CentrePoint is the BC Centre for Palliative Care’s monthly newsletter.
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IN THIS ISSUE:
- ACP Day 2023
- ECHOing All Together
- All Together symposium report
- Coming soon: Compassionate Communities needs assessment
- Grief support in your community
- New Seniors’ Advocate report
- Webinars
January 2023
Vol. 4 No. 1
IN THIS ISSUE:
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Pall Ed BC: New network, new look, new approach
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ECHO 2023: New sessions on the horizon
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Research-related information sessions
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Mark your calendar: April 16 is National ACP Day
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Webinars
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Conferences & Events
CentrePoint Archive
January 2022Â (Vol. 3 No. 1)
Looking ahead to 2022 | Core competencies training modules launched | Core competencies training modules launched | Learn more about grief dreams | Seeking Hindi speakers for focus group | Grief experiences survey | ACP Nursing job opportunity with Fraser Health | Events | Resources | Upcoming conferences | Publications
February 2022Â (Vol.3 No. 2)
Our growing team | Life happens … Be ready. ACP Day 2022 | Work begins on living well database | Bereavement news: students collaborate to address unmet needs | Grief experiences survey | Join CHCA’s ECHO Hub Community | Events | Upcoming conference | Resources
March 2022Â (Vol. 3 No. 3)
Advance Care Planning Day 2022: Life happens… Be ready. | ACP goes Hollywood | Student profile: Jody Monk | Bereavement survey thanks | Upcoming conferences | Resources
April 2022Â (Vol. 3 No. 4)
Partnering for change: A shift in service delivery for BC’s paramedics | Serious illness conversations … who’s having them? | Key messages to embed a palliative approach into LTC | ACP Day participant survey | Celebrating compassionate communities in action | Funding opportunity: PlanH Healthy Communities Grant Program | Me and My Illness: a new resource from Canadian Virtual Hospice | Events
May 2022Â (Vol. 3 No. 5)
Learning without limits | See you at the Quality Forum! | ACP Day survey | Creating cultural safety | National accolades for ACP Dementia project | Coming soon: compassionate community survey | Resources | EventsÂ
June 2022Â (Vol. 3 No. 6)
Bereavement research is expanding | SAVE THE DATE! Compassionate Communities event | ACP Day 2022…that’s a wrap! |Â Foundational course on the palliative approach to care | ECHO for everybody | Resources | EventsÂ
July/August 2022Â (Vol. 3 No. 7)
Collaborating for Cultural Safety | Bereavement supports for the unhoused | Compassionate Communities symposium | ECHO into Fall | Resources
September 2022Â (Vol. 3 No. 8)
ACP resources in Hindi | Compassionate communities and health system making connections | Defining hospice care: seeking expert panel members | ECHO: Fall offerings for everyone | Farewell to Dr. Gillian Fyles | Recognizing the value of bereavement research | Events  | Research and partnership opportunities | Publications| Upcoming conferencesÂ
October/November 2022Â (Vol. 3 No. 9)
ANNOUNCING: New Seed Grant Funding | Strengthening student palliative care competencies | Translating bereavement research to actions | ECHO gets busy | Hospice Care Alliance launched | Events &Â conferences | Webinars |Â Publications | Resources
December 2022Â (Vol. 3 No. 10)
Happy Holidays! | Seed Grants – Funding deadline approaching! | Farewell, Elizabeth Beddard-Huber | ECHOing into a new year | Bereavement roundtable | Events & conferences | Resources
January 2021Â (Vol. 2 No. 1)
Canadian Palliative Care Nurses Association launched | New resources for Long Term Care | Culturally responsive ACP | Dementia project implementation phase | Webinar catch-up | New resource for aging well | Advance Care Planning Day 2021 | Upcoming events
February 2021 (Vol.2 No. 2)
