Events for Health-Care Professionals
The team at BCCPC has gathered links to education events designed for Health Care Providers caring for people affected by life-limiting illness. The events are not created or endorsed by BCCPC unless stated in the description.
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National Caregiver Day: Supporting Caregivers Throughout Their Caring Journey
April 4, 2023 @ 7:00 am - 11:30 am PDT
In honour of National Caregiver Day, annually on the first Tuesday in April), Carers Canada is offering webinars on supporting caregivers throughout their caring journey:Â Valuing the Voice of Caregivers and Patients, Grief from the First Step and Conversations Through the Journey.
(Registration for the sessions is complimentary).
Panel Discussion 1: Valuing the Voice of Caregivers and Patients (10:00am – 11:00am ET)
Discuss the importance of education and programs that are based on patients’ and caregivers’ values, providers expertise and best available evidence.
Facilitator: Jennifer Campagnolo, Engagement Lead, Canadian Home Care Association
Guest speakers:
- Sabrina Lessard, Institutional Researcher, Centre for Research and Expertise in Social Gerontology, CREGÉS CIUSSS-CODIM
- Sharon Anderson, Research Coordinator Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta
Panel Discussion 2: Grief from the First Step  (12:00 – 1:00pm ET)Â
This panel will bring together the expertise of caregivers, research and innovative technologies in a discussion of caregiver grief and bereavement.
Facilitator: Jennifer Campagnolo, Engagement Lead, Canadian Home Care Association
Discussion Moderator: Liv Mendelsohn, Executive Director, Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence
Guest panelists:
- Christopher Klinger, Researcher, National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE)
- Pam Orzeck, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, McGill University
- Zelda Freitas, Adjunct Professor, School of Social Work, McGill University
- Colleen Breen, bereaved caregiver to both her parents
Panel Discussion 3:Â Conversations throughout the Journey (1:30 – 2:30pm ET)
Experts in Serious Illness Conversations (SIC) and Advanced Care Planning (ACP) will respond to the experiences and perspectives of caregivers about the care conversations they wished had happened and the conversations which positively changed their experience.
Facilitator: Jennifer Campagnolo, Engagement Lead, Canadian Home Care Association
Guest panelists:
- Della Roberts, Special Projects Manager, BC Center for Palliative Care, Adjunct Professor University of Victoria School of Nursing
- Laurel Gillespie, Chief Executive Office, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, former Director of Advance Care Planning in Canada
- Ron Boleno, caregiver to his father with dementia
