Registration Deadline April 20th for “Palliative Care for Older Adults” ILCA Workshop

The University of Toronto’s
Institute for Life Course and Aging is pleased to present
Workshops for Healthcare Professionals

Palliative Care for Older Adults

When: Mon Apr 30th to Sun May 27th, 2012 (4 weeks) ONLINE Cost: $200 (Students $100)

This workshop will introduce inter-professional learners to key concepts in palliative care,
considering the experiences and needs of older adults in hospice, hospital and community settings

Learning objectives – by the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Define, describe and differentiate “Hospice palliative care” as a philosophy of care, a specialty, a service/program and a setting
• Gain insight in to special considerations related to hospice palliative care for older adults
• Further develop an understanding and comfort in formulating goals of care for older adults
• Further develop an understanding of concepts around advance care planning for older adults

Format: Learners will review weekly course materials and respond to weekly questions in an online discussion forum at their discretion. In addition, the facilitators are planning a real time session once a week to complement the online instruction – Wed 7-8pm EST.

Week 1

i) Hospice Palliative Care – definition, differences (between “hospice” and “palliative care”) and delivery
ii) Unique hospice palliative care needs of the older adult

Week 2

i) Advance Care Planning: definition and approaches; tools that can be used by professionals & caregivers in hospice, hospital and community settings
ii) Establishing Goals of Care: definition and approaches; tools that can be used by professionals & caregivers in hospice, hospital and community settings

Week 3

i) Family meetings – the nuts and bolts
ii) Finding services for patients and their caregivers – tips for professionals, caregivers and older adults in need

Week 4

i) Addressing Caregiver Needs
ii) Grief, Bereavement care – what, why and how

Facilitators:

Susan Blacker, MSW, RSW
Director, Cancer Services
Planning and Performance, St. Michael’s Hospital
Lecturer, Division of Palliative Care and
Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto

Dr. Jeff Myers
Head, Palliative Care Consult Team,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Head, Division of Palliative Care,
University of Toronto

This workshop will be offered online and will only be offered if there is sufficient enrolment.
You must register by midnight Friday, April 20th in order to “attend” online.

To Register: contact nina.carlton@utoronto.ca for your registration form.