Last Aid Workshop

Most of us will care for a loved one who is ill, dying or grieving. Yet many of us do not feel prepared. Last Aid Training aims to increase community participation in Palliative Care, discussing how we can all play a role in supporting one another through life’s final chapters.

Join facilitators Anita Del Re and Anne Stewart as they guide you through the essentials of palliative care, bereavement and practical support for every community member. You’ll gain confidence and tools to care for those close to you during life’s most difficult transitions.

Anne Stewart, RSSW with the College for Social Workers and Social Service Workers and End-of-Life Doula, has started her professional career as a nurse in palliative care and oncology working in Switzerland. Since then, she has shifted her focus from a medical model of care towards an individualized, person-centered approach offering grief support and end-of-life navigation through her private practice Holding Space Halton and at Schlegel Villages in Hamilton. Anne has taught for the Faculty of Applied Health and Community Studies at Sheridan College and has facilitated Death Cafés and Advance Care Planning workshops for NHH. She is a member of the North Halton Hospice Awareness Committee and supports her local community as a Wellness Volunteer offering Therapeutic Touch at Acclaim Health.

Anita Del Re is a Registered Nurse with over 20 years of experience caring for children and adults in critical care, emergency and ambulatory settings. Throughout her career, she has supported patients and families through serious illness and difficult moments. As a Last Aid Course Facilitator, Anita brings this experience to open, practical, and compassionate conversations about dying, death and grief.

A short lunch break is included in the timing of this course.

North Halton Hospice is offering this course to the community sponsored by donations through Giving Tuesday.