Palliative Care Series for Families & Care Partners
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Gain clarity. Build confidence. Connect with experts and peers.
Whether you’re new to long-term care (LTC) or have been supporting someone for years, this free 8-part virtual education series is designed to deepen your understanding of key palliative care topics. You’ll become familiar with important palliative care terms and concepts, acquire practical tools, and receive relevant resources to guide you beyond the sessions.
Now in its fifth year, this trusted series has empowered over 600 families and care partners across Ontario LTC homes. Join the hundreds of care partners already benefiting from this series.
For questions, contact a member of the Ontario CLRI at Bruyère Health team at CollaborativeProject@bruyere.org.
Session Schedule
This series includes eight free virtual sessions, offered from 1:00–2:30 PM ET. You can register for one or more sessions based on your interests and availability.
- Palliative Approach to Care | Oct 01, 2026
- Let’s Talk Navigating & Advocating | Oct 22, 2026
- Let’s Talk Advance Care Planning & Goals of Care Conversations | Nov 12, 2026
- Let’s Talk Medications | Dec 03, 2026
- Let’s Talk Nutrition | Jan 14, 2027
- Let’s Talk Dementia | Feb 04, 2027
- Let’s Talk Dying | Feb 25, 2027
- Let’s Talk Grief & Self-Care | Mar 11, 2027
Learning Objectives
- Understand the true meaning of a palliative approach to care
- Explore the “5 Things To Know About Palliative Care” framework
- Learn how a palliative approach to care can be provided in LTC
- Recognize your role on the palliative care team
- Build confidence in understanding LTC
- Increase your skills as an advocate
- Understand what’s involved in health care decision-making
- Gain confidence in the substitute decision maker’s readiness
- Explore ways to have conversations with substitute decision makers
- Understand how medication needs may change over time
- Learn who’s involved in medication decisions
- Discover steps to feel prepared for medication discussions in LTC
- Reflect on your expectations around nutrition in LTC
- Understand how nutrition care fits within a palliative approach
- Discover steps to support nutrition in palliative care
- Understand the types of dementia and progression
- Discover ways to maintain meaningful connections
- Explore self-care strategies and resources
- Understand the basics of the natural, holistic process of dying
- Gain confidence in offering presence, comfort, and support to the resident at end-of-life
- Explore end-of-life pain management strategies
- Understand different types of grief and how they can affect you
- Recognize personal grief experiences and self-care tools
- Connect with peers who share similar experiences
Register Today – Secure Your Spot!
Registration includes two steps. First, complete the form below. Then, select “Continue to Step 2” to be redirected to the Zoom registration page where you will complete your registration.
For this series, Family Member or Care Partner refers to anyone who:
- Cares for someone living with a serious illness
- Provides care without receiving payment
- Is not employed as a personal support worker
What Participants Are Saying
“The collaborative environment is very friendly and informative, and gives sensible action to families and care partners on how they can best advocate for and be present with their loved one, while being respectful and mindful of the realities for team members.”
“Wonderful presenters, very well organized, with great participation from the audience. This is a great series and really needed to support families and care partners.”