BCCPC Strategic Plan | Community-led Grief Support |Â Better Support for Primary Care Providers | Feedback opportunity for public | ACP Day 2021 | CPCNA ready for membership | Community program spotlight | Funding opportunities | Events | Resources
March 2021 (Vol. 2 No. 3)
SIC for Pediatrics | Cultural Adaptations ACP Spreading the model | April 16 is Advance Care Planning Day | Physician-led Compassionate Community resource | Pandemic education for LTC | ACP for people living with dementia pilot wraps up | ECHO Pediatrics launches soon | Quality Forum 2021 recap | Publications
April 2021 (Vol. 2 No. 4)
BCCPC becomes provincial ECHO hub | Job Opportunity: ECHO Hub Coordinator | Culturally Adapted resources in four languages | Pediatric Palliative Care Nursing Competencies | United Way Healthy Aging report on community COVID response | Funding Opportunities | Events
May/June 2021Â (Vol. 2 No. 5)
Discussing palliative care: are we talking about the same thing? |Â National 3-year advance care planning study concludes |Â New! Establishing hospice volunteer competencies |Â BC ECHO Hub for Palliative Care update | Online learning preferences | Coming soon: compassionate community survey | Resources | Events
July/August 2021 (Vol. 2 No. 6)
BCCPC’s resources get recognized | Research spotlight: Bereavement in BC | BC ECHO Palliative cohort wraps up | FREE ACP training | Compassionate communities survey | ACP Day 2021 campaign results | Community program spotlight | Resources | Events | Upcoming Conferences | Publications
September 2021Â (Vol. 2 No. 7)
Happy Anniversary, CentrePoint! | Kaleidoscope partnership | Bereavement in BC project update | ACP in Hindi | CHPCA conference abstracts | ACP for Dementia project news | Opportunity: Integrating palliative care to primary care | Resources | Events | Upcoming conferences
October 2021Â (Vol. 2 No. 8)
BCCPC bereavement project funded by MSFHR C2 Award | Strengthen Your Core … Competencies, that is | BCCPC Student Training Program – Meet Katie Green | Calling bilingual Hindi/English speakers to help us | The Pandemic Made Me Do It | Resources | Events | Upcoming conferences
November 2021Â (Vol. 1 No. 9)
Volunteer Competencies launched | Good ideas create an ECHO | Seed Grant final evaluation report | Compassionate Communities Index | Snow shovels help build community | Speaking to the bereaved | Kaleidoscope 2021: Grief Convention | Career opportunities | Events | Publications | Upcoming conferences – call for abstracts
December 2021Â (Vol. 2 No. 10)
Happy Holidays | A BC first! ACP for people living with dementia | ECHO for psychosocial care providers | Della Roberts joins BCCPC | Youth jobs making a difference | BCCPC on Instagram | Sharing grief stories | Student research published | Latest news | Events | Resources | Upcoming conferences | Publications
September 2020 (Vol. 1 No. 1)
Welcome from our Executive Director | Hot topic: Langley Hospice to break ground | Just Released: The Path Forward Report | COVID-19: A Once-in-a-generation response | Extra support for HCAs during COVID | Compassionate Communities: Toolkit | Dementia decisions: the importance of Advance Care Planning | Upcoming events | Publications
October 2020 (Vol. 1 No. 2)
Bridging the Gap for Young Adults | Pilot begins: ACP for people living with dementia | Seed Grant recipients announced | Serious Illness Conversation Guide goes virtual at the Learning Institute | Stories from the Heart video launch | Patio Pondering Challenge winner | Partnership Opportunity | Events
November 2020 (Vol. 1 No. 3)
Measuring Compassionate Community impact: a webinar | Prioritizing ACP Barriers and Facilitators | Training Day(s) | Stories from the Heart reactions | Compassionate Communities Toolkit goes global | Partnership Opportunity | Events | Publications
December 2020 (Vol. 1 No. 4)
Resources to surf the next COVID wave | Health Care Assistants & Leaders tools for thriving in COVID | Grant opportunity for community organizations | Job opportunity: Chinese Cultural Liaison | United Way new grant | Prioritizing barriers and facilitators: the data | Upcoming events