Hospice Palliative Care Week

2010

Date: May 2 - 8, 2010

Location: Downtown Toronto

National Hospice Palliative Care Week is a one-week campaign that focuses on raising awareness about hospice palliative care. It is also a time to celebrate, recognize, and share the achievements of hospice palliative care throughout the nation

Toronto Hospice Palliative Care Network members support this national one-week campaign and we have a line-up of exciting events this year.  Network members have generously offered to sponsor and host a series of educational and awareness sessions within the Toronto Central LHIN related to this year’s Hospice Palliative Care Week’s theme: patient and caregiver experiences. 

Staff, volunteers and partners from our network organization members and partners are encouraged to take an hour or two out of their day and come to these informative and insightful sessions. 

SESSION INFO

“Paediatric Hospice Palliative Care – When Is The Right Time To Introduce The Idea?”

Date:                   Tuesday May 4, 2010

Time:                   9:00 – 10:00 AM

Speakers:           Dr. Eric Bouffet MD, Neurooncologist
                            Dr. Christine Harrison, PhD, Bioethicist
                            Dr. Christine Newman, MD, Palliative Care Physician
/                           Ms. Valerie Macdonald, Parent

Location:             The Hospital For Sick Children - Hollywood Theatre
                                555 University Avenue
                                1st Floor, Elm Wing

Notes:                  *Webinar Available*
                              http://webcast.otn.ca/liveevents.html
                              (Click on Public Events (left side menu) - TSM #11481974)

“Considering Euthanasia Within The Complexity of Home Care”

Date:                   Tuesday May 4, 2010

Time:                   12:00 – 1:00 PM

Speakers:            Dr. Victor Cellarius, MD, Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care

Location:             Mount Sinai Hospital – 14th Floor Classroom
                                600 University Avenue
                               14th Floor, Please use University Avenue elevators

Notes:                  *Refreshments provided*

“Caring For Patients With Complex Symptoms & Their Families: An Interprofessional Conversation”

Date:                     Wednesday May 5, 2010

Time:                    10:00 – 11:30 AM

Speakers:            Members of the Interprofessional Palliative Care Team
                             (Clinical Ethics, Medicine, Nursing, Social Work, Spiritual Care, Music                               Therapy, Clinical Dietetics)

Location:             St. Michael’s Hospital – Paul Marshall Lecture Theatre
                                30 Bond Street
                                Ground Floor, B1, Queen Wing

“The Case for Residential Hospice”

Date:                   Friday May 7, 2010

Time:                   10:00 – 11:00 AM

Speakers:            Mr. Rick Firth, Executive Director, Hospice Association of Ontario

Location:             Princess Margaret Hospital – Main Auditorium
                                610 University Avenue
                                6th Floor, Rm. 604

Notes:                 
                             *Webinar available*
                                Register here for webinar ONLY

To register for any or all of these sessions, please go to:

www.surveymonkey.com/s/8WBTJYR

OR contact  support@tpcn.ca

Documents & Handouts

To download the flyer for our Hospice Palliative Care Week events (in PDF format), please click here