Okanagan Embrace Aging 2026

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Okanagan Embrace Aging 2026
Website
https://OkanaganEmbraceAging.com
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Location

via Zoom webinar

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Date

Thu Mar 26 2026

Time

PST
10:00 am - 11:00 am

Cost

Free and open to the public - Everyone is welcome

Becoming a Compassionate Community: Lessons Learned from Eight Canadian Communities

Thursday, March 26, 2026, 10:00 – 11:00 am PST
via Zoom webinar – REGISTER HERE
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 survey and how it was used to develop interventions centered on raising awareness and educating the community and interventions that provided 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
Free and open to the public – Everyone is welcome

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