The Compassionate, Dementia Inclusive Communities toolkit provides practical advice for organizations aspiring to improve support for persons living with dementia and their care partners using a compassionate community approach. The purpose of this presentation is to describe the theoretical and practical development of this toolkit, specifically the weaving together of three community development lenses: compassionate communities, dementia inclusion, and volunteer navigation. We will also share early developments of the implementation of this toolkit in 6 unique communities in BC, Alberta, Ontario, and the Yukon.

Presenters:
Gloria Puurveen, PhD
Project Manager and Knowledge Translation Lead, Nav-CARE

Kelly Ashford, PhD
Project Manager for EU Navigate Project

Kelli Sullivan, MA
Research Facilitator – Palliative and End-of-Life research, UBC Okanagan

Melody Jobse
Community Engagement & Development, BC Centre for Palliative Care

Heather Neale-Furneaux
Knowledge Mobilization Lead, Building Capacity in Dementia Project, UBC Vancouver

via Zoom webinar: REGISTER HERE

Free and open to the public – Everyone is welcome

A Research to Practice Webinar
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention and North Okanagan Hospice Society