International Day of Care and Support, 2025

Palliative Care for Persons with Dementia: WHO Tools for caregivers

This webinar is designed for clinical practitioners – particularly those working in the fields of palliative care and mental health; formal and informal caregivers, nursing home administrators, WHO country and regional offices, media representatives, and the public who wish to learn about evidence-based tools to support care for dementia patients with palliative care needs.

Panelists

Katherine Pettus, Laura Diaz García, Julian Abel, Peach Wattanavitikul and Joy Louise Gumikiriza-Onoria.

Moderator

Victoria Hewitt

Attendees learn about

  1. The global framework committing member states to provide palliative care for older persons, including those with dementia, to support advocacy with their governments.
  2. Best ways to use the tools developed by the WHO iSupport program for family caregivers of persons with dementia.
  3. The Compassionate Communities movement
  4. How family caregivers for persons with dementia can identify the palliative care needs of their loved ones.

Strategies and personal reflections to support caregivers providing compassionate, culturally appropriate, and practical dementia care in countries of all resource levels will be presented.

Broadcast on October 30, 2025.