What's new?

To further support health care professionals in long-term care, LEAP Long-Term Care has been updated to include:

Updated workshop content, featuring refreshed slide decks, new cases, and a more interactive, case-based learning experience.
Two new role-based self-learning streams with a shared workshop that brings learners together.
Expanded content focus, with new topics such as wound care and behavioural symptoms of dementia, and greater attention to communication, caregiver experience, and team-based care.

Available through online and hybrid delivery. The in-person course has not been updated and continues to be offered as is.

Who is it for?

LEAP Long-Term Care is ideal for health care professionals working in long-term care and nursing homes, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, allied health professionals, personal support workers, and care aides.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of LEAP Long-Term Care, learners should be able to:

Recognize the role of all care providers in long-term care settings in providing a palliative care approach.
Identify residents who could benefit from a palliative care approach earlier in the illness trajectory.
Promote and undertake Advance Care Planning discussions.
Assess and manage pain; delirium; dementia; gastrointestinal symptoms, hydration, and nutrition; and respiratory symptoms.
Develop plans to address spiritual or psychosocial needs.
Initiate essential discussions related to palliative and end-of-life care in daily work.
Identify and implement support strategies in grief and bereavement situations.
Prepare residents and families for the last days and hours.

Course features

Take part in a recently updated course with revised workshops, fresh cases, and interactive learning to strengthen your care skills.

Choose between two learning streams designed to match your role and scope of practice.

Collaborate, foster connections and learn from health care providers across a variety of roles and care settings.

Learn from course materials developed and reviewed by Canadian experts in long-term care and palliative care.

Earn a nationally recognized LEAP certificate of completion

Receive an electronic copy of the Pallium Palliative Pocketbook or the Palliative Care Handbook for PSWs.

Take part in a recently updated course with revised workshops, fresh cases, and interactive learning to strengthen your care skills.

Choose between two learning streams designed to match your role and scope of practice.

Collaborate, foster connections and learn from health care providers across a variety of roles and care settings.

Learn from course materials developed and reviewed by Canadian experts in long-term care and palliative care.

Earn a nationally recognized LEAP certificate of completion

Receive an electronic copy of the Pallium Palliative Pocketbook or the Palliative Care Handbook for PSWs.

Delivery modes

Personal support worker and care aide stream: Tailored for PSWs and care aides with 16 interactive, self-learning modules completed at your own pace (approximately 8 hours of online work) in advance of the facilitated workshop.
Physician, nurse, and other registered health care professional stream: Complete 17 interactive, self-learning modules at your own pace (approximately 8 hours of work) in advance of the facilitated workshop.
Workshop: Participate in 6 hours of live webinars led by LEAP facilitators where learners will work through cases and discuss learnings from modules.

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Pricing for online delivery:

$425 for physicians
$295 for non-physicians
$175 for personal care aides

Non-physicians refers to nurses, pharmacists, social workers, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, students, residents, etc.

Personal care aides refers to personal support workers, health care aides, health care assistants, care aides, etc.

Personal support worker stream: Tailored for PSWs and care aides with 16 interactive, self-learning modules completed at your own pace (approximately 8 hours of online work) in advance of the facilitated workshop.
Physician, nurse, and other registered health care professional stream: Complete 17 interactive, self-learning modules at your own pace (approximately 8 hours of work) in advance of the facilitated workshop.
Workshop: Participate in 6 hours of in-person, face-to-face learning with LEAP facilitators where learners will work through cases and discuss learnings from modules.

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Pricing for hybrid delivery:

$365 for physicians
$235 for non-physicians
$115 for personal care aides

Non-physicians refers to nurses, pharmacists, social workers, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, students, residents, etc.

Personal care aides refers to personal support workers, health care aides, health care assistants, care aides, etc.

Workshop: Participate in two days of in-person learning (14 hours total) led by LEAP facilitators, featuring group discussions and case studies for a hands-on experience.

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Pricing for in-person delivery:

$295 for physicians
$195 for non-physicians
$80 for personal care aides

Non-physicians refers to nurses, pharmacists, social workers, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, students, residents, etc.

Personal care aides refers to personal support workers, health care aides, health care assistants, care aides, etc.

Accreditation

This activity meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Quebec College of Family Physicians, a continuing professional development accrediting organization recognized by the Collège des médecins du Québec and has been approved for up to 14 Mainpro+ Certified Activity credits.

Up to

14

Mainpro+ credits

Course topics

LEAP Long-Term Care equips health care professionals working in long-term care and nursing homes with the essential competencies to provide a palliative care approach, covering topics such as:

Being aware

Pain

Delirium

Grief

Palliative sedation

Principles of palliative care

Gastrointestinal symptoms, hydration and nutrition

Respiratory symptoms

Last days and hours

Resources and quality improvement

Decision-making

Advance Care Planning

Suffering, spiritual care, and maintaining hope

Request to hasten death

Organizational readiness

Before taking LEAP Long-Term Care, we had no palliative group in our facility. Now, we started a new interdisciplinary palliative group with a focus to increase awareness regarding palliative care and end-of-life interventions.

Salimeh A.

Registered Nurse

Since completing LEAP Long-Term Care, I am more sensitive to the physical, emotional and medical changes of my residents and inform the team about someone who may be declining based on my observation.

Joseph A.

Personal Support Worker

As a Community Health Worker, I applied the training and tools from LEAP Long-Term Care during home visits with community members facing terminal illnesses. They have shared that the information I provided made them feel more empowered and supported.

Lori A.

Community Health Worker

LEAP Long-Term Care was incredibly informative. As a personal support worker, it offered me insights into various roles within palliative and end-of-life care. This course also provided me with a deeper understanding of my own personal grief and brought me a sense of peace.

Personal Support Worker

LEAP Long-Term Care learner

In my role as a Social Worker in long-term care I have had many opportunities to practise my use of more accurate language around end-of-life care. My comprehension and appreciation for it’s use has grown as well. After my Pallium training, I regularly took part in revisions in the policies of our long-term care home. During this time, I was able to highlight to our interdisciplinary teams the importance and impact of terminology used by our staff members as well as the general approach to palliative support.

Social Worker

LEAP Long-Term Care learner

After the LEAP training, I was aware of the principles of palliative and end of life care. I responded to the individual residents’ right to die in the facility with dignity and optimal comfort. I treat the individual as a whole person with physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs. I listened to their concerns and the resident, and the family are entitled to support and respect at all times.

Nurse

LEAP Long-Term Care learner

Key LEAP features

Pallium’s award-winning suite of LEAP courseware transforms health care practice across all settings of care, through practical, interprofessional and evidence-based palliative care training.

Canada’s leading suite of palliative care courses.

Created and peer-reviewed by Canadian experts.

Earn nationally recognized certification.

Collaborate with interprofessional health care professionals.

Backed by evidence and best practices.

Over 600+ courses are held every year.

Course Contributors

LEAP courses are developed and peer-reviewed by volunteer pan-Canadian teams of subject matter experts who are committed to promoting the palliative care approach.

Course leads

Dr. Amit Arya, MD, CCFP (PC), FCFP
Dr. José Pereira, MBChB, CCFP(PC), MSc, FCFP

Contributors and reviewers

Elisabeth Antifeau MScN, RN, GNC(c)
Dr. Anne Francis D’intino, CCFP, FCFP
Pratik Patel, BScN, MScN, NP-PHC

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