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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Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care
Cultural safety and palliative care: a conversation with the North West Palliative Care Group
"When we are talking about culturally safe care, it's really having that background, that trauma-informed care approach. And that's for any person, it's not Indigenous-specific. To make it Indigenous-specific is to understand that Indigenous people in Canada have had a very different history. Every single Indigenous person that you have met or spoken to in Canada has been affected by the residential school system, as the last one closed in 1996.
It's a reflective practice .... looking at our physical care, mental, emotional, and spiritual care, and every single person as an individual. And that's an Indigenous way of thinking and doing. And I think that would benefit anybody going through the system." - Gloria Ranger
Valerie Jensen is a regional palliative care clinical coach with the Northwest Regional Palliation Care Program at St. Joseph's Care Group in Thunder Bay and is a registered nurse working as a palliative care clinical co-lead with Ontario Health Northwest.
Barbara Persky is a primary care nurse practitioner and a palliative care clinical coach for Kenora's Chief Advisory and Indigenous primary care program in rural areas around Kenora.
Gloria Ranger is the manager of Indigenous Cultural Safety and Education at St. Joseph's Care Group in Thunder Bay.
Learn more about the Strengthening a Palliative Approach to Long-Term Care project at: https://spaltc.ca/
