UBC organizes series of events to help ’embrace aging’
Topics range from advance care planning to elder abuse prevention.
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How to define the quality of life when illness limits what you can do
Health care experts will discuss how to improve quality of life for people living with advanced life-limiting illnesses.
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UBC’s nursing students promote better health for African village
Global Gala event invites Okanagan community to help raise funds.
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Protect yourself with a flu shot
UBC offers clinics for students, faculty, and staff.
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Starting the conversation about end-of-life care
‘Speak up’ panel discussion highlights whose life is it, anyway?
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Breast cancer… not just a disease of older women
Breast cancer rates are on the rise among younger women. Hear how Team Shan is reaching out to young women, healthcare providers, and the public about breast cancer risks and breast health messages.
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Getting to the Heart of the Matter
Exercise alternatives a good idea for treating heart, lung disease?
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Hope an important factor in advance care planning
Concerns have been identified in academic literature that advance care planning, which involves frank discussion about end-of-life issues, has the potential to negatively affect hope.
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