*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:

1. Dementia Foundations
2. Dementia 101 self paced module on AlzEducate
3. Dementia Overview – live session delivered via Zoom or AlzEducate (check our events calendar for dates)
4. Experience working with people with dementia

Description
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. 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

Date and Time: 
Thursday, March 12th from 10:00am to 1:00pm

Program will be presented online using Zoom. Registration is required.

*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:

1. Dementia Foundations
2. Dementia 101 self paced module on AlzEducate
3. Dementia Overview – live session delivered via Zoom or AlzEducate (check our events calendar for dates)
4. Experience working with people with dementia

Description
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. 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

Date and Time: 
Friday, February 27th from 10:00am to 1:00pm

Program will be presented online using Zoom. Registration is required.

Join us for an afternoon that will inspire you to find more of the best moments in your caregiving practice.  Join Public Education Coordinator Laura McGill and Active Living Program Coordinator Tracey Adams-Thibaudeau in-person as we explore some of the challenges in caregiving, and some of the ways that we can engage more meaningfully with our clients.

This workshop is intended for paid caregivers, so whether you work in Long Term Care, Retirement, or in-home care this course will invite you to think differently and become curious about yourself and the caring relationships you cultivate.  *Light refreshments provided.

U-First!® Advanced is a new education program for health care staff  who provide direct care, who have already taken U-First!®  and want to enhance their skills and ability to apply the U-First!® Framework.

This 6 hour education program will help you to:

• Deepen your understanding and ability to apply the U-First! Framework
• Improve collaboration among all members of the team, including care partners
• Increase the wellbeing of people experiencing behaviour changes
• Reduce stress and increase job satisfaction for you and for others on the team

Who should attend?
U-First!® Advanced is for healthcare professionals who have previously taken part in a U-First!® Basics for Health Care Professionals or U-First!® Online course and want to enhance their skills and ability to apply the U-First!® Framework.
Health care and other service providers with a direct role in supporting people experiencing behaviour changes due to dementia or other cognitive impairment in a variety of settings (e.g. Support Workers, Dietary staff, Recreation staff, Housekeeping, Developmental Service Workers, Adult Day Program staff).

Eligibility Criteria:
1) Must be currently in a healthcare role supporting people experiencing behaviour changes due to dementia or other cognitive impairment in a team setting (i.e. LTC, retirement home, Adult Day Program etc.)
2) Must have previously taken part in a U-First!® Basics for Health Care Professionals or U-First!® Online course. It must be at least 6 months or more ago that the course was taken, to allow participants to have had the chance to practice the U-First!® framework.

Date and Time: 
Thursday, April 16th from 9:00am to 4:00pm

Cost: $85
(this cost includes the five dollar material shipping fee)
Please enter your complete address (including apartment number if applicable) when you register. Course materials will be mailed to you ahead of time. A ten dollar fee will be applied if materials have to be reshipped due to an incomplete address.