October 17, 2017

8-8:30 a.m.

Registration (Garden, 6^th Floor)

8:30-8:45 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions (Garden, 6^th Floor)

8:45-9:30 a.m.

Keynote Address (Garden, 6^th Floor)

Creativity, Holistic Care and Relationships: Weaving Compassion into Health Care

Dr. Pippa Hall, retired professor, Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa

This presentation will engage participants in a discussion of the need for creative approaches to delivering compassionate, holistic care together in our health care system.

9:30-9:45 a.m.

Healthy Break (Garden Room, 6^th Floor)

9:45-10:45 a.m.

Choose 1 of the 4 Workshops

Workshop A (224B)

Dignity, Legacy and Loss

Pam Grassau, BSW, MSW, PhD, assistant professor, School of Social Work, Carleton University

Building on the critical role of compassion and humanity in hospice, palliative care, this presentation will address the role of reminiscence, legacy and dignity-informed interventions that can support patients (and their families) living with an advanced illness. Drawing on family-based research with mothers in end of life, Dr. Grassau will speak to the critical role of legacy in supporting families to address meaning, anticipatory grief and loss. 

Workshop B (310Y)

Dementia Care: Holistic Approach a Must!

 Dr. Ruth Ellen, physician, Bruyère Memory Program;

Dementia is considered by some to be a “de-humanizing” disease as it slowly robs a person’s cognitive and functional abilities. From assessment and diagnosis through pharmacological and social interventions, dementia care requires a holistic approach.  Dr. Ellen will provide examples from his practice where having a holistic approach made a difference in patient outcome.  

Workshop C (Garden Room, 6^th Floor)

Scared Speechless—Softening the Inevitable Fear and Anxiety in all Patients

Anne Pitman, M.Sc., C-IAYT, masters in Kinesiology, director, Ottawa School of Embodied Yoga Therapy, Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre

A cancer diagnosis can shatter “normal” life. There can be so much upheaval that a patient can feel as though they have left their body behind. Anxiety and fear often surface. Both yoga therapy and conscious living coaching are one-on-one mind body therapies that begin an inquiry into the emotional dimensions of cancer, from diagnosis shock, through the anxiety surfacing with regard to chemo, radiation and surgical treatments and side effects to post treatment fear of recurrence. Techniques include breath practices and specific de-patterning movements that help to acknowledge and move held fear and anxiety that prevent all of us from being fully present in our lives. This workshop is particularly useful for anyone working with those facing cancer, from doctors and nurses to social workers, in order to learn simple techniques to unlock trauma and shock in a safe and grounded way, and to help patients return to a feeling of agency, authenticity and calm.

Workshop D (313Y)

Palliative Approach, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care

Elise Skinner, nursing practice leader, Palliative Care, Bruyère Continuing Care

Are you curious to learn more about palliative care? In this 60-minute presentation, participants will get a closer look at this approach to care from the time of diagnosis of a life-limiting condition to end-of-life care. The session is presented by a registered nurse experienced as a bedside nurse and educator on the specialized palliative care unit at Bruyère as well as in palliative care provision to homeless and street involved individuals in Ottawa.

10:45-11 a.m.

Healthy Break  (Garden Room, 6^th Floor)

11-noon

Choose 1 of the 4 Workshops

Workshop E (310Y)

Hope in Health Care: Where It's From and Why We Want It

Patrick Marshall, chaplain, practicing psychotherapist, speaker and educator

Hope is often researched in silos across disciplines, but touches so many facets of health care delivery, from the way we encounter news of cutbacks to what we say to a palliative patient. This presentation will focus on the origins of hope, and how it works to ultimately frame our relationships as health care practitioners. 

Workshop F (Garden Room, 6^th Floor)

Inuit Health and Wellness

Impact of Trauma on Health and Well-Being of Inuit:

The process of colonization has had impacts on Inuit in a variety of ways.  Grief, loss, and the drastic changes in lifestyle have caused changes in the health and well-being of Inuit.  Learn about the impacts of colonization and ideas on how to support Inuit.

