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May 8, 2025

Holding It All Together: The Call to Support Canada’s Caregivers

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If not you, who? If not now, when?  National Advance Care Planning Day asks critical questions.   
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April 2, 2025
Building Compassionate Dementia-Inclusive Communities: A Multi-Sector Initiative
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March 25, 2025
Canadian Cancer Society-funded research aims to reshape the future of advanced cancer
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March 18, 2025
Canada’s Caregiving Crisis: Bold National Strategy Demands Urgent Federal Action

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August 20, 2024
Moving towards a more compassionate community: Hospice Southeast New Brunswick introduces Nav-CARE
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July 30, 2024
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July 23, 2024
Empowering Compassionate Care: Southwest District Palliative Care’s Mission
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July 9, 2024
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June 4, 2024
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April 30, 2024
St. Joseph’s Hospice of London Bringing Award-Winning Advance Care Planning Program to Canada
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April 24, 2024
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April 16, 2024
Advance Care Planning: Do It Before You Need It
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April 12, 2024
Caregiver Day: Canadian organizations need to better support carer-employees in the workplace
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April 3, 2024
Incurable but not hopeless: How hope shapes patients’ awareness of their advanced cancer prognosis
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April 2, 2024
Do Not Ignore Your Mortality Podcast with Greg Barnsdale
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March 26, 2024
Healthy People, Healthy Communities – Tips for Caregiving and Caregiver Resources
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March 12, 2024
The Importance of Advance Care Planning
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February 13, 2024
Growing the Circle of Care: Implementing Nav-CARE at Bruce Peninsula Hospice
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January 30, 2024
Innovating Compassion: Celebrating Dr. Stephen Liben
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January 23, 2024
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December 18, 2023
Navigating with Compassion: Nav-CARE in Quadra Circle Community Connections Society
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October 23, 2023
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September 19, 2023
End-of-life care – Infusing the ‘person’ back into the ‘patient’
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August 22, 2023
The Dementia Difference: Moving a Loved One to Long-term Care
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June 13, 2023
Embracing Palliative Care: Life Circumstances Transform Caregiver Into a Palliative Care Advocate
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March 8, 2023
Working more and making less: Canada needs to protect immigrant women care workers as they age
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February 28, 2023
Implementing a Volunteer Program: Four Key Considerations
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February 2, 2023
Nav-CARE: Hospice Halifax
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January 10, 2023
The Platinum Rule: A New Standard for Person-Centered Care
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December 6, 2022
A Community of Care: Hospice Peterborough
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November 1, 2022
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October 25, 2022
Reflection Room: Exploring pandemic-related grief in long-term care homes
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October 11, 2022
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September 27, 2022
Ontario doctors offer immediate solutions to health care crisis
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September 20, 2022
New initiative brings hospice into the community
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September 13, 2022
Peterborough County artist works with palliative care nurse on new book about loss
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September 6, 2022
Nav-CARE: Contributing to Truth and Reconciliation
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August 23, 2022
Joy and dignity among the crops as P.E.I. patients help tend garden beds
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August 16, 2022
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August 9, 2022
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August 2, 2022
Scaling-out Nav-CARE – a palliative compassionate community innovation
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July 26, 2022
How to build a palliative care empire
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July 19, 2022
Caregivers were traumatized by COVID-19 public health and long-term care policies
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July 12, 2022
There’s new urgency for end-of-life dialogue between patients, doctors in light of pandemic
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June 28, 2022
Inspiring Compassionate Communities
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June 21, 2022
Pandemic has set end of life care back, says expert
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June 14, 2022
Extending Palliative Approaches to Care Beyond the Mainstream Health Care System
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May 31, 2022
“It fills my cup”: The power of human connection
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May 17, 2022
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May 3, 2022
Why volunteer? Four insights from Nav-CARE volunteers
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April 25, 2022
Why do Nav-CARE volunteers serve? Describing the reward.
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April 19, 2022
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April 12, 2022
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March 29, 2022
How music therapy is changing health care in this rural Nova Scotia town
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March 22, 2022
It takes a community to care for the community
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March 15, 2022
The essential role of spiritual care in long-term care
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March 1, 2022
MAID and palliative care in Canada
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February 8, 2022
What is a ‘good’ death?
