Becoming a compassionate community: Lessons learned from eight Canadian communities

A compassionate community is a community of people who are passionate and committed to improving the experiences of those living with a serious illness, caregiving, dying and grieving. In this presentation, we will share lessons learned from two projects focused on implementing compassionate communities. We will discuss the Compassionate Community Index and how it was used to develop interventions centred on raising awareness and educating the community, as well as interventions that provide practical support for persons living with declining health, including dementia.

Presenters

• Gloria Puurveen, PhD, Project Manager and Knowledge Translation Lead for the Nav-CARE project
• Kelli Sullivan, MA, Research Facilitator, Palliative and End-of-Life research, UBC Okanagan
• Kelly Ashford, PhD, Project Manager for EU Navigate Project

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