Throughout the late-life period, people and their support systems often experience heath and social issues that impact their well-being and contribute to frailty. This conference discusses innovations in addressing these issues including advance directives with special attention given to representation agreements, tools that familiarize people with options available to them and assist them in choosing between them, new support services such as “death midwives” and person-centred rather than “best practice” approaches to deciding when to initiate palliative and end-of-life care.
The conference will also address ethical and legal issues for the person, family, health professionals and policy makers related to care (who, where it will be provided), income and assets management (who, what, with what accountability), dying and death (including pros and cons of physician assisted suicide). Cultural/religious differences in approaches to dying and death and access to end-of-life services and social support will also be discussed.
Host Organization: The Simon Fraser University Gerontology Research Centre in collaboration with the AGE-WELL Network, BC Hospice Palliative Care Association, and the SFU Lifelong Learning Adult 55+ Program
For more information and to register, visit: http://www.sfu.ca/fc/2016
