Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care
SPA-LTC (Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long Term Care)
Individuals in long-term care (LTC) who are reaching end-of-life have unique physical, emotional, social, psychological, and spiritual needs. A palliative approach to care ensures these needs are being met in a compassionate way that enhances the quality of life, limits suffering and provides needed comfort.
This podcast explores the palliative approach to long-term care through conversations with patients, health care professionals, family members, researchers and others who want to improve how we care for people in long-term care.
Production of these podcasts has been made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of Health Canada.
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Music Therapy in Palliative Care: a conversation with Sheila Killoran
Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care
03/18/25 • 19 min
"There's kind of a magical quality with music, a healing or a support really that comes from the music. As long as people have been around, we have been making music and it really does connect with us on an emotional level." - Sheila Killoran
Sheila Killoran is the Education Lead for the Covenant Health Palliative Institute. She is a certified music therapist and holds a Master's in Creative Arts Therapies with an interest in guided imagery and grief. Sheila teaches at the University of Alberta and the University of Saskatchewan, and has provided music therapy for the past 20 years in Palliative Care, Hospice, and Continuing Care settings in Edmonton Alberta.
Learn more about music therapy programs:
Canadian Association of Music Therapists: www.musictherapy.ca
Canadian Music Therapy Training Programs:
Related Links - CAMT : CAMT
https://www.musictherapy.ca/about-camt-music-therapy/related-links/
Learn more about the Strengthening a Palliative Approach to Long-Term Care project at: https://spaltc.ca/
Pre-Printed Orders and decision-making in palliative care: a conversation with LPN Sarah Murphy
Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care
04/03/24 • 13 min
"I think a lot of people, when you say the word palliative, they think the end of life is imminent. And that's not the case at all. These are conversations that should be starting to happen on move in or even before move-in."
Sarah Murphy is a licensed practical nurse and the assistant director of care at The Hamlet's long-term care community in Vernon, British Columbia. She has been working long-term care for eight years and has served as a Care Service Lead, Care Coordinator, and now the Assistant Director of Care.
In this episode, we spoke with Sarah about the benefits and drawbacks of pre-printed orders, and the need to distinguish between palliative and end-of-life care.
Learn more about the Strengthening a Palliative Approach to Long-Term Care project at: https://spaltc.ca/
Caring for a partner with dementia: a conversation with Fay Martin
Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care
11/10/24 • 16 min
"You don't know what's going wrong. And you have all these theories, but it's a long time before dementia is one of the hypotheses..."
Fay Martin is a retired social worker who lives in Haliburton County, a small rural community in Ontario. She cared for her husband, who had dementia, until his death in 202. He died with - but not of - dementia, sparing them the ravages of the later stages of that disease. Nevertheless, it knocked their lives sideways.
Learn more about the Strengthening a Palliative Approach to Long-Term Care project at: https://spaltc.ca/
Meaningful Connections: a conversation with PhD student and researcher Courtney Hicks
Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care
09/19/22 • 13 min
Courtney Hicks is a PhD student at the University of Waterloo in the School of Public Health Sciences, Aging Health and Wellbeing program. Her research focuses on a palliative approa h to care for persons living with dementia in long-term care settings. For two years, she worked as a Meaningful Connections Coordinator alongside a recreation and leisure team in a long-term care home in southern Ontario. During our conversation, she spoke about her personal and professional experiences with long-term care and palliative care, and the importance of building competencies in a palliative approach to care for all members of the team.
Learn more about the Strengthening a Palliative Approach to Long-Term Care project at: https://spaltc.ca/
Special Series: Cup of Care- conversations with family caregivers - Episode 8
Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care
09/07/22 • 16 min
Essential life lessons from family caregivers: On autonomy, commitment, and diversity
In this final episode, co-hosts Katie and Sibtain consider how the project intersects with their personal and professional lives. During this conversation, they discuss three important take-home messages from those who participated in this podcast series. These messages connect to the themes of autonomy, commitment, and diversity.
"I want to take these stories and experiences that these caregivers have so graciously given us as an indicator of where our healthcare system is today but also where it needs to go." - Sibtain
Learn more about the Strengthening a Palliative Approach to Long-Term Care project at: https://spaltc.ca/
Person-centered care and the role of the Social Worker in Long-Term Care: a conversation with Kristen Lew-Byrne
Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care
08/21/24 • 13 min
What is person-centered care and how does it contribute to a 'good' death? We spoke with Kristen Lew-Byrne, a registered social worker who talked to us about patient-centered care, and how social workers work with team members, residents and families to help achieve a good death means for each individual.
