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The CHPCA repository of resources includes a list of useful hospice palliative care resources for health care providers, caregivers, volunteers, patients, researchers and policy makers.

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Compassion Research Lab: Sinclair Compassion Questionnaire

Compassion is important to everyone in health care. However, research concludes that compassion is becoming endangered due to mounting pressures and technological advancements. The Compassion Research Lab is committed to putting compassion back where it belongs, at the heart of health care.  Dr. Sinclair and his team, including co-Principal investigator Dr. Thomas Hack from the University of Manitoba, […]

Register for PACE for Personal Support Workers Program

NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION! PACE for PSWs  is an exciting, new, flexible 10-course online program designed to provide much-requested support and education for Personal Support Workers – the hearts and hands of the health care team. Participants will become more comfortable and confident when providing palliative care for people living with life-limiting illnesses and their families.   Enroll in PACE for PSWs […]

University of British Colombia: Nav-CARE

Nav-CARE (Navigation-Connecting, Accessing, Resourcing, and Engaging) is a volunteer navigation program that seeks to improve the quality of life of persons living with declining health and is currently being implemented across Canada.  The program was developed from research conducted in rural palliative care by Dr. Barbara Pesut (University of British Columbia) and Dr. Wendy Duggleby (University of Alberta). Through their research, they discovered […]

Wilfrid Laurier University: Quality Indicators

Quality indicators are an integral part of health care that allow for a standardized, evidence-based measure of quality. These indicators can be used in palliative care to measure and track clinical performance and outcomes, and ultimately help achieve quality hospice palliative care for all Canadians. Dawn Guthrie’s research mainly focuses on understanding the needs and […]

CSA Carer-Inclusive and Accommodating Organizations Standard

The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association is proud to announce its latest Knowledge translation project “CSA Carer-Inclusive and Accommodating Organizations Standard”. The Carer-Inclusive and Accommodating Organizations Workplace Standard (B701-17) and the Helping Worker-Carers in your Organization Implementation Guide (B701HB-18) helps employers create practical and effective workplace accommodations that address the stigma and challenges of worker-carers. […]

Education and International Commons 2005

Education and international Commons 2005 CHPCA National Hospice Palliative Care Conference The Education and International Commons was showcased at the CHPCA National Hospice Palliative Care Conference held in Edmonton, Alberta from Sept 25-28, 2005. The Commons provided a venue for poster presentations outlining the exciting educational and international initiatives being undertaken in Canada and created […]

Guiding Family Caregivers of People at the End of Life: A Handbook (2016)

The Caregiver Guide Handbook was created as the basis of a training program for volunteer Caregiver Guides. This was part of a research project to develop and implement a volunteer Caregiver Guide service to enable caregivers of people at the end of life to cope and maintain their own wellbeing in the patient’s last months and the first 3-6 months of bereavement. The goal of the research was to learn about the impact of the service on all involved and to improve it based on ongoing evaluation.

Knowledge Translation of the Compassionate Care Benefit

The goal of the Knowledge Translation of the Compassionate Care Benefit is to increase family caregivers’ knowledge and use of Canada’s Compassionate Care Benefit (CCB). The CCB offers workers a temporary, paid leave from employment to support a family member or a friend at the end of life.

Social Work Competencies on Palliative Education – SCOPE

Social Workers have been recognized by the CHPCA as core members of the inter-professional palliative care team in all settings of care-residential hospice, acute and long-term care facilities, cancer centres and community care. The intent of this research is to make competency-based, end of life care content and materials available to social work education programs in Canada, without requiring the addition of new courses to existing curricula.

Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care (SPA-LTC Project)

Residents living and dying in long-term care (LTC) homes represent one of society’s most frail and marginalized populations of older adults. The main goal of this research project was to adapt, implement, and evaluate a multi-component palliative care program, called Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long Term Care (SPA-LTC). The project used a multiple case study design and participatory action approach in collaboration with four LTC homes in southern Ontario.

The Palliative Approach

The Palliative Approach, a blog hosted and edited by the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, 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. It features articles in English and French on the latest research, innovative programs and initiatives, professional and personal experiences, and on building stronger support for palliative care in every community. 

The Palliative Approach blog is the evolution of AVISO, CHPCA’s member-only magazine that was published semi-annually from 1992 to 2022. To everyone who supported, contributed, read, and shared AVISO over these 30 years, and especially to CHPCA members – thank you for continuously elevating the important work in hospice palliative care in Canada. We hope your voices will carry on with us as we embark on a new journey with The Palliative Approach! 

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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, which are listed below:

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