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January 18, 2022
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January 11, 2022
Does your team have the skills and knowledge needed to provide high-quality palliative care? – The Canadian Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Competency Framework
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December 28, 2021
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December 21, 2021
Finding Purpose Through Nav-CARE
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December 14, 2021
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December 2, 2021
Dr. Amit Arya specializes in easing the suffering of those with serious illnesses. Now, he’s fighting to improve long-term care
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November 29, 2021
For the Future of Hospice: The Ken Hermann Sr. Memorial Palliative Care Fund
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November 23, 2021
Bishops launch new palliative care toolkit
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November 16, 2021
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November 16, 2021
Grief and Bereavement Day 2021: “When I Grieve, I Feel…” Campaign
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November 9, 2021
Ontario introduces bill to better protect long-term care residents
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November 1, 2021
Implementing Nav-CARE to Support a Compassionate Community Approach
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November 1, 2021
What Would the World Look Like If We Prioritized Compassion?
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October 26, 2021
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October 21, 2021
2021 World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Special Lecture: Equity in Access to Palliative Care
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October 20, 2021
Vaccines should be mandatory for home care visits, says palliative care patient
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October 13, 2021
Nadia Chaudhri, beloved Montreal neuroscientist with fans worldwide, has died
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October 6, 2021
October 8th Marks National Hospice Palliative Care Day for Children in Canada
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October 6, 2021
National Children’s Hospice Palliative Care Day: Supporting Caregivers through Nav-CARE 
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October 5, 2021
Diane Morrison Hospice Marks 20 Years of Providing Care for Homeless Community Members
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September 27, 2021
Nav-CARE Spotlight: Helping those with Dementia and their Caregivers this World Alzheimer’s Month
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September 27, 2021
After 158 years of leading with a mission throughout the province of Alberta, Covenant Health has been awarded the designation of a Canadian Compassionate Company
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September 20, 2021
Cape Breton hospice facility nearing completion
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September 13, 2021
In facing death, Concordia neuroscientist Nadia Chaudhri has built a lasting legacy and inspired thousands
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September 7, 2021
Let’s ask the right questions about medical aid in dying
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September 7, 2021
These paramedics are helping give Canadians the choice to die at home
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August 26, 2021
‘We believe no one deserves to die on the street’: Calgary homeless agencies call for funding to improve palliative care
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August 24, 2021
Hospice opens in Moncton touting new model of palliative care
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August 17, 2021
COVID-19 slows effort to build Cumberland County hospice
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August 16, 2021
‘Magic mushrooms’ and therapy for palliative care in Canada
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August 10, 2021
Beyond Cultural Safety in Palliative Care: How to be an Anti-Racist Palliative Care Clinician
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August 3, 2021
September 10 | A Day with Legends & Pioneers in Palliative Medicine
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August 3, 2021
Virtual care evens the odds in ‘palliative care lottery’
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July 26, 2021
Palliative care unit announced for Lunenburg, Queens counties
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July 26, 2021
The Importance of Hospice Palliative Care Supports in Rural Communities  
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July 20, 2021
Cape Breton therapist brings comfort to patients through music
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July 13, 2021
Bringing reconciliation into healthcare
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July 13, 2021
Montreal filmmaker’s documentary explores end of life care with style
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July 5, 2021
New online calculator can predict how long seniors have left to live, what help they need
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July 5, 2021
Bill C-220 Reaches Royal Assent, Extending the Canada Labour Code by Five Unpaid Days
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June 29, 2021
Family Life in a Pandemic
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June 21, 2021
‘You need not be alone anymore’: The doctor redefining palliative care
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June 21, 2021
Navigating Palliative Care within Indigenous Communities through Storytelling and Empathy
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June 10, 2021
NOW AVAILABLE: ACP Resource Guide for Home & Community Care Providers
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June 7, 2021
South Shore families worried about palliative support after doctor retires
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May 31, 2021
How Can We Allow Home and Community Care to Thrive?
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May 25, 2021
Helping to Ease the Growing Demands on our Healthcare System
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May 25, 2021
Alberta government to cover cost of pre-filled medication syringes for patients in palliative care
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May 18, 2021
Does Canada’s Bill C-7 Ignore a Dark Lesson From History?
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May 11, 2021
Paramedics to provide in-home treatment option for palliative care patients
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May 11, 2021
New online resources for LGBTQ community to help with end-of-life care
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May 11, 2021
Advance Care Planning: A Key Step in Life Planning
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May 5, 2021
May 2nd – 8th marks National Hospice Palliative Care Week in Canada
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May 5, 2021
Shining a Light on Nav-CARE Volunteers
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April 26, 2021
Experiences with the health care system: Interviews with Caregivers about Palliative Care in Canada
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April 22, 2021
Budget 2021: A More Equal Canada
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April 13, 2021
April 16th is National Advance Care Planning Day in Canada
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April 13, 2021
Amid COVID-19, grieving support bill ‘really hit home’ for MPs, says Jeneroux
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April 1, 2021
Quick Start Implementation Guide Carer-Friendly Workplace Standard
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March 25, 2021
A Solution for Employers—A New Workplace Standard and Implementation Guide
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February 23, 2021
Pioneering Nurses: David Kenneth Wright from Ottawa, Canada
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December 18, 2020
The Quality End-of-Life Care Coalition of Canada acknowledges the grief that many have experienced during the pandemic
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November 25, 2020
The contribution of the accompanying person through art to palliative care during the pandemic
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November 19, 2020
End-of-life Doula: Working with Dying People and their Families
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November 17, 2020
Understanding Grief: About Grief and Bereavement
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November 16, 2020
Saying Goodbye’ virtual concert to offer solace for those grieving in isolation
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October 21, 2020
Grief is a Shared Journey : November 17th Observes National Bereavement Day 2020 in Canada
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October 16, 2020
Pediatric Hospice Palliative Care: A Comfort Blanket over the Whole Family
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October 15, 2020
The First National Hospice Palliative Care Day for Children in Canada
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October 13, 2020
The Comfort Cart Project—improving Child, Family and Provider experiences of End of Life Care at McMaster Children’s Hospital
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October 7, 2020
A Declaration of Family Caregiver Rights and Responsibilities Affirms the Role of Family Caregivers as an Essential Component of Care
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September 16, 2020
New Palliative Care Support Programs for Albertans
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August 26, 2020
Perceptions of Caregivers Offer Insights into How to Improve End-of-life Care
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August 24, 2020
A Tale of Two Patients: The ‘postal code’ Lottery of Palliative Care
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August 5, 2020
Arbor Memorial Published A Booklet About Caregivers in Challenging Times
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June 11, 2020
The Carer-Inclusive and Accommodating Organizations Workplace Standard
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May 22, 2020
73rd World Health Assembly Adopts “National COVID Response” Including Palliative Care
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May 11, 2020
COVID-19 Emerging Issues and Recommendations
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April 1, 2020
The World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA) webinar “Coronavirus and people with serious and underlying conditions with a focus on palliative care”
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March 12, 2020
The Quality End-of-Life Care Coalition of Canada (QELCCC) Releases The Blueprint for Action 2020-2025
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March 10, 2020
How grief is evolving in the digital age
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February 20, 2020
What to Say to Someone Who’s Dying in Hospice?
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November 25, 2019
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association Releases New Resources to Support the Legal Processes of Advance Care Planning (ACP) in Canada
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July 19, 2019
Why a social worker says we need to find new ways to communicate about loss and grief
“I encourage each of us to make sure that we’re taking time to take care of ourselves and spend time with our family because when you're gone, you're gone, and it's over,” he said. “So, make sure that's a priority in your life."
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June 21, 2019
Conservative MP Mark Warawa dies at 69, months after revealing cancer diagnosis
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People & Places
June 7, 2019
New digital health tools tackle tough subjects.
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People & Places
May 13, 2019
‘How will I move on without you?’: What I learned when I talked to my parents about death
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April 12, 2019
Speak Up Game “How well do you know me?” for Advance Care Planning Day
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April 11, 2019
Graphic Values History Tool
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April 11, 2019
Speak Up Experts are speaking up!
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April 9, 2019
Spotlight on Ontario, Canada’s Caregivers
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April 8, 2019
On choices around death, Quebec offers a cautionary tale
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In The Media
January 8, 2019
Should the ‘right to die’include advance consent, minors and the mentally ill?
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Opinion
November 30, 2018
Stumbling Towards Death: How do Canadians Die? Often not how or where they want.
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November 26, 2018
Home Caregiver Support Program
Lucy Watts, a direct stakeholder in HPC who has found purpose advocating for herself and others
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November 13, 2018
“Meaningful engagement begins when you put patients, carers and professionals on an equal footing”
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May 28, 2018
Doctor helps palliative patients manage pain without narcotics
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Featured
May 18, 2018
Lowbanks widow grateful for support
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May 18, 2018
Orillia ’waiting and ready’ for residential hospice
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May 18, 2018
Hospice finds new home at Rivercrest
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April 19, 2018
Poor communication is compromising care for the dying
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April 17, 2018
India’s ’father of palliative care’ brings message of community compassion to B.C.
