BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4670368:Event:66325 DTSTAMP:20260428T002126Z SUMMARY:Educating Families about Comfort Care in Advanced Dementia DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an open colloquium being hosted by the Centre for Research on Personhood in Dementia (CRPD)!\nPresenter: Dr. Marcel Arcand, MD, MScProfessor, Family Medicine at the University of SherbrookResearcher, Sherbrooke Research Centre on Aging.We are delig hted to have Dr. Marcel Arcand, present his work related to working w ith Families about Comfort Care in Advanced Dementia. His presentatio n is designed to help participants:a) gain better understanding of the relevance of the palliative/comfort care option in advanced dementia ;b) Know factors that influence families who represent patients to ch oose life-prolonging therapy vs. comfort care only;c) Learn about ongo ing research done on the acceptability and usefulness of a booklet fo r families about demetnia end-of-life issues.Please join us for a disc ussion about this interesting and important topic! We look forward to seeing you.If you have questions feel free to contact Deborah O'Conno r (604)822-5299 or via email at Centre for Re search on Personhood in Dementia School of Social Work, UBC 2080 Wes t Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z2 Phone: 604-822-6872 Fax: 604-822-8656\n\ nFor more information visit http://villagevancouver.org/events/educati ng-families-about-comfort-care-in-advanced-dementia DTSTART:20120202T000000Z DTEND:20120202T013000Z CATEGORIES:community, education LOCATION:School of Social Work, 2080 West Mall, Room 200 WEBSITE:http://www.crpd.ubc.ca/ URL:http://www.crpd.ubc.ca/ CONTACT:Deborah O'Connor (604)822-5299 ORGANIZER:Deborah O'Connor ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2051065280?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Karen El aine Gilchrist":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/KarenElaineGilchri st END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR