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Competencies – Domain 1 – Principles of PC & palliative approach. Utilizes a holistic approach to care with awareness of how illness, death and bereavement impacts all aspects of person’s and family’s functioning. Domain 2 – Cultural safety & humility. Facilitates expression and inclusion of the person’s and family’s values, beliefs, and wishes during declining health and bereavement. Domain 3 – Communication. Facilitates different conversations with families and members of the inter-professional team. Understands how fatigue, weakness and imminent death may impact communication and helps person/family and inter-professional teams interpret other forms of communication (e.g., symbolic communication, gestures, facial expressions).  Domain 5 – Comfort & quality of life. Provides developmentally appropriate non-pharmacological interventions within own expertise appropriate including art, play therapy, and relaxation for relief of distress. Refers to other resources as needed.  Domain 6 – Loss, grief, and bereavement. Understands the characteristics and challenges of grieving for a child or youth. Provides counselling support or refers as appropriate. Domain 8 – Self care. Understands and attends to the impact of death, dying, and bereavement on caregivers (self, family, team, professionals). Describe strategies to assist parents/caregivers in sharing serious illness information appropriately with children  Describe issues and barriers related to connection between the seriously ill person and a child and how to address same  Describe activities and play therapy techniques that may be helpful for children along the illness trajectory and at EOL 

Join us as Dr. Diane Meier reveals the findings of CAPC’s second COVID field survey. Nearly a year into the crisis, how has COVID-19 affected palliative care programs? Who should attend: All palliative care professionals, and all health professionals focused on strengthening care for patients with serious illness during the COVID-19 pandemic. CAPC is located […]