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April 13, 2018
A Sea of Suffering
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April 4, 2018
1 in 4 Canadians are family caregivers
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April 4, 2018
Implementing elder care policies is smart management
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April 3, 2018
How to Curb the High Cost of Caregiving
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April 3, 2018
Compassion Fatigue is a Reality of Dementia Caregiving
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December 5, 2017
Christmas Music – Room 217 Foundation
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December 4, 2017
With Grace: Volunteer dogs help ’break the sadness spell’ in palliative care
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September 13, 2017
Giving people with aphasia their voice back
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September 11, 2017
Palliative care benefits both patients and families
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September 7, 2017
How a Toronto hospital uses virtual reality to grant dying patients a last wish
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January 20, 2017
2017 Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Conference
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January 18, 2017
Around-the-clock visitation means better care for hospital patients
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January 12, 2017
HRPA achieves Canadian Compassionate Company (CCC) designation
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December 9, 2016
Standing up for the rights of people and families facing serious illness
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November 23, 2016
Marilyn Gladu Hopes Palliative Care Bill Will Help Suffering Canadians Choose To Live
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November 23, 2016
Innovative Medicines Canada and Queen’s University launch Medical Ethics Studentship
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October 28, 2016
Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement Supports Home Care Action Plan
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October 28, 2016
Dan’s Law would help eliminate waiting period for home, community care
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October 21, 2016
#HPCMonth: Advance care plans and living wills: what’s the difference?
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October 20, 2016
#HPCMonth: Are you taking a chance with your health care?
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October 19, 2016
#HPCMonth: 2016 World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Special Lecture
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October 19, 2016
#HPCMonth: “I know what I want to ask. I just don’t know how to ask it.”
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October 18, 2016
#HPCMonth: Are you a Substitute Decision Maker?
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October 18, 2016
#HPCMonth: Burlington’s Compassionate City Charter will reshape way we perceive death
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October 17, 2016
#HPCMonth: What’s your excuse?
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October 13, 2016
#HPCMonth: Season of Gratitude
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October 13, 2016
#HPCMonth: Supporting young people through grief
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October 13, 2016
#HPCMonth: The realities of pediatric palliative care at Roger’s Neilson House
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October 3, 2016
Eight in Ten (86%) Canadians Expect the Federal Government to Develop and Implement National Standards on Palliative Care
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September 21, 2016
Canadians Strongly Support Access to High Quality Palliative Care
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September 9, 2016
I hope it’s death!
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September 8, 2016
What role does spirituality play in our lives as we get older?
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September 8, 2016
Bruyère Team Creates App to Help Aphasia Patients Communicate at End-of-Life
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September 1, 2016
Burlington walking group launched for adults grieving a loved one
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September 1, 2016
What exactly is palliative care?
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August 29, 2016
Hospice care is overdue
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July 27, 2016
Covenant Health and National Partners launch Palliative Care Matters
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July 18, 2016
In My Eleventh Hour: “I Wish I’d Had More Courage”
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June 15, 2016
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day posters and materials published
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June 8, 2016
Innovations in palliative care could improve access for Canadians
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June 7, 2016
Palliative care: The elephant in the room in the assisted dying debate
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May 24, 2016
Palliative care needed along with assisted death: experts
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May 13, 2016
Doctor’s Notes: Palliative care is not about dying, but about quality of living
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May 10, 2016
Yee Hong, Central East LHIN and Pallium Canada partner to increase capacity in Long-Term Care Homes
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May 6, 2016
Toronto Central LHIN leads the way with Innovative Palliative Care Education for Long-Term Care Homes
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April 25, 2016
2nd ICPCN Conference : Children’s Palliative Care – Now!
