Psychosocial Spiritual Alberta Community of Practice: Session 1

Palliative Care Can Happen Anywhere: Tools for Psychosocial Spiritual Professionals

Presenters: Sheila Killoran MA, MTA, FAMI; Danica Hans RN, BScN Bilingue, CHPCN(C), education leads, Palliative Institute

As psychosocial spiritual professionals, compassionate care is at the heart of the work you do. Palliative care can be delivered by generalists anywhere in the healthcare system. When supporting people with serious illness and their families you are providing a palliative approach to care when you communicate and plan with clients and families, provide emotional support, offer strategies to cope with fear and foster hope, or facilitate access to ritual and cultural protocol. This presentation aims to empower and equip psychosocial spiritual professionals with the knowledge, tools, and competency-based education needed to deliver excellent palliative care.

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About the Psychosocial Spiritual Alberta Community of Practice series

In palliative and grief care, there is often a component of suffering that we cannot “fix” or “take away”. Instead, as psychosocial-spiritual professionals we are called to companion and support, foster coping, processing, treatment, and sometimes healing. This COP seeks to develop the clinical and self-care skills of professionals providing psychosocial-spiritual care to palliative patients, families and the bereaved in Alberta. Developed with Alberta content, this series is open to social workers, spiritual care providers, creative arts therapists, occupational therapists, Indigenous liaisons, counsellors, psychologists, nurses and other clinicians providing emotional and spiritual support. Come explore relevant topics, meet your colleagues, deepen your knowledge, and build connections. We encourage you to attend all sessions, as able.