Nadine Persaud and Dr. Amit Arya have a deep passion for seniors’ care that extends beyond healthcare facilities with their community work, advocacy, education, and so much more. You’ll be able to catch them presenting alongside their colleague Dr. Naheed Dosani at the 2022 Advantage Ontario Convention with a session titled “Adopting a Specialist Palliative Care Program in Your Home.”

Again this year, HIROC and AdvantAge Ontario have come together to produce the Inspiring Impact podcast mini-series. This four-part series highlights several amazing presenters at the 2022 AdvantAge Ontario convention, and explores the innovation and passion at play in the long-term care sector.

In today’s episode, HIROC’s Marc Aiello and Philip De Souza speak with Nadine and Dr. Arya from Kensington Health in Toronto to gain their perspective on the current state of palliative care in Ontario, what they’ll be speaking about at the convention, and the future they envision for long-term care.

Quotables:

“I came to Kensington and felt that it’s different. This doesn’t feel like long-term care. This actually feels like a home. And it’s these misconceptions that you hear in the media about what long-term care is. This isn’t actually happening in many long-term care homes.” – NP

“When you step into homes like Kensington, where beautiful moments are happening every day, we see such powerful moments, we learn stories of individuals that really make it an honour for us to care for them.” – NP

“I think my experience has really taught me that we need a lot more recognition about the palliative care needs in long-term care, because this is just the norm. Complexity in acuity is rising and unfortunately, long-term care is under resourced and understaffed.” – AA

“A second myth that we often encounter is that palliative care means giving up on other treatment. That is absolutely not true. Palliative care can and should be integrated along with other life prolonging treatments. It simply means that there’s proper care for the whole person.” – AA

Mentioned in this Episode:

• AdvantAge Ontario

• Kensington Health

 

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