Workshop & Event Listings
September 21, 2010
Successful Aging Speaker Series 2010
St. Peter's Hospital Auditorium
Hamilton, ON
Dr. David Oliver - Visiting Professor of Medicine for Older People, School of Community and Health Science, City University, London; National Clinical Director for Older People in England, Department of Health (Older People and Dementia Branch), London; Consultant Physician, Geriatric and General Internal Medicine, Berkshire.
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October 6, 2010
Dietitians of Canada Workshop Series
Making the Most of Mealtimes with Dr. Heather Keller
Rm SCC115, Oakham House (Ryerson Student Campus Centre)
55 Gould Street
Toronto, ON
Malnutrition and specifically under-nutrition is common in older adults with dementia living in the community, presenting to hospitals or residing in long term care homes. There are several potential causes to this malnutrition including food access, quality of diet and interest in eating. This workshop will focus on the latter and specifically how the psychosocial environment influences food intake. The Life Nourishment Theory provides an understanding of this psychosocial influence and will be the basis for this workshop. This theory is based on The Eating Together study conducted with community living families experiencing dementia and identifies what is meaningful about meals and how mealtimes can improve quality of life. Although this research is based on older adults with dementia, the theory has application to all residents and patients. Strategies to make the most of meal times will be discussed.
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November 19, 2010
Spirituality and Aging Lecture
Conrad Grebel University College
Waterloo, ON
George Handzo, Vice President, Pastoral Care Leadership and Practice HealthCare
Chaplaincy New York (www.HealthCareChaplaincy.org) is presenting. Handzo presents and consults with multifaith institutions across North America and has written numerous articles on Spiritual Care and Health Care. His morning presentation is entitled, 'Creating Faith-Friendly Health Care Institutions' and will outline and explore attitudes and behaviours an institution can adopt to meet the needs of residents, staff, family, and caregivers from diverse faiths and cultures. His afternoon presentation will focus on 'Integrating Spiritual Care Best Practices into Health Care'. He will use a model that he helped to develop in conjunction with the US National Consensus Conference on Spiritual Care. Using case discussion he will explore topics such as spiritual care vs chaplaincy care, spiritual care planning and interventions, quality improvement in spiritual care, preparing and training a spiritual care team, and the role of the chaplain as the spiritual care lead.
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November 23, 2010
2nd Annual Long Term Care Applied Research and Education Day
Toronto Congress Centre
Toronto, ON
Join the Ontario Long Term Care Association for an information-packed day designed to promote research utilization and innovation in LTC, profile new and emerging research and researchers, and provide a forum for learning, networking, and information sharing.
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November 26-27, 2010
2nd Conference on Positive Aging - An Interdisciplinary Team Approach for Health Professionals
The Coast Plaza Hotel and Suites
Vancouver, BC
The aim of the 2nd national conference on positive aging is to bring together an interdisciplinary audience of health professionals and researchers to address some of the issues and challenges facing the aging population today.
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