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April 19, 2016
Palliative care supports necessary to live and die with dignity
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April 19, 2016
End-of-life care: Assist your loved ones with clear instructions
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April 13, 2016
Liberal Caucus Encourages Nova Scotians To Adopt Advance Care Planning
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April 5, 2016
DIVISION DIRECTOR, Inter-Departmental Division of Palliative Care, Department of Family Medicine, Sinai Health System
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April 5, 2016
Caregiver stress levels reaching crisis proportions
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April 5, 2016
BECAUSE I CARE – Organizations and individuals show their support of caregivers by writing a pledge for National Carers Day
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April 5, 2016
Who Cares and How Much? The Imputed Economic Contribution to the Canadian Healthcare System of Middle-Aged and Older Unpaid Caregivers Providing Care to The Elderly
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March 14, 2016
Ontario Government Recognizes the Vital Role of Family Caregivers at End-of-Life Care
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March 9, 2016
End of life care needs community response: doctor
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March 7, 2016
Integrating Long-Term Care into a Community-Based Continuum
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March 3, 2016
Governments should support caring for seniors in own homes — report
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February 17, 2016
Carers Canada
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February 4, 2016
Hospice Spotlight: Hospice Calgary
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February 4, 2016
HPCO 2016 Annual Conference
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February 3, 2016
2016 Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association’s Learning Institute
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February 2, 2016
The Reflection Room: Creating space for reflection and shared storytelling
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January 26, 2016
David J. Roy, founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Palliative Care, has died
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December 14, 2015
Hospice Kingston campaign gets boost
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December 7, 2015
Grief and the holidays
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December 3, 2015
N.S. woman creates Christmas cheer campaign
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December 1, 2015
Planning for holidays after loss
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October 26, 2015
Songwriting in healthcare institutions
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September 28, 2015
Remember to register your event for World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
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September 4, 2015
Methadone for Analgesia: Physician, Capacity Building through Collaboration, Education and Mentorship in Southern Alberta
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August 25, 2015
Palliative care is improving, but PEI must embrace wishes of the dying
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August 25, 2015
Why employers are caring for the caregivers
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August 21, 2015
5 Ways to Use Music at the End of Life
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August 12, 2015
How to know when aging parents need extra care
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August 11, 2015
End of life care means meeting the emotional needs of patients and families
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August 7, 2015
Solving the Myths About Palliative Care
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July 30, 2015
Hospice Care Ottawa to add more rooms for Ottawa area
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July 29, 2015
Ensuring Caregivers are Not Unnecessarily Financially Penalized for Taking on Caregiving Roles
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July 28, 2015
Ian’s Visit to Sault Ste Marie
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July 27, 2015
Hospice care may start later for patients in assisted living
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July 27, 2015
If we embrace the reality of death, we can also embrace the beauty of life
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July 22, 2015
No Place Like Home?
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July 17, 2015
A good death for Muslims
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July 16, 2015
Five Principles for Better End-of-Life Care
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July 15, 2015
Three Wishes program offers compassion to the dying and their families
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July 10, 2015
End-of-life care conversations benefit everyone, including doctors
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July 8, 2015
Walking for end-of-life care
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July 6, 2015
Music and Relationship
Meet and greet with Ian Bos
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July 6, 2015
Ian’s Journey To Ottawa For Palliative Care
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July 3, 2015
Rural Community Fundraising to Save Hospice
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July 2, 2015
Community rallies for Hospice
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June 26, 2015
Hospice Simcoe to Open Children’s Palliative Care Beds
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June 25, 2015
Ian’s Walk Reaches Ontario Hopeful and Optimistic
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June 25, 2015
$10M Upgrade to Manitoba Healthcare Facility
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June 25, 2015
Hospice Using Innovative Technology to Further Comfort Patients
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June 24, 2015
Hospice Assists Children In Time of Grief
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June 23, 2015
Cancer Society Urges Winner of Canadian Election to Confront End-of-Life Care
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June 23, 2015
Palliative Care From a Social Workers Perspective
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June 23, 2015
Hospice “makes a huge difference to my life”
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June 17, 2015
Death Midwives A New Alternative for End-of-Life Care
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June 17, 2015
Statistics show a need for more hospice palliative care facilities within Canada
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June 15, 2015
5 Life Lessons Learned From Working in a Hospice
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June 15, 2015
Hidden Lives / Hidden Patients: theme announced for World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
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June 12, 2015
Only two or three years to live? What to do, right now.
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June 12, 2015
Halifax experts train locals on new end-of-life care approach
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June 11, 2015
End-of-Life Care Receives $1M Investment from Saint Elizabeth
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June 9, 2015
Doctor’s shown to have impact on End-of-Life choices for patients
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June 8, 2015
Does it Matter Where Patients Die?
