Year: 2022

On October 13th, 2022, CHPCA in partnership with the Canadian Network of Palliative Care for Children led the “Make Every Day Count” campaign in honour of National Children’s Hospice Palliative Care Day 2022. We knew that the only people who could truly testify to how children’s palliative care can make every day count for families […]

By Nick Walling, Digital Marketing Officer, CHPCA Eight years ago, Angela McBride’s mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and spent the last seven and half weeks of her life at a palliative care facility in Winnipeg. Angela would visit her mother frequently there, and it was during these visits that she came to truly understand […]

As a young girl, I remember drawing in my sketch book surrounded by the scent of the wild roses in our garden. That scent always provided me with wonderful memories of summers past. Years later, I learned that wild roses are considered a symbol of protection, adoration, and love.  Not long ago, I entered the […]

By Dawn M. Guthrie and Nicole Williams, Wilfrid Laurier University As the population ages, there is a growing number of people living with chronic, life-limiting illnesses such as Alzheimer’s dementia, organ failure and chronic lung diseases. People who receive palliative care (PC) tend to have cancer and a relatively short prognosis (less than 6 months). […]

By Gloria Puurveen, PhD, Project Manager and Knowledge Translation – Nav-CARE project, University of British Columbia-Okanagan (UBC-O), Barbara Pesut PhD, RN, Professor, School of Nursing, Principal Research Chair in Palliative & End-of-Life Care (UBC-O) and Robyn Thomas, Master’s student, Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies (UBC-O) The number of children living with medical complexity is rising due to […]