"That's where the communication bit really is important. There's still medicine along the way, there's still chronic disease management. but it's the soft skills and the relationships and how you can leverage that to really make that stay for the long-term care resident and their family as peaceful, as comfortable and as high quality for them as possible."

Dr. Henry Siu is an associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University. He has a clinical interest in working with older adults in primary care, and his scholarship is focused on long-term care.  He has also been an active attending physician in a Hamilton Long Term Care home since 2010.

Learn more about the Strengthening a Palliative Approach to Long-Term Care project at: https://spaltc.ca/