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June 8, 2015
Dementia Friends Canada Launch
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June 8, 2015
Hospice offers ‘peace and dignity’ to patients and family
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June 3, 2015
New Interactive Workbook
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June 2, 2015
Producers Casey Affleck and Joaquin Phoenix Chronicle the Last Days of Life in I Am Dying for National Geographic Channel
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May 27, 2015
Cross-Canada Review of Palliative Care Models Unearths Gems
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May 7, 2015
Seniors Care and Compassionate Care in the 2015 Budget
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May 6, 2015
Songwriting as a means of meaning and remembering
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April 27, 2015
Death midwives help families cope with end-of-life care
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April 16, 2015
Conference Board of Canada research shows need for national seniors strategy
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April 14, 2015
RNAO tackles end-of-life care at annual meeting
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April 13, 2015
Care through the end
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April 9, 2015
Provincial Palliative Care Centre officially opens
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April 8, 2015
The Ocean Drum
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April 7, 2015
Today is National Caregiver Day
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March 31, 2015
Manager, Patient Care – Operations (Palliative Team)
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March 23, 2015
Future of health care could be Hospital @ Home
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March 19, 2015
The Change Foundation releases new five-year strategic plan focused on family caregivers
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March 4, 2015
Self-care: how good are we at actually doing it?
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February 26, 2015
Seven Considerations for Live Music in Hospice Settings
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February 10, 2015
Are we making a difference?
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January 28, 2015
Training for Hospice Workers in the Use of Music
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January 22, 2015
Stress of family caregiving red flagged
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January 16, 2015
Pallium Canada and the Ontario Auditor General’s 2014 Annual Report
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December 12, 2014
Palliative care and Universal Health Coverage: Do not leave those suffering behind
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December 10, 2014
City council unanimously supports Stratford/Perth Residential Hospice proposal
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December 9, 2014
Helping those near the end of life feel less alone
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November 13, 2014
Laurier to host national Music Care Conference Nov. 15
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October 30, 2014
Ongoing Collaboration To Support The Well-Being Of Seniors Living In Canada
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October 8, 2014
De Souza Institute Celebrates World Palliative Care Day By Honouring De Souza Advanced Practice Nurse in Palliative Care
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October 1, 2014
New Highs Reached in U.S. and Canadian Health Care Philanthropy: Donations Top $10.7 Billion in FY 2013
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September 23, 2014
The most surprising thing about children’s palliative care
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September 9, 2014
Free Webinar: How to Better Understand and Support Older Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities in the Workplace
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September 9, 2014
Death & Dying: Don’t get creeped out by tough talks
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August 28, 2014
Love in Our Own Time – Film available for education and fundraising purposes
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August 22, 2014
Island Health doubles beds for hospice
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August 21, 2014
​Physician perspective on end-of-life issues fully aired
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August 19, 2014
Waterloo Music Care Conference, Singing in Care
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August 18, 2014
Experience for Cancer Patients in the North to Improve with Opening of New Cancer Hubs: Minister Selby
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August 5, 2014
Mobile palliative care program brings comfort and treatment to homeless
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July 22, 2014
Symbols of memory take flight in Garson
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July 9, 2014
Workshop offers support to those with dementia
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July 8, 2014
Ontario hospice set to offer pediatric palliative care
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July 2, 2014
Taking palliative care to where patients are
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June 23, 2014
Family of ill Barrie teen living ’day by day’
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June 20, 2014
Government funding supports Oceanside Hospice Society
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June 17, 2014
CMA, CARP challenge candidates to adopt National Seniors Strategy
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June 11, 2014
Hospice volunteers help ease the pain of loss for grieving families
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June 11, 2014
Doctors call for better end-of-life care, not euthanasia
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June 10, 2014
Canada’s nurses encouraged by Canadian Medical Association’s end-of-life care report
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June 10, 2014
Doctor awarded for palliative work
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June 9, 2014
New global institute in Toronto will boost research on life-threatening disease and palliative care
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June 9, 2014
Legacy provides quilts to NRGH palliative care unit
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June 5, 2014
Man sees gifts in terminal diagnosis
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June 3, 2014
TVN awards eight Catalyst grants
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June 3, 2014
Golfers help parents of children with neuroblastoma
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June 2, 2014
Why music works in End of Life Care: LEGACY
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May 28, 2014
Opinion: Canada needs a palliative-care strategy and focus on pain relief
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May 28, 2014
New in-home palliative care launched in region
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May 26, 2014
VON Durham celebrates 100 years of community service
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May 23, 2014
Ground-breaking palliative care resolution is adopted at WHA signalling progress to end unnecessary pain and suffering due to lack of quality care
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May 23, 2014
Fundraising key for local hospices to aid families of palliative patients
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May 21, 2014
Innisfil council grants $4,000 to Alliston hospice
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May 20, 2014
Fort Chip celebrates opening of elders’ care centre
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May 13, 2014
Dying with dignity: New EMS service helps sick Edmontonians spend their last hours at home
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May 9, 2014
Care bed campaign begins
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May 8, 2014
Spiritual Care Education for Front Line Workers
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May 7, 2014
Aboriginal Symposium – An Essential Learning Experience
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May 5, 2014
Busting the Myths about Hospice Palliative Care!
