Palliative Approaches to Care in Aging and Community Health

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A program of research led by Dr. Kelli Stajduhar that aims to expand the ways in which palliative approaches to care are defined, understood, provided, received, and supported. https://palliativeapproaches.uvic.ca/

Graduate Student Research New Research May 2025 Palliative Care and Social Pracctice A critical examination of 'family' caregiving at the end of life in contexts of homelessness: Key concepts and future considerations Ashley Mollison, Kelli I Stajduhar, Marilou Gagnon, and Ryan McNeil University of Victoria Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health and School of Nursing
What next? Relationship-centred approaches for healthcare system redesign to meet the palliative care needs of people living with severe mental illness May 8, 12pm PST Meeting link: https://uvic.zoom.us/j/97481351651 This talk draws on an ethnographic study conducted in London, UK, examining the role of relationships in palliative and mental healthcare across hospital and community settings. Using qualitative participatory sociocultural methods, the study involved154 participants. We co-developed the relationship-centred concepts of "collective social safety," "relational reach," and "relational glue" to highlight essential elements for effective, needs-based care. These ideas will be related to the objectives of Sarah’s Churchill Fellowship with the audience invited to share their insights of transforming policies, systems, and evaluations to better meet the palliative care needs of people living with severe mental illness. Sarah Yardley, Associate Professor of Palliative Medicine, University College London, UK Sarah researches relationship-centred practices in healthcare systems to reduce rhetoric vs. reality, policy vs. practice, expectations vs. experiences gaps. Her Churchill Fellowship seeks to improve care for people living with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) who need Palliative Care for advanced incurable physical illness.