Objectives:
• Understand the common myths around palliative care from a clinical, organizational, and system lens
• Understand the need for a palliative approach to care in long-term care
• Understand the McMaster SPA-LTC free resources and how they can support homes to strengthen a person-centered palliative approach to care
• How to sign up to the SPA-LTC
Presenter: Lesley Hirst, RN, BScN (Hons), MNNP, MSc
Nova Scotia Palliative Consultant – McMaster SPA-LTC
Founded in 2011, we are a not-for-profit Association supporting not-for-profit, for-profit, municipal, and multi-facility nursing homes across the province of Nova Scotia.
Nursing Homes of Nova Scotia Association
PO Box 48044, Bedford, NS B4A 3Z2
902-497-4270
info@nhnsa.ca
Member of the
Canadian Association
of Long Term Care
caltc.ca
