No Right Place to Die – A Palliative Approach to Serious Mental Illness

North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network

Session was held on September 24, 2025

Presenters Julie Leighton-Phelps, RN, BSCN, CHPCN, Palliative Pain and Symptom Management Consultant, North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network, and Chantal Byrnes-Leadbeater, RN BSCN AWCCP, Clinical Educator, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health, discussed the importance of applying a Palliative Approach to Serious Mental Illness.