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This is an online event.
Emily Dymchuk, Program Coordinator
Institute for Continuing Care Education & Research
780-248-5634
emily@iccer.ca
Creating Meaningful Relationships with Family Caregivers Part 2: The Carers Support Needs Assessment Tool
Join the Institute for Continuing Care Education & Research (ICCER) for the second of a two-part webinar on April 30th with speakers Sharon Anderson and Catherine Thornberry. They will introduce the Carers Support Needs Assessment Tool and approach to help caregivers indicate the supports they need.
About the webinar: Family caregivers (FCGs) are the backbone of the health system. They provide over 80% of the care for people with dementia, chronic illnesses, and impairments. Despite evidence of their contributions and consequences of caregiving, support for FCGs has not been a health system priority. One of the most challenging times for FCGs is the transition to higher levels of care (i.e. Supportive Living and Long-Term Care). While the notion is that placement relieves the FCG of care tasks and reduces burden of care, many FCGs continue to spend similar amounts of time visiting, monitoring care, and providing support to the resident. FCG burden and distress remains as high after placement as it was when they cared at home. Person-centred care has been shown to improve the satisfaction with care, quality of life, and relationships with health providers. Caregiver-centred care can give families peace of mind at a time when they can feel lost, alone, or even burdened. Health providers benefit from improved morale and warmer relationships with family caregivers. Education to prepare health providers to effectively identify, engage, assess, and support FCGs throughout the care trajectory is an innovative approach in addressing the inconsistent system of supports for FCGs. In this webinar we will introduce the Carers Support Needs Assessment Tool and approach.
This webinar is suitable for all healthcare providers who work with residents with progressive long-term conditions and their family caregivers, as well as front-line practice and organizational leaders who can utilize and/or facilitate person-CSNAT education and implementation in their organizations. We encourage you to share the event information with those you think would be interested in attending the webinar!
Please note: This webinar is free for ICCER member organizations*, associate ICCER members**, as well as for individual members. The cost is $15/site for non-members to attend. See the list of ICCER members at the bottom of the page!
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Sharon Anderson is a Family Gerontologist who brings a wealth of practical experience as a family caregiver, as well as academic and research experience of caregiving, couple's relationships in disability, and person-centred assessments of people with chronic conditions and their family caregivers' support needs. She completed her PhD with Dr. Norah Keating in the Research on Aging, Policies, and Practice in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of Alberta after finishing her Master of Science in Health Promotion at the University of Alberta and Master of Education in Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies at the University of Calgary. Sharon enhanced her knowledge of social support and participatory community-engaged research as a Research Assistant and then Associate in the Social Support Research Program at the University of Alberta. Sharon also cares for her husband who had a stroke in 1997 and cared for her mother from 2007 to 2017. She currently works as a research coordinator for Dr. Jasneet Parmar at the University of Alberta on Caregiver-Centred Care Education for the Health Workforce.
Catherine Thornberry is a retired nurse and family caregiver. Her nursing career spanned more than 25 years and included oncology and palliative care nursing, Co-ordinator of the People in Crisis Program in Edmonton, teaching caregiving staff in the Persons with Developmental Disabilities field, and students in the Acupuncture Program at Grant MacEwan University (then College). Catherine finished her formal career as Director of Patient Concerns during the Capital Health/AHS amalgamation. Along the way, Catherine picked up her BScN and MN at the University of Alberta, and her national Certification in Oncology and Hospice Palliative Care from the Canadian Nurses Association. Her published MN thesis was on the abuse of vulnerable people. Catherine is currently pursuing her doctorate in ministry at St. Stephen's College with a focus on care for the family caregiver. Catherine became a family caregiver in 2010 when her newly-retired husband was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia. She cared for him at home for more than 6 years until it was no longer safe for him to remain there. He died in a continuing care facility 3 years later. Catherine has recently become Secretary on the Board of the St. Albert Sturgeon Hospice Association.
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Part 1 of this webinar is being held on April 16, 2020 @ 10:00 AM MDT. Dr. Jasneet Parmar will share the Caregiver-Centered Competency Framework. Click here to register for Part 1!
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*ICCER member organizations: Bethany Care Society, CapitalCare, Carewest, College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta (staff only), Excel Society, Good Samaritan Society, Keyano College, Lifestyle Options, NorQuest College, Shepherd's Care Foundation, Sherwood Care, Silvera for Seniors, St. Michael's Health Group, University of Alberta, Wing Kei Nursing Home
**Associate ICCER Members: Berry Architecture + Associates, BioAlberta, Dignity Memorial, Rexall Health Solutions. Associate members are entitled to a maximum of 5 free registrations per ICCER event. Additional registrations require payment.
