Topic(s): 
Death and Dying
Ethics
MCSW
Webinar event date: 
Jan 24, 2023 1:00 pm EST
Webinar link

Webinar link is for members only. Please log in.

Webinar Presenters: 

Lindsay Bacala MSW, RSW

Psychosocial Program Specialist

Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Provincial Team, Shared Health

Lindsay Bacala has been a registered social worker since 2014.  After completing her Bachelor of Social Work degree from the University of North Dakota, Lindsay started work in Long Term Care supporting clients with Dementia and their families.  Lindsay completed her Masters of Social Work at the University of Manitoba and is currently a Psychosocial Program Specialist with the Manitoba Medical Assistance in Dying team.  Lindsay also has a private practice providing therapy services to children, adolescents and adults serving Winnipeg and First Nations communities.

 

Ellyn Polk

Psychosocial Program Specialist

Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Provincial Team, Shared Health

Ellyn Polk is a Psychosocial Program Specialist with the Manitoba Medical Assistance in Dying team. As well, she continues to work in the area of After Hours Child and Family Services. She is a registered social worker with the Manitoba College of Social Workers and has been practicing for several years in the field of end-of-life/death and dying. Ellyn completed her Masters of Social Work at the University of Manitoba whereby she focused on end-of-life aging.   Ellyn was involved in work at the Alzheimer’s Society of Manitoba as well as assisting in research through the Centre of Aging with the Alzheimer’s Centre of Excellence (ACE) project at Riverview Health Centre.

Description

As of 2016 Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) became legal in Manitoba, since this time the number of patient requests for MAiD as an end-of-life option continues to increase. The lack of education on MAiD as an end-of-life option for patients can provoke challenging and often stressful conversations to navigate for both health care professionals and the public sector. Presentation attendees will be educated on the MAiD process, ethical considerations, as well as how a medically assisted death can affect the individual, their identified support system and the patient’s health care team.

Workshop Participants will learn:

  • MAiD process and eligibility requirements
  • Social work role on the interdisciplinary MAiD team
  • MAiD and MCSW standards of practice, code of ethics considerations
  • Conscience-based objection and the responsibility of healthcare providers
  • The effects of Bill C7 change and upcoming legislation change
  • Grief after MAiD