Role – Page 4 – SPA LTC

“Now I don’t have to guess”: Using Pamphlets to encourage residents and families/friends to engage in advance care planning in long-term care

Advance care planning (ACP) helps individuals with progressive, life-limiting illnesses communicate their preferences for end-of-life (EOL) care to family members and healthcare providers. Despite known benefits, ACP is rarely utilized in LTC settings. To address the barriers of ACP in LTC, our team developed, implemented, and evaluated the effects of disease-specific illness trajectory pamphlets (ITPs) for five life-limiting advanced clinical syndromes of high prevalence in LTC: dementia, heart failure, COPD, renal failure, and frailty.

The Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care (SPA-LTC) Program: An Evaluation

An increasing number of residents require a palliative approach to care in long-term care (LTC) homes; these settings are ill-prepared and often provide sub-optimal palliative care. The SPA-LTC program is a novel intervention that addresses these issues by building capacity among LTC staff to improve the delivery
of a palliative approach.

End-of-Life Care and Resident Comfort in LTC: Perceptions of Bereaved Caregivers

This study seeks to expand upon the efforts being made to support resident comfort in LTC homes by determining what aspects of EOL care are associated with a caregiver’s perceptions of a ‘good’ resident death.

Analysis of Documents Guiding Palliative Care in 5 Canadian Provinces

BACKGROUND: Consistent guidelines and policies have the potential to improve quality of life in residents living in long-term care (LTC) settings by standardizing and promoting comprehensiveness in palliative care
RESEARCH TOPIC: To analyze the extent of palliative content across high-level guiding documents related to the care of persons residing in Canadian LTC homes

“Now I don’t have to guess”: Using Pamphlets to encourage residents and families/friends to engage in advance care planning in long-term care

The Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care (SPA-LTC) Program: An Evaluation

End-of-Life Care and Resident Comfort in LTC: Perceptions of Bereaved Caregivers

Analysis of Documents Guiding Palliative Care in 5 Canadian Provinces

Stakeholder Analysis of SPA LTC

Advanced Kidney Disease Illness Trajectory Resource – Quebec French

Advanced Kidney Disease Illness Trajectory Resource – Alberta

Re-establishing the Role of Families in LTC after the COVID-19 Pandemic

Family relationships sustain us

mySupport Study