Resources

Browse our curated list of useful resources, articles, and websites. 

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Resources

Grief and Bereavement Resource Repository 

Explore a curated collection of resources designed to support you and your loved ones in navigating grief. This includes specialized resources for children and youth, along with links to regional grief and bereavement support services. 

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Resources

Children’s Hospice Palliative Care Resource Repository 

This repository touches on topics such as pediatric palliative care, anticipatory grief, and supporting siblings of children with a life-threatening illness, among other materials and resources.  

Featured Resource

Palliative Care Info Sheets

The What, Where, and When of Palliative Care

Talking about palliative care can be hard, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. These easy to read 1-page info sheets answer, in plain language, some common questions about hospice palliative care, when it can help, and where to find it.

Learn more and download each info sheet below!

Everyone

Info Sheet: What is Palliative Care?

Info Sheet: When Should I Think About Palliative Care?

Info Sheet: Where Can I Find Palliative Care?

Fact Sheet: Hospice Palliative Care in Canada

Caregivers 

A Caregiver’s Guide: A Handbook About End-of-life Care

Caregivers at Work Quiz:  What Do you Know? 

Compassionate Care Benefit 

On Being a Caregiver

Guiding Family Caregivers of People at the End of Life: A Handbook  

Healthcare Providers 

A Model to Guide Hospice Palliative Care 2013 

Canadian Pediatric Palliative Care Nursing Competencies (2021) 

Ethics

QELCCC Blueprint for Action 2020-2025 

Volunteers 

A Model for Volunteer Best Practices in Canadian Hospice Palliative Care 

Hospice Palliative Care Volunteers – A Training Program.zip 

Reports and Policy

Report: Number of Hospice Beds in Hospice Residences in Canada, Spring 2022 

CHPCA Strategic Plan 2023-2026

CNPCC Response to CIHI Report on Access to Palliative Care in Canada

PCCC Response to Health Canada’s report: Five Years Later: A Report on the State of Palliative Care in Canada (2023)

MAiD 

Position Statement on Hospice Palliative Care and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) 

CHPCA-CSPCP joint submission to Special Joint parliamentary committee on expanding MAiD 

CHPCA Q&A Guide for Health Care Practitioners and Volunteers on Medical Assistance in Dying 

ARCHIVED: 2019 Position Statement on Hospice Palliative Care and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)

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The Palliative Approach Blog 

The Palliative Approach, a blog hosted and edited by CHPCA, provides relevant and thought-provoking palliative care content for hospice palliative care professionals, volunteers, and supporters, as well as health care workers, and caregivers across Canada. 

Ehospice 

ehospice is a globally run news and information resource committed to bringing you the latest news, commentary and analysis from the world of hospice, palliative and end of life care.

Aimed at anyone with a professional or personal interest in palliative care, ehospice offers a single point of access to intelligence and good practice from around the world, with the aim of helping to improve patient care globally. It brings together the expertise and experience of the global hospice and palliative care community.

ehospice is a truly collaborative venture, with editions spanning the globe. It is delivered by several national and regional palliative care organisations.

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Edition Owners

Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance: International edition 

International Children’s Palliative Care Network: International children’s edition 

African Palliative Care Association: Africa edition 

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association: Canada English edition 

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association: Canada French edition 

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization: USA edition 

The Irish Hospice Foundation: Ireland edition 

Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association: Kenya edition 

Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa: South Africa edition  

Help the Hospices: UK edition 

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization: America Latin edition