physician, nurse, pharmacist, social worker) as well as personal support workers (PSWs) or care aides working in long-term care and nursing homes.

LEAP™ Long-Term Care promotes teamwork and collaboration among different health care professionals who work in a variety of settings.

When & Where?

October 16 & 17, 2024 at the Copper River Inn in Fort Frances, Ontario

Course features:

  • Interprofessional approach.
  • Built by Canadian palliative care experts.
  • Learners receive a LEAP™ certificate of completion and an electronic copy of the best-selling resource, the Pallium Palliative Pocketbook.

Accreditation:

This 2 credit-per-hour Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada

Learning outcomes:

Upon completion of LEAP™ Long-Term Care, learners should be able to:

  • Describe the importance of self-awareness when providing palliative and end-of-life care.
  • Identify patients who could benefit from a palliative care approach earlier in the illness trajectory.
  • Promote and undertake Advance Care Planning discussions.
  • Assess and manage pain; delirium; dementia; gastrointestinal symptoms, hydration, and nutrition; and respiratory symptoms.
  • Develop plans to address spiritual or psychosocial needs.
  • Initiate essential discussions related to palliative and end-of-life care in daily work.
  • Identify and implement support strategies in grief and bereavement situations.
  • Prepare patients and families for last days and hours.
  • Recognize the role of all care providers in long-term care in providing a palliative care approach.

Facilitated By:

  • Dr. Kathy Simpson,
  • Valerie Jensen, RN,
  • Laurenne Stuart, MSW,
  • Laura McCormick, PSW

Topics covered include:

Being Aware | Taking Ownership | Decision-Making and Advance Care Planning | Pain Management | Delirium & Dementia | Essential Conversations | Psychosocial and Spiritual Care | Gastrointestinal Symptoms, Hydration, and Nutrition | Last Days & Hours | Grief | Organizational Readiness

Register for this FREE course by clicking HERE

Details

Start:
October 16 @ 8:30 am
End:
October 17 @ 5:00 pm
Website:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfChLU7P4xybSFpFXNM3Uq3-LkP-bNCaN5c7VgW_vrTCurkxA/viewform

Organizer

CERAH
Email
cerah@lakeheadu.ca

Lakehead University respectfully acknowledges its campuses are located on the traditional lands of Indigenous people. Lakehead Thunder Bay is located on the traditional lands of the Fort William First Nation, Signatory to the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850. Lakehead University acknowledges the history that many nations hold in the areas around our campuses, and is committed to a relationship with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit based on the principles of mutual trust, respect, reciprocity, and collaboration in the spirit of reconciliation. As a Centre we are committed to working towards reconciliation and decolonizing our work and have committed as a staff to educating ourselves in these areas both personally and professionally.