Palliative Care - Congrès international sur les soins palliatifs

Wednesday, October 10, 2012B05 – continuedB) Delivering a Fully Online Academic Palliative Care Programme:Educating and Linking Professionals across the Globe to Improvethe Quality of Palliative Care ProvisionElaine Stevens, Stuart Milligan, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Scotland,United KingdomThis workshop begins by introducing the Graduate Certificate in Palliative Careprogramme which is delivered fully online to students from across the world.Attendees will then have the opportunity to work through examples of course activitiesin small groups. The workshop will conclude with a discussion of the applicability ofthe programme to differing professional practices.B06 A) Remembering the Dead: Reaching Beyond Sorrow to LegacyThomas Attig, King's University College, London, ON, CanadaGuided imagery followed by discussion will heighten awareness of the varietiesof experiences of remembering the dead, demonstrate the possibility of reachingpast painful reminders of separation, support harvesting of precious legacies, andshow caregivers how to help individuals, families, and communities accomplishthese things.B) Making It G-Rated: Strategies for Talking to ChildrenWhen a Parent Is DyingMartha Aschenbrenner, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United StatesParents diagnosed with a life threatening illness are confronted with twomonumental worries: “Will this disease take my life?” and “What about mychildren?” Ways to disclose information about a parent’s condition in developmentallyappropriate language and methods to enhance coping will be discussed in thisinteractive session.B07 A) Palliative Care Services for the Ageing Population of UgandaRichard Semanda, The Uganda Geriatric Respite Centre, Kampala, UgandaRose Kiwanuka, Palliative Care Association of Uganda, Kampala, Uganda ,There is evidence for the need to integrate palliative care into the new geriatrichealth system and other health policies across Uganda's communities. Thepresentation will look at key issues and questions such as access, quality and safety,and discuss how geriatric medicine and palliative care initiatives should aim tostrengthen health systems, so that they respond more effectively to the health needsof the ageing population.B) Continuing the Journey with Aboriginal Families:Healing and Sacred Words SharedKim McKay-McNabb 1 , Louise Cadrin 2 , Mary Hampton 4 , Angelina Baydala 3 ,Carrie Bourassa 1 , Gerald Saul 3 , Betty McKenna 51. First Nations University of Canada; 2. Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region; 3. University ofRegina; 4. Luther College; 5. Elder; Regina, SK, CanadaThis presentation profiles the use of community-based participatory actionresearch in creating videos to facilitate delivery of culturally appropriate and safeend-of-life care for Aboriginal families, while relaying knowledge about Aboriginalend-of-life protocols. These videos will be available to multiple knowledge usersincluding health care providers and Aboriginal health care agencies.23