LEAP LTC is now full. To join our waitlist, please contact Stephanie Hendrickson at shendric@lakeheadu.ca.
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.
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.
Online Features:
- 17 interactive, self-learning online modules completed at your own pace (approximately 8 hours of work).
- 6 hours of online webinars led by LEAP™ facilitators where learners will work through cases and discuss learnings from online modules. Personal support workers/care aides have specific case studies contextualized to their role.
Accreditation:
This 2 credit-per-hour Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 26.5 Mainpro+ credits.
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,
- Jessica McAnulty, MSW,
- Shane Hintikka, 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
Note: Before you register, please ensure you have enough time to complete 3 pre-course activities (approximately 1-2 hrs of work) and 17 self-learning modules (approximately 8 hours of work) before the first webinar date. Attendance on both webinar dates is required to receive your certificate of completion. Once you have registered with CERAH, you will be provided with a course enrolment key to begin the prerequisite online modules in Pallium Canada’s learning management system.
To register for this free online, accredited course, please click HERE
Registration closes on January 26, 2024
