Taking a palliative approach to care improves the quality of care provided and enhances the overall well-being of the person with dementia and their family and caregivers. However assessing and managing symptoms and ensuring the plan of care for someone living with dementia maintains their dignity and follows their wishes, goals, and values can be difficult when the disease reaches the stage where the person is not able to speak for themselves.
A Palliative Approach to Care with Dementia
This workshop’s learning objectives:
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- Describe the prevalence and pathophysiology of the various types of dementia
- Better support the person living with dementia and their family/caregivers through end of life
- Understand some of the commonly used medications in dementia
- Understand specialized tools available for symptom assessment and management in dementia
Education specific to dementia for health care professionals allows for:
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- Better symptom management as symptom assessment and management is more complex in the context of cognitive impairment
- Improved communication between family/caregivers and health care professionals by giving health care professionals strategies for facilitating open and honest discussions about condition, prognosis, and end-of-life preferences
- Effective interdisciplinary collaboration to tailor the plan of care to the unique needs of each patient and their family/caregivers living with dementia
- Increased caregiver support by better recognizing their unique needs and providing resources, education, and support during an extended illness journey that can place a significant burden on family caregivers
- Improved coping skills for health care professionals to promote resiliency and minimize the risk of burnout
Location: Virtual
Date/Time: January 15, 2025, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Registration Deadline: January 2, 2025
Cost: $10 fee with 100% of the fees collected for this workshop will be donated by NSMHPCN to support local initiatives that directly support people living with dementia and those who care for them.
Registration Deadline: January 2, 2025
Cost: $10 fee with 100% of the fees collected for this workshop will be donated by NSMHPCN to support local initiatives that directly support people living with dementia and those who care for them.
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