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All-In Palliative Care: The Team Approach to LTC

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Enrollment is closed. Please reach out to ceolfund@bruyere.org with any questions.

For Ontario LTC homes that want to build their team’s competencies and capacity in interprofessional palliative care. An 8-hour virtual training program to help your team build confidence in communicating about and strengthening resident-centred palliative care.

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  • Sessions will run from 8:30 AM ET to 4:30 PM ET (with breaks)
  • Virtual training through Zoom
  • Training is offered in English and French
  • CNA Accredited; 9 hours
  • Free
  • Wage support available for participating learners on request
  • Prerequisite eLearning Series (1 hour)
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  • One application from each Ontario LTC home
  • The application must be approved by the Administrator
  • Names, roles and email address of learners must be listed (can be changed later)
  • A laptop/computer/tablet connected to Wifi, audio and webcam for each team member (team members cannot attend together using one screen)
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  • Change the way you communicate about palliative care
  • Change the way you support palliative care
  • Explain the importance of cultural humility in the delivery of palliative care
  • Determine ways you can contribute to a grief-friendly work environment
To the left of this graphic is an illustration of nine interprofessional long-term care team members. To the right is the sub-heading: Course Outline.
  • Lesson 1: What is palliative care?
  • Lesson 2: Palliative care sooner rather than later
  • Lesson 3: Palliative care is everyone’s responsibility
  • Lesson 4: Increasing comfort talking about dying and death
  • Lesson 5: Grief is normal

For questions, contact a member of the Ontario CLRI at Bruyère Health team at ceolfund@bruyere.org or 613-562-6262, Ext. 1985.

Accreditation

The All-In Palliative Care training program is accredited through the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA).

The training has been through rigorous quality assessment. Participate in this training program to earn 9 CNA credits towards your continuing professional development.

Acknowledgements

The Ontario CLRI at Bruyère Health has collaborated with the University of Ottawa Teaching and Learning Support Service to adapt the All-In Palliative Care: The Team Approach to LTC training program to a virtual setting and update it to meet the needs of interprofessional teams in LTC homes.

We would like to thank the following interprofessional team members who contributed to updating this training program:

  • Ruth Richardson, RN, Associate Program Manager, Champlain Hospice Palliative Care Program
  • Ashley Flanagan, PhD, Senior Knowledge Broker, Ontario CLRI at Bruyère Health
  • Pauline Schneider, Interprofessional Educator, Ontario CLRI at Bruyère Health
  • Barbara Ballantyne, RN, BNSc, MScN, CONc, CHPCN(C), Clinical Nurse Specialist, Health Sciences North, Sudbury
  • Nadia Potoczny, Education Coordinator, Ontario CLRI at Bruyère Health
  • Tracey Human, RN, CHPCN(C), Director, Palliative Care, Pain & Symptom
    Management Consultation (PPSMC), Toronto
  • Disa Clifford, RN, BA, BScN, MN, CHPCN(C), Consultant, Palliative Care, Pain & Symptom Management (PPSMC), Toronto
  • Annie Stoneburgh, Professor, Recreation Management in Gerontology, George Brown College
  • Sarah Willmott, RN, BscN, Practice Application Specialist, Conestoga College

The original content of this training program was developed in partnership with Algonquin College.

This work is supported, in part, with funding from the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Centres for Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care (CLRI) hosted at Bruyère Health. The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the Province.

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