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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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