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Perley Health, in collaboration with the Champlain Hospice Palliative Care Program(CHPCP), is proud to present Skills Days 2025 – Supporting a Meaningful Death in Long-Term Care (LTC).

This hands-on training day, led by Perley Health and the Perley Health Centre of Excellence in Frailty-Informed Care™, will equip nurses working in long-term care with specialized skills for supporting end-of-life care for residents.

  • Dates Available:

    • May 21, 2025
    • May 28, 2025

  • Time

    08:00 – 16:00

  • Location:

    Perley Health
    1750 Russell Rd.
    Ottawa, Ontario

  • Cost

    Through support from the CHPCP and Perley Health, this event is free to nurses working in long-term care in the Champlain region.

Includes:

  • Full day hands-on training
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Onsite parking
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Benefits

  • Learn Hands-On

    Gain practical experience with real-world scenarios in end-of-life and palliative
    care, guided by expert practitioners.

  • Enhance Professional Skills

    Develop critical skills in managing terminal delirium, end-of-life communication, and
    palliative care to better serve your patients.

  • Learn from Industry Experts

    Learn
    from seasoned professionals who bring their deep experience in long-term care.

  • Network with Your Peers

    Connect with fellow nurses and healthcare professionals in a collaborative learning environment.

  • Improve Patient Outcomes

    Master the techniques for managing end-of-life care, ensuring you provide
    compassionate, informed care to residents and their families

Learning Objectives

  • To safely challenge the myths and assumptions of dying and associated grief.
  • Incorporate resident goals and wishes into end-of-life care.
  • Facilitate difficult discussions.
  • Respond to typical and a typical presentations of death and dying.
  • Complete a meaningful head-to-toe physical assessment.
  • Manage breakthrough pain, including calculating narcotic conversions.
  • Apply an end-of-life order set.

Session Topics and Expert Speakers

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Introduction to the Centre of Excellence in Frailty-Informed Care™ (CoE)

Established in 2019, Perley Health Centre of Excellence in Frailty-Informed Care™ aims to set a new benchmark in seniors' care, facilitating applied research that fuels innovation in education, best practices, and knowledge translation. Our goal is to ensure Seniors and Veterans living with frailty receive the highest level of care both within our walls and beyond. The CoE is part of Perley Health, a unique and innovative community of care located on a 25-acre campus adjacent to The Ottawa Hospital. Perley Health is home to approximately 450 residents (many of them Veterans who served overseas) in long-term care, along with approximately 200 seniors in 139 independent-living apartments. Funded by donations to the Perley Health Foundation, the CoE supports Perley Health's mission of excellence in the health, safety and well-being of Seniors and Veterans.

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BPSO

This work is part of the BPSO® designation program, funded by the Government of Ontario. For more information about the RNAO BPSO® Designation, please visit www.RNAO.ca.