This research seeks to understand various perspectives on dying alone and why it is construed as a ‘bad death,’ as well as to explore the EOL care and bereavement needs of family members of residents who recently died in a LTC home.
“Who would want to die like that?”: Perspectives on Dying Alone Read More »
This research brief explores the EOL care and bereavement needs of family members whose loved ones have recently died in a LTC home.
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.
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.
End-of-Life Care and Resident Comfort in LTC: Perceptions of Bereaved Caregivers Read More »
A conversation with members of the Saskatchewan Long Term Care Network.
Re-establishing the Role of Families in LTC after the COVID-19 Pandemic (video) Read More »
A conversation with members of the Saskatchewan Long Term Care Network about the importance of family members in Long Term Care.
Family relationships sustain us (video) Read More »
This video explores the mySupport study which brings together an international team of healthcare researchers and clinicians to support healthcare staff to have end-of-life care discussions with family carers of people living with advanced dementia.
mySupport Study (video) Read More »
