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Training day(s)

Autumn 2020 has been a busy time for Advance Care Planning (ACP) community training for BCCPC. The team is training community organizations and volunteers to deliver and facilitate My wishes, My Care ACP information sessions to the public. The facilitators are trained to deliver these sessions in English, Punjabi, Mandarin or Cantonese.  In addition, the [...]

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Compassionate Community Toolkit reaches a global audience

Appearing in the October issue of Public Health Palliative Care International’s (PHPCI) monthly publication to its stakeholders, BCCPC’s recently developed Compassionate Communities Toolkit went global, garnering international attention for the Centre’s efforts to inspire and mobilize communities to create supportive and caring networks for people affected by serious illnesses. The toolkit was created by BC

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Putting things in order: Prioritizing ACP Barriers and Facilitators with BC Community-based Organizations

For those in the know, the benefits of Advance Care Planning (ACP) are clear, yet rates of ACP uptake in BC remain low. In a new study by BCCPC, medical student Ellie Siden asked community organizations to prioritize the barriers and facilitators for public engagement in ACP. Here is some background on the project; join

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Measuring compassionate community action: A webinar to help you evaluate your impact

When it comes to building a compassionate community, a major challenge is often measuring the impact. A trio of leading Canadian palliative care organizations have created a ready-to-use toolkit to help Compassionate Community champions across Canada with this critical component of growing the Compassionate Community movement. BC Centre for Palliative Care (BCCPC) and Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO)

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Seed Grant recipients announced

The BCCPC has awarded $60,000 to 21 non-profit organizations, including 15 hospice societies and six community organizations in the fourth cycle of their Seed Grants Program. This funding cycle focused on assisting BC community-based non-profit organizations to initiate, adapt, or continue to deliver critical community-based supports for isolated or frail older adults and those living

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Serious Illness Conversations Guide goes virtual at the Learning Institute

It’s 2020, so like so many events where large groups would traditionally gather, this year’s Learning Institute, hosted by Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA), is going virtual. As a result, you can benefit from some top-calibre educators and mentors without boarding a plane. This year, the Serious Illness Conversation (SIC) stream will be co-led

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HCAs: Stories of the heart

From Kitchen Table Chats in the Spring to Patio Ponderings over the summer, BCCPC has asked the province’s Health Care Assistants (HCAs) to tell their stories, with an eye to learning how the Centre can best support this group during COVID-19. The stories were compelling. There were stories of worry and fear; caring and compassion.

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Bridging the Gap for Young Adults

For young people with life-limiting conditions, advances in health care have had a significant impact—including now having a much higher likelihood of living into adulthood. Transitioning from pediatric care to the adult system means leaving a coordinated health, social and education services system, and entering one that is more fragmented and largely unprepared for the

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