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Date: Thursday, February 27, 2014
Time: 8:30am - 4:00pm
Location: Toronto Hilton Downtown
Address: 145 Richmond Street West, Toronto, ON

Workshop Learning Objectives:

This interactive, hands-on workshop will:

• Discuss the palliative approach and end of life care needs of older adults and LTC residents.
• Provide a forum where front line workers can explore palliative care practices specifically designed for LTC residents.
• Explore key transitions in resident care and innovations that support residents and families until end of life.
• Highlight how the end of life care needs of residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, including those with responsive behaviours, and how they can be addressed using a palliative approach to care.

Target Audience:

Personal Support Workers, Health Care Aides and other front-line workers.

Those who are registered and attend this event will receive a comprehensive kit of resources as well as a Certificate of Attendance from the Centre for Education and Research on Aging & Health (CERAH) at Lakehead University.

Registration:

Registration is $99 + HST and covers workshop materials, lunch and refreshments. Group rates available for organizations registering five or more people. Space is limited.

8:30am-9:00am	Registration
9:00am-9:30am	Welcome & Introduction to a Palliative Care Approach Mary Lou Kelley and Deborah Parker
9:30am-10:15am	Integrating the Palliative Approach into Resident-Centred Care from Admission to End of Life Mary Lou Kelley and Deborah Parker
10:15am -10:45am	Palliative Care, Dementia Care, and Resident-Centred Care: What’s the Difference? Mary Lou Kelley and Deborah Parker
10:45am-11:00am	Break
11:00am-12:00pm	Personal Support Worker Competencies in Palliative Care Marg McKee and Jackie McDonald
12:00pm-12:30pm	Lunch & Networking
12:30pm-2:30pm	Innovations for Palliative Care in Long Term Care Phase 1: Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care Conferencing  Deborah Parker Phase 2: Identification and Screening of Residents Mary Lou Kelley Phase 3: End of Life Communications: Resident, Families, Staff Jackie McDonald Phase 4: Bereavement Support and Peer led Debriefing Marg McKee
2:30pm-2:45pm	Break
2:45pm-3:45pm	Developing a Palliative Care Program: The Role of an Interdisciplinary Resource Team and Your Role as a PSW Jackie McDonald and Mary Lou Kelley
3:45pm-4:00pm	Closing and Questions

Speaker Biographies

	Mary Lou Kelley MSW, PhD Lakehead University Mary Lou Kelley, MSW, PhD, is the Lakehead University Chair for Palliative Care,  a Social Work Professor at Lakehead University and a Professor at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Her work focuses on promoting interdisciplinary research and education in gerontology and palliative care for health care professionals especially those working in rural, remote areas, long term care homes and First Nation’s communities. Dr. Kelley’s research and publications focus on health and social services for older adults, rural health, long-term care policy and delivery, palliative care, and interdisciplinary gerontology education. She was the founding Director of the Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health in 1992 wand  a founding member of the Northwest End-of Life Care Network in 2005, served on the network's steering committee and was co-chair. In 2011 she was a co-chair for the system integration subcommittee of the MOHLTC Advancing Palliative Care Engagement Strategy that worked to create a vision for palliative care system integration in Ontario. She has provided advice to Accreditation Canada on developing new palliative care standards for long term care and currently she is a member of the Health Quality Ontario Expert Advisory Panel on End of Life Care.  She was the recipient of the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association's 2011 Award of Excellence and the Queens Diamond Jubilee medal in 2012 in recognition of her contribution to Canadian palliative care practice, education and research.
	Deborah Parker RN, BA, MSoc, PhD University of Queensland / Blue Care Research and Practice Development Centre Associate Professor Parker is the Director of the University of Queensland/Blue Care Research and Practice Development Centre (UQ/BC RPDC). Deborah has attracted over $20 million in research funding primarily in palliative aged care. This includes a grant of $1.4 million under the Encouraging Best Practice in Residential Aged Care for the project - Implementation of a comprehensive evidence based palliative approach in Residential Aged Care which developed the Palliative Approach Toolkit. The Toolkit has received a further $2 million for implementation in 1,000 facilities in Australia. Deborah is a co-investigator on a $15 million consortium to provide and evaluate specialist palliative care and advance care planning support for aged care providers in Australia.
	Marg McKee Lakehead University Marg is the Director of the School of Social Work and the Coordinator of the Palliative Care Certificate programLakehead University. She teaches courses in counselling and clinical practice, and practice with older people and people suffering from life-threatening illness. She is a sychologist and a nurse by training, with a special interest in end of life care. Her research is in the area of palliative care, and understanding the roles of volunteers and personal support workers with older people who are dying.
	Jackie McDonald Bethammi Nursing Home Jackie McDonald is a Personal Support Worker (PSW) at Bethammi Nursing Home where she has worked for ten years. Prior to working in long term care, Jackie worked as a PSW in the community. Jackie was a PSW Lead in her home as part of a five year participatory action research project (Quality Palliative Care in Long Term Care) led by Dr. Mary Lou Kelley at Lakehead University. Not only was she was an active participant within this research but she was also key player in disseminating the results across Ontario. Through the project she was part of a dedicated group of PSW's, overseen by Dr. Marg McKee, who helped to develop competencies for PSW's working in Long Term Care Homes. Jackie is dedicated to helping residents, families, and staff to explore the concept of change and how to work together to attain goals desired by the resident.