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May 1, 2014
Palliative care open house at Toronto East General Hospital
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April 30, 2014
Community team work made a dream work at Hospice
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April 29, 2014
Creating Space
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April 23, 2014
8 Tips for New Family Caregivers
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April 15, 2014
Advanced Care Planning presentations coming to regional centres
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April 15, 2014
National ACP Day Survey: our community champions tell us what they are doing for ACP Day 2014
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April 15, 2014
’doctor — heal thyself’
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April 11, 2014
In conversation with Dr. Balfour Mount
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April 10, 2014
2014 Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Learning Institute
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April 10, 2014
Government of Canada accepting nominations for Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards
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April 7, 2014
National Volunteer Week 2014
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April 7, 2014
Crafting a common language for death
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April 7, 2014
Canadians wrestle with agonizing questions about the end of life
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April 4, 2014
A woman’s story: Caring for my husband
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April 4, 2014
Grief and loss: Caring for an ill child
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April 4, 2014
The CHPCA urges all Canadians to Recognize and Support Family Caregivers
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April 3, 2014
The value of volunteers
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April 2, 2014
Hospice Georgian Triangle receives $540,000 in funding
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April 1, 2014
What’s your reason? Tell your story on April 16th
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March 31, 2014
Palliative care in Guelph area gets $1-million funding boost
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March 27, 2014
Heart House Hospice announces campaign to build new facility in Erin Mills
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March 26, 2014
Study looks at end-of-life care in Lloydminster
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March 21, 2014
Fundraising at Maison Vale Hospice
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March 21, 2014
BC Doctors Say Everyone Should Have a Plan for End of Life
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March 19, 2014
When to introduce palliative care: Study suggests earlier is better
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March 17, 2014
New ACP Program focuses on patient-centered care
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March 17, 2014
From Rejection to Motivation to Accomplishment: The Healing Cycle Foundation for Hospice Palliative Care
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March 14, 2014
BC Centre for Palliative Care Welcomes New Executive Director
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March 14, 2014
The Aging Homeless: Best Practices for End of Life Care
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March 12, 2014
Looking to raise funds for palliative care? Host a hike!
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March 10, 2014
Have you had the talk? 55% of Canadians have not
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March 10, 2014
Cancer patients benefit from early palliative care
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March 7, 2014
When it comes to treatment, talking should be the first step
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March 6, 2014
Harper Government committed to increasing palliative care training across the country
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March 4, 2014
Disaster Response: Where Does Palliative Care Fit In?
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March 4, 2014
Palliative Care Gains Favor as It Lowers Costs
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March 4, 2014
Midland nurse earns palliative-care designation
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March 3, 2014
Palliative care: a peaceful, humane global campaign is needed
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February 25, 2014
Practice-based learning improves end of life care confidence in community nurses
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February 11, 2014
5 reasons why music makes connections in Advanced Dementia – Part 2
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February 6, 2014
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February 6, 2014
Children at the Bedside of a Dying Family Member or Friend
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January 23, 2014
Toolkit aims to improve palliative care system
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January 23, 2014
Canadians want palliative and end-of-life care support – but they don’t know how or where to access it.
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January 22, 2014
Myth: Palliative care is only for patients who are imminently dying
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January 16, 2014
Making connections through music in advanced dementia
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January 13, 2014
St. Joseph’s Hospice opens new residential centre
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January 6, 2014
Palliative care plays a vital role
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December 20, 2013
Grief and relief: tradition, culture and religion
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December 20, 2013
Grief in Times of Celebration: The Empty Spot
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December 17, 2013
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December 17, 2013
Christmas in September
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December 4, 2013
Government of Canada launches the new caregivers portal on seniors.gc.ca
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December 2, 2013
World AIDS Day 2013 – the need for palliative care is as great as ever
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November 26, 2013
Five Steps to the Perfect Gift
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November 25, 2013
Palliative care is… Having the conversation
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November 25, 2013
What Palliative Care Means as a Caregiver
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November 12, 2013
The Power of Songwriting with Cancer Patients in Palliative Care
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November 6, 2013
How to prepare for end-of-life care
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October 31, 2013
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Special Lecture in Ottawa
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October 23, 2013
Canadians: Are we a death denying society?
