Hospice Palliative Care Resources Archives - Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association

Caregiving and Palliative Care Resource List

Group:Caregivers, Health Providers, Patients, Volunteers

This list of online, national, provincial and territorial resources was developed for National Hospice Palliative Care Week 2024. Note: These resources include links to external websites. We do our best to make sure these links are accurate and up to date. However, CHPCA is not responsible for any of the content hosted on external websites […]

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

Group:Caregivers, Health Providers, Research or Policy Maker

Based on a review of CHPCA’s Directory of Services in Spring 2022, CHPCA identified and provided updated information and dedicated in-patient hospice palliative care (HPC) bed counts in hospice residence programs to provide a current count of the number of those programs and beds available in Canada. In total, including other in-patient, outpatient, or other […]

Children’s Hospice Palliative Care Resource Repository

Group:Caregivers, Health Providers, Patients, Volunteers

In honour of National Children’s Hospice Palliative Care Day 2022, and thanks to the support of GSK Inc. and Purdue Pharma (Canada), CHPCA and the CNPCC compiled a repository of resources on pediatric hospice palliative care for families and for health care workers. The resources touch on topics like what pediatric palliative care entails, anticipatory […]

Saying Goodbye Concert 2020

A breathtaking musical journey that honours Canadians experiencing grief during the pandemic. Every Canadian deserves the chance to say goodbye to their loved ones, even in an unprecedented crisis such as COVID-19. There have been too many heartbreaking stories of families who are unable to say goodbye due to extreme restrictions on end-of-life visitations. As […]

COVID-19 and Hospice Palliative Care An Overview of Emerging Issues and Recommendations

Group:Research or Policy Maker

COVID-19 and Hospice Palliative Care : An Overview of Emerging Issues and Recommendations COVID-19 has certainly placed a strain on all healthcare workers including hospice palliative care providers. This strain on the hospice palliative care sector in particular is exponentially increasing due to funding, access issues, PPE, equipment and safety, vulnerable populations and research issues. […]

Grief and Bereavement Resource Repository

Group:Campaigns, Caregivers, Health Providers, Patients, Research or Policy Maker, Volunteers

Grief and Bereavement Resource Repository This repository of grief and bereavement resources is a collection of useful links and resources to help you and your loved ones cope with grief. Please note this page will be updated on regular basis with new and other suggested resources. If you would like to add other resources to […]

Caregivers in Challenging Times A booklet by Arbor Memorial

Group:Caregivers, Health Providers

Amid the pandemic crisis, essential front-line workers such as doctors and health care workers, staff in long term care facilities, supermarket and pharmacy staff, cleaners and delivery drivers, funeral d rectors and other essential services are stepping up to help their fellow Canadians. They do so even while exposing themselves to the risk of infection and the […]