2016 Living at Risk Workshop

2016 Living at Risk Workshop
Whose Choice Is It Anyway?
February 10, 2016
Yarmouth, NS
AND
March 10, 2016
Sydney, NS
Yarmouth, NS:
Rodd Hotel Yarmouth
417 Main Street
Yarmouth, NS
Sydney, NS:
Membertou Trade &
Convention Centre
50 Maillard Street
Sydney, NS
To register, please visit:
www.nshen.ca
2016 Living at Risk Workshop
| February 10, 2016 | Yartmouth, Nova Scotia | March 10, 2016 | Sydney, Nova Scotia
Registration
All registrations must be completed on-line.
Registrations must be received on or before Tuesday, February 2,
2016 for the Yarmouth workshop and Tuesday, March 2, 2016
for the Sydney workshop.
The cost of this workshop is $35.00
Space is limited so please register early.
Workshop Cancellations:
Cancellations received in writing on or before Tuesday, February 2, 2016 for
Yarmouth and Tuesday, March 2, 2016 for Sydney, will be refunded the full
registration fee.
No refunds will be provided after this date. Name substitutions will be accepted at any time.
Confirmation:
When you register online, your confirmation will be received immediately.
Location:
Yarmouth:
Rodd Hotel Yarmouth
417 Main Street
Yartmouth, NS
Toll Free: 1-800-565-7633
Sydney:
Membertou Trade & Convention Centre
50 Maillard Street
Sydney, NS
Inquiries:
Please contact Krista Mleczko-Skerry with any questions or comments.
Phone: 902.494-4038
Email: [email protected] or www.nshen.ca
2016 Living at Risk Workshop
| February 10, 2016 | Yartmouth, Nova Scotia | March 10, 2016 | Sydney, Nova Scotia
Living at Risk Workshop: Whose Choice Is It Anyway?
Individual choices to live “at risk” can test commitments to the principle
of respect for choice. They often challenge us to re-examine the values
that drive health policy and health care practice.
Drs Christy Simpson and Marika Warren from the Nova Scotia Health
Ethics Network present highlights from our sold-out 2015 conference
“Whose Choice Is It? Ethics and Living at Risk”. This workshop will
focus on key points from our conference sessions on the following topics;
vulnerable populations, community care and home care, public health,
and dignity of risk.
We will provide the opportunity for participants to reflect on living at
risk and the important ethical questions that it raises about what it is to
provide good care and what it is to live a good life.
Workshop Objectives:
• Describe what “living at risk” looks like within your practice
• Describe ethical concerns related to living at risk
• Describe challenges raised by living at risk from a range of
perspectives
• Discuss why caring for individuals living at risk can be so challenging
2016 Living at Risk Workshop
| February 10, 2016 | Yartmouth, Nova Scotia | March 10, 2016 | Sydney, Nova Scotia
Agenda
9:15 – 9:30 am
Continental Breakfast / Registration
9:30 – 9:45 am
Opening
9:45 - 10:45 am
Session
Organizational
10:45 – 11:15 am
Nutrition Break
11:15 – 12:00 pm
Session
Community and Home Care
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 – 1:45 pm Session
Vulnerable Populations
1:45 - 2:15 pm
Session
Public Health
2:15 – 2:30 pm
Break
2:30 – 3:15 pm
Session
Dignity of Risk
3:15 - 3:30 pm
Wrap up discussion
2016 Living at Risk Workshop
| February 10, 2016 | Yartmouth, Nova Scotia | March 10, 2016 | Sydney, Nova Scotia
Speaker Biographies
Christy Simpson - Christy Simpson is the Department Head of the
Department of Bioethics at Dalhousie University. She is the
coordinator for the ethics-based collaborations between the
Department, Capital Health and the IWK Health Centre, as well as
the newly formed Nova Scotia Health Ethics Network. Her primary
responsibilities include ethics education and capacity-building,
policy development and review, and support for clinical and
organizational ethics consultations.
Christy completed her doctorate in philosophy, specializing in bioethics, at the
Department of Philosophy at Dalhousie University in 2001. During her doctoral
studies, Christy also undertook two clinical practicums at local health care
facilities, which stimulated her interest in the role of hope in health care. Her
research in this area continued during a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of
Alberta (2000-2002) and is still strong today.
Marika Warren - Marika Warren is an assistant professor with the
Department of Bioethics at Dalhousie University and a health care
ethicist for the Nova Scotia Health Ethics Network (NSHEN). Her
role with NSHEN involves building ethics capacity in Nova Scotia by
providing ethics support such as education, consultation, and
assistance with policy development. Marika also be participates in
ethics research and collaborations as a member of the Ethics
Collaborations Team.
Marika completed a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Toronto. Her
dissertation focused on equality rights in the case of severe cognitive disability.
She gained additional experience in bioethics as an undergraduated reserach
assistant at the University of Alberta’s John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre for a
project entitled “Relational Ethics: Foundation for Health Care” and through work
for the Provincial Health Ethics Network (PHEN) in Alberta between 1999 and
2008.
2016 Living at Risk Workshop
| February 10, 2016 | Yartmouth, Nova Scotia | March 10, 2016 | Sydney, Nova Scotia
Support for NSHEN’s activities, including this workshop, comes from the
following collaborating parters: