Virtual Event
Palliative Care in Dementia
This training program is aimed at enhancing the knowledge of frontline staff in caring for people with dementia using a palliative care approach.
This program focuses on promoting quality of life and comfort for individuals living with dementias and their families, with particular emphasis on late-stage and end-of-life care.

Participants will explore their own beliefs around dying and how it impacts care as well as examine what a palliative care approach means through a dementia lens.
Learning Objectives:
- Reflect on different values & beliefs on dying and how it impacts care
- Define palliative care
- Describe dementia as a terminal condition and its symptoms in late/end of life stages
- Review Dementia-Specific Palliative Care Goals/Values that provide comfort and support quality of life in advanced and end-of-life dementia
- Relate concepts of culture, spirituality and communication and their significance in delivering person-centered care
- Addressing unattended grief as a healthcare provider and its impact on delivering person-centered care
*NOTE* This program assumes that you have basic working knowledge of dementia. Before taking the Palliative Care Workshop, it is highly recommended that you have at least one of the following:
- Dementia Foundations
- Dementia 101 self paced module on AlzEducate
- Dementia Overview – live session delivered via Zoom or AlzEducate (check our events calendar for dates)
- Experience working with people with dementia
Participants will receive a certificate of attendance upon successful completion of all requirements.
Cost: Free
Course Time: 3 hours