Workshop G (313Y)

Overview of Arts in Hospital

Dr. Hilary Moss, senior lecturer in music therapy, World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick

This session will present examples and engage students in discussion about the role of the arts in humanizing the health care environment. Examples of music, dance, singing and visual art will be presented. The arts play an important part in transforming the physical environment of hospital, offering therapeutic opportunities for self-expression and communication and contributing significantly to the social, psychological, physical and spiritual health and well-being of service users. Students will be invited to reflect on their own health care environments and the ways in which the arts can be utilised to humanise health care and also improve their own health and well-being.

Workshop H (224B)

Spirituality in Nursing Education: A Necessary Ingredient in Providing Holistic Care

Ann-Marie Urban, RN, RPN, PhD, associate professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Regina

Through this presentation, I will be sharing my experience in facilitating a second-year elective course during which students explored spirituality, spiritual care and their spiritual selves, and to advocate for nursing education programs to incorporate a mandatory course on spiritual care.

Noon-1 p.m.

Lunch — You are invited to mingle in the learning carousel.

1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Workshop for all (Garden Room, 6^th Floor)

Part 1: Healing Touch Program: A Spiritual Awakening to Self-Care

Cindy Palajac, Hon. B.A., HTCP/I, healing touch certified practitioner and instructor; sound healing certified practitioner, access consciousness bars facilitator; past president, HTAC

Through a guided meditation, introduction to the colours of the chakras (energy system) and self-chakra connection, participants will open to their spiritual connection. During this hands-on experience, participants will feel the energy run through their body. A discussion on the pros and cons of self-care and how it leads to your spiritual path will follow.

Part 2: Tibetan Bowl Demonstration

Nérée Utsahi St-Amand, professor, School of Social Work, University of Ottawa; owner, The Garden of Light

In this presentation, I will demonstrate how the sacred sounds of the bowls’ bells can realign our energy centres (chakras) and thus harmonize our hearts and souls.

1:50-2:50 p.m.

Choose 1 of the 3 Workshops

Workshop I (Room 313Y)

Caring for the Human Spirit – Pakistan Chapter

Rojar Noor Alam, head of programs and operations, Caritas Pakistan Lahore

Asif Javed, volunteer, Spiritual Care Work, Caritas Pakistan Lahore

In our part of the world, we have hospitals but no trauma counseling, psychosocial support or spiritual care centers. To bridge this gap, we are committed to launching the “Caring for the Human Spirit – Pakistan Chapter” program and want to integrate this approach in our health sector, peace building efforts and disaster management programs to create a positive change in society and harmonious communities.

Workshop J (Garden Room, 6^th Floor)

Assistive Devices and Communication

Bocar Ndiaye, assistive technologist, Bruyère Continuing Care

Mohamed Musa Elsageyer, third year computer engineering student, University of Ottawa

Andrew Hodgson, retired software developer; volunteer, Bruyère Continuing Care

Yih Lerh Huang, retired chief technology officer; volunteer, Bruyère Continuing Care

When someone loses their ability to communicate with health care providers, family and friends, and then regains that ability, it’s like being born again according to patients at Bruyère Continuing Care’s Saint-Vincent Hospital. Join us as our accredited augmentative and alternative communication clinic interdisciplinary team members demonstrate how we have had great success in developing creative solutions with the help of various health professionals and highly skilled volunteers.

Workshop K (310Y)

Caregivers: Critical Support of the Patient’s Well-Being

Gaétane Lemaire, training consultant and life coach

Through her experience as a caregiver and a facilitator of support group for caregivers,  Gaétane‘s intention is to sensitize participants to the importance of caregiver’s role in the well-being of patient. She hopes to demonstrate through experience that caregivers can be main allies to improve and when possible sustain the patient’s well-being. She will address how best develop an efficient partnership with caregivers and how to include them in each step of the patient’s journey.

2:50-3:05 p.m.

Healthy Break

3:05-3:55 p.m.

Closing Key note (Garden Room, 6^th Floor)

Anne Hennessey, M. D., psychiatrist

Mindfulness and Medical Practice: If I Knew Then What I Know Now

As a new physician, I had no clue as to the motivation that led me to choose a medical career, beyond wanting to care for others. The challenges of overworking, over caring and not burning out quickly took their toll until I resolved to look at self-care using mindfulness. It was revolutionary. Mindfulness encourages more skillful approaches and explores some of the potential benefits of being more present for ourselves and those we care for. In this dynamic experiential lecture, participants will understand what being human is all about.

3:55-4 p.m.

Closing Remarks