Palliative Care
Palliative Care
Help chart the future of palliative care
Attention: Caregivers and anyone living with life limiting illness Statistics Canada is conducting a study called Living with a Life-limiting Illness: Access to Care and Related Experiences and we hope you will consider participating! If you are living with a life-limiting illness or caring for...
Palliative Care
New hospice to improve end-of-life care for Sunshine Coast residents
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and the Sunshine Coast Hospice Society (Coast Hospice) are pleased to announce the first dedicated hospice on the Sunshine Coast, which will feature eight beds, family meeting spaces and a sacred space. The new facility will be owned by the Sunshine...
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Palliative Care
Revolutionizing palliative care: Humber River Health’s Hospice @ Home Initiative
As one of Canada’s largest acute care hospitals, Humber River Health (Humber) is dedicated...
Palliative Care
Opening the conversation about palliative care
Palliative care is often misunderstood, with many assumptions of what it’s about. In reality,...
MEDICAL SPECIALTIES
A COVID-19 palliative care pandemic plan: An essential tool
Palliative care physicians have created a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) palliative care plan as...
MEDICAL SPECIALTIES
Research finds racial differences in end-of-life care
By Megan Mueller Schulich School of Business Professor Sylvia Hsu led a six-person team of...
Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
Sexuality in end-of-life care: Who should start the discussion?
By Andria Bianchi In December 2017, Canada’s federal government called on the Minister of Health...
Addictions and Drugs
Doctor helps palliative patients manage pain without narcotics
Patients are taught to self-administer local anesthetics as needed and can be present with...
MEDICAL SPECIALTIES
Providing personalized bereavement care
By Evelyne Jhung When Jessy Mathai, an oncology-hematology social worker, joined the Palliative Care Unit...
Palliative Care
A case for the art of palliative care
By Helen Reilly The careful attention Linda dedicates to each detail of her sculpture, brings...
Palliative Care
Elevating patient experience and family-centred care
By Patti Enright Bath towels warm to the touch. A peaceful, contemporary and home-like...
Health Care Policy
Paramedics provide key support to palliative patients
Diagnosed with a recurrence of cancer and told there were few treatment options, Myles...
Palliative Care
A new approach to palliative care in the community
Most Canadians indicate that, if given the choice, they would choose to die at...
Mental Health
Reinventing palliative care for patients with dementia
Unfortunately, certain diseases make it difficult for health professionals to deliver care in optimal...
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Game changer: Canadian scientists develop blood test to quickly predict risk of sepsis
HN Summary •Early Detection: Canadian scientists developed a molecular blood test that predicts sepsis risk...
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Infection Control
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Radiology
Hospital’s first MRI machine brings advanced care closer to home
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