Kristen Lew-Byrne is a registered social worker who has worked alongside and supported residents and their families within long-term care for 11 years. She works from a holistic person-centered approach, which consists of intersecting psychosocial pieces and needs. Kristen is passionate about taking an ongoing palliative approach and redefining end of life care and what a good death can look like for residents in long-term care.
Learn more about the Strengthening a Palliative Approach to Long-Term Care project at: https://spaltc.ca/
Advocating for a better long-term care system: a conversation with Palliative Care Physician Dr. Amit Arya
Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care
03/18/22 • 16 min
Dr. Amit Arya is a palliative care physician who works in hospital, home care, and long-term care facilities, and is also a professor at the University of Toronto and McMaster University. He's currently the palliative care lead at Kensington Health in Toronto, and also works at the Freeman Centre for Palliative Care at North York General Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. He holds multiple leadership roles at the national, provincial and local level, and was awarded the 2020 Award of Excellence in Social Responsibility from the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto.
In 2021, Dr. Arya co-founded Doctors for Justice in Long-Term Care, a coalition of over a thousand physicians and researchers advocating for an overhaul of the long-term care system in Ontario. He has been featured in the media speaking about long-term care on well-known programs such as CBC's The National, CTV’s The Social, and TVO’s The Agenda.
Learn more about the Strengthening a Palliative Approach to Long-Term Care project at: https://spaltc.ca/
Advocating for nurses and personal support workers in long-term care: a conversation with Nurse and Educator Laura Bulmer
Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care
02/17/22 • 12 min
Laura Bulmer is a Registered Nurse with a Masters in Education who has extensive palliative care experience.
As full- time faculty in a Toronto college, Laura has taught in the nursing and Personal Support Worker programs for over 2 decades. She is the recipient of an RNAO Best Practice Award for her work in palliative care including the My Story and Can We Talk project.
Laura’s passions include advocating for Personal Support Workers and enhancing palliative care education.
Learn more about the Strengthening a Palliative Approach to Long-Term Care project at: https://spaltc.ca/
Equine therapy in long-term care: a conversation with Jennifer Semach
Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care
12/04/24 • 15 min
"Sometimes people can really shut down and the horses can get in there and reach in and welcome them back to being present. The horses are gifted. It's all them."
Jennifer Semach is the founding Executive Director and program facilitator of Walkabout Farm Therapeutic Riding Association, a charitable organization in Minden, Ontario that offers free mental and physical health services on 100 acres of land with the help of therapeutic support animals: horses, cats, and rabbits. She also brings miniature horses to visit residents and their families in long-term care.
Equine therapy promotes the physical, neurological, and emotional well -being of all through human and animal interactions.
Learn more about Walkabout Farm: https://walkaboutfarmtra.com/
Learn more about the Strengthening a Palliative Approach to Long-Term Care project at: https://spaltc.ca/
A conversation with palliative pain and symptom management consultants: Jen Logan and Kim Rogers
Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care
04/25/22 • 16 min
Jen Logan has been nursing for 25 years and has worked in palliative care in many capacities, including community nursing care coordination for a palliative care team. In her current role as a palliative pain and symptom management consultant, she is also an advanced care planning regional champion, which allows her to build the capacity of frontline care providers in advanced care planning and the provision of person-centered care for patients and families.
Kim Rogers has been a nurse for almost 20 years, and has been a palliative pain and symptom management consultant for nearly seven years. Prior to this role, she was a nurse on a hematology floor. She's a graduate of Brock university with a Bachelor of Arts and also a graduate of Mohawk College in Nursing. As a facilitator of palliative care education, Kim loves passing on her knowledge to other healthcare providers.
Learn more about the Strengthening a Palliative Approach to Long-Term Care project at: https://spaltc.ca/
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Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care currently has 38 episodes available.
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The episode title 'Pre-Printed Orders and decision-making in palliative care: a conversation with LPN Sarah Murphy' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care is 17 minutes.
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Episodes of Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care are typically released every 20 days, 3 hours.
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The first episode of Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care was released on Dec 7, 2021.
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