Bereavement supports for the unhoused
An important development in our Bereavement in BC research project is underway: gathering perspectives of frontline workers or volunteers who provide services to people who are unhoused or vulnerably housed ...
TAKING THE LEAD IN A GLOBAL MOVEMENT: BC SYMPOSIUM ON COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES BRINGS TOGETHER INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS
NEWS RELEASE August 5, 2022 NEW WESTMINSTER: As a champion of the compassionate communities movement in British Columbia and beyond, the BC Centre for Palliative Care is please to host ...
ECHO: Learning without limits
No matter where you work – urban, rural or remote – keeping your skills current and staying abreast of evidence-based best practices can be a challenge. Taking the time for ...
Serious illness conversations … who’s having them?
Role clarity – understanding who does what when and how – is a known barrier when it comes to health care provider teams having earlier, better and more frequent serious ...
Partnering for change: a shift in service delivery for BC’s paramedics
At BCCPC, one of our goals is to work with health system partners to advance palliative care practices. Often, improvements are incremental and build over time. Sometimes though, a project ...
When we discuss palliative care: are we all talking about the same thing?
As health care professionals, hospice organizations, volunteers, policy makers, individuals, we all think we know what we’re talking about when we discuss palliative care. But do we? When we dig ...
iCAN – ACP project concludes
The national iCAN-ACP study was developed to test ways to improve advance care planning (ACP) conversations between patients, families and health professionals. The aim was to narrow the gap between ...