New developments in Nav-CARE: the Compassionate, Dementia Inclusive Communities toolkit

Date: Mar 04, 2025

Time: 10:00 am PST

Register: Webinar Registration – Zoom

The Compassionate, Dementia Inclusive Communities toolkit provides practical advice for organizations aspiring to improve support for persons living with dementia and their care partners using a compassionate community approach. The purpose of this presentation is to described the theoretical and practical development of this toolkit, specifically the weaving together of three community development lenses: compassionate communities, dementia inclusion, and volunteer navigation. We will also share early developments of the implementation of this toolkit in 6 unique communities in BC, Alberta, Ontario, and the Yukon.

Presenters:

Gloria Puurveen, PhD Project Manager and Knowledge Translation Lead, Nav-CARE

Kelly Ashford, PhD Project Manager for EU Navigate Project 

Kelli Sullivan, MA Research Facilitator – Palliative and End-of-Life research, UBC Okanagan

Melody Jobse, Community Engagement & Development, BC Centre for Palliative Care

Heather Neale-Furneaux, Knowledge Mobilization Lead, Building Capacity in Dementia Project, UBC Vancouver

A Research to Practice Webinar Co-sponsored by the Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention and North Okanagan Hospice Society