Palliative Care Everywhere

In this session, Cal Cates invites you to explore the meaningful integration of massage therapy into palliative care, and the education massage therapists need to be effective palliative care providers.
Cal Cates is an award-winning writer, published researcher, international speaker, and the founder and Executive Director of Healwell. Cal is an inspirational change facilitator, they have trained thousands of healthcare providers in skills of resiliency, self-awareness, communication, and forgiveness. They have dedicated their career to advocacy in healthcare, massage therapy as social justice, and to revolutionising education for healthcare providers. Cal has trained with Roshi Joan Halifax, Ram Dass, Frank Ostaseski, and other leaders in the field of contemplative care and has created curriculum and written for trade journals on topics ranging from end-of-life care to interdisciplinary education to racism and the endless ways that humans make it hard to live in successful, equitable harmony.