Inclusive Palliative Care: Cultural Sensitivity in Practice

Palliative care that is affirming and inclusive of all backgrounds and identities is integral to easing suffering at the end of life. In this series, you'll explore best practices in palliative care using an inclusive lens, leveraging the diversity of expertise from the long-term care and caregiver team.
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  • Inclusive Care Tools

    Learn about inclusive palliative care tools supporting cultural sensitivity in LTC for 2SLGBTQ+ and Indigenous residents, and get resources for compassionate end-of-life training.

  • Essential Care Partners

    Explore how to engage care partners in palliative care through advance planning, training, and innovative practices like multi-disciplinary teams and "Code Dove" approaches.

  • Nutrition Best Practices

    Discover interdisciplinary palliative care approaches emphasizing dietary planning, nutrition education, person-centered hydration practices and communication tools that align with LTC regulations.

Course Curriculum

This course was recorded live online in October 2024. It includes three hours of on-demand learning.

  1. 1

    • A Message from Learning Hub Sponsor GoEasyCare

    • Understanding and Implementing Inclusive Palliative Care (2 hours)

    • Palliative Care and the Essential Care Partner Relationship (2 hours)

    • Compassionate Palliative Care Through Dietary Planning (2 hours)

    • Survey

Investment

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Instructors

Carol Donovan

Registered Dietitian, Co-Chair of the Ontario Seniors Nutrition and Advocacy Committee, Seasons Care Dietitian Network

Dr. Fred Mather

Medical Director, Sunnyside Home

Heather Toll

Registered Dietitian, Member of the Ontario Seniors Nutrition & Advocacy Committee (OSNAC), Hillsdale Terraces Long Term Care Facility, The Regional Municipality of Durham

Marie Bélanger

Acting Administrator, Sunnyside Home

Julie Abraham

Acting Assistant Manager of Care, Sunnyside Home

Ingrid Loepp Thiessen

Chaplain, Sunnyside Home

Alison Kilbourn

Manager, Essential Care Partner Support Hub, Ontario Caregiver Organization

Rami Shami

Rami is a Hospice Palliative Care Consultant at Rami Shami Consulting.