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    Nursing professor Barbara Pesut has dedicated her career to understanding how to relieve the suffering associated with dying “HONESTLY, I WOULDN’T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ELSE,” explains Barbara Pesut, referring to her end-of-life research. But Pesut’s dedication and commitment goes far beyond this simple acknowledgement. For more than three decades, the professor in UBC Okanagan’s School […]

Welcome from the Principal Research Chair
in Palliative and End of Life Care

Welcome to the Interdisciplinary Research Lab in Palliative and End of Life Care at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan. Through our program of research we aspire to improve care for those nearing end of life.

Our primary program of research focuses on finding innovative ways to improve the quality of life for those living with life-limiting medical conditions and declining health.  An important aspect of quality of life is receiving support in place, whether at home or in their home community.  We are scaling out and adapting a volunteer navigation partnership called Nav-CARE. For more information on this initiative see www.nav-care.ca.

Another important aspect of our research explores strategies to relieve suffering at end-of-life. We are conducting longitudinal research to explore how palliative care and medical assistance in dying (MAiD) are developing in the Canadian context.

We are committed to building community capacity and partnerships. We work with community groups across the country using community-based, participatory-action research.

We welcome graduate and undergraduate students from across health and social science disciplines who work together in a supportive, interdisciplinary environment.

We invite you to browse through the different sections of our website to learn more about our students and projects.

For those wishing to know more about our work or student opportunities, please contact me barb.pesut@ubc.ca.

Dr. Barbara Pesut, PhD RN
Professor, School of Nursing
Principal Research Chair Tier 1

 

The Development of the Nav-CARE Program Continues with a Contribution from Health Canada

Organizations from across Canada who have implemented Nav-CARE (June 2023)

Nav-CARE (Navigation: Connecting, Advocating, Resourcing, and Engaging) is a volunteer navigation program
that seeks to improve the quality of life of persons living with declining health. With a contribution from Health Canada (2021-2025), our
team is scaling out Nav-CARE across Canada. To find more about this exciting work, visit our Nav-CARE project page.

Palliative and End of Life Care Lab
School of Nursing | Okanagan Campus
Asc 287 - 3187 University Way
Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7
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