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October 22, 2013
Palliative Network aims to improve care of dying
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October 16, 2013
Olds and District Hospice Society continuing to spread message
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October 15, 2013
Ontario Improving Access to Home and Community Care in the Kingston Area
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October 11, 2013
AHS works with HQCA on home care review
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October 10, 2013
Post-traumatic stress and growth: Unexpected late side effects of cancer
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October 10, 2013
17 Tips for Cancer Caregivers
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October 10, 2013
Part One – Caregivers’ Choice: Take it on the Chin, or Chin Up [1]?
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October 10, 2013
When treatment fails: Teens and end-of-life care
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October 10, 2013
Home care a top priority for Canadians
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October 9, 2013
Personal Support Worker (PSW): caring at life’s end
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October 9, 2013
Doctor learns from his mother: the patient
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October 9, 2013
Dying at home: a return to the way it was.
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October 9, 2013
An emotional roller-coaster ride called Cancer
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October 8, 2013
Urgent action needed to improve access to hospice and palliative care: It is time to start dispelling the myths
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October 8, 2013
Taking Care of Caregivers: More After-Hours Support for Dementia Caregivers
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October 7, 2013
Which Way from Here? Navigation competencies for the care of older rural adults at the end of life
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October 7, 2013
Provincial/territorial ministers’ call for better seniors care welcome news, says Canadian Medical Association president
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October 4, 2013
Primary Care Toolkit – Ontario Specific
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October 4, 2013
Five fantastic reasons to make a plan TODAY!
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October 4, 2013
World Day Mythbusting: Access
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October 3, 2013
World Day: Dispelling Myths about Pediatric Care
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October 2, 2013
Bill 52 on end-of-life care
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October 2, 2013
What Matters Most
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October 1, 2013
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September 30, 2013
Mythbusting: World Day 2013
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September 30, 2013
Bride & Groom Say “I DO” at Princess Margaret
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September 26, 2013
St. Michael’s helping to make Peel Region a safer and healthier community
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September 20, 2013
Statistics Canada Reports Identify Eight Million Family Caregivers in Canada
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September 19, 2013
Many patients receiving end-of-life treatments they don’t want or need
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September 19, 2013
When treatment fails: the challenge of supporting adolescents and young adults diagnosed with terminal cancer
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September 16, 2013
National Health Leadership Conference
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September 16, 2013
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Questions to ask your physician
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September 6, 2013
My Last Gift
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September 6, 2013
Talking to Children about Terminal Illness
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September 6, 2013
Caring for Canada’s seniors will take our entire health care workforce
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September 5, 2013
Session offers hope for grieving children
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September 4, 2013
Care and Share Bereavement Retreat
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September 4, 2013
22nd Annual Manitoba Provincial Hospice Palliative Care Conference
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September 4, 2013
The Bucket List Festival
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September 4, 2013
This Thing Called Grief
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August 29, 2013
When Grief Comes to School: Tips for Parents
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August 26, 2013
On August 24th, at more than 300 dinners in 12 countries, people will gather with friends and family to have dinner and discuss the one thing many of us avoid talking about: our deaths.
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August 20, 2013
Doctors, patients urged to discuss advance-care plans
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August 9, 2013
Who will care for Canada’s seniors
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July 31, 2013
Discrepancies in Conceptualizations of “Closure”
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July 25, 2013
Hospitals begin to recognize social media’s potential to improve patient experience
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July 24, 2013
Lack of Training for Canadian Doctors Handling Patients’ Desire to Die
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July 19, 2013
Patient safety study demonstrates need for standardized home care
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July 17, 2013
Palliative Alliance Project
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July 16, 2013
10 New Hospice Beds Coming to Leamington Erie St. Clair LHIN Invests in Local Hospice Services
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July 15, 2013
Helping Seniors Stay in Their Homes
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July 15, 2013
Kelowna’s Need for a Respite/Hospice House for Children
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July 12, 2013
Contingency Plans for Caregivers
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July 11, 2013
A Guide to Programs and Services for Seniors in Ontario
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July 10, 2013
Hospice Niagara Provides Comfort for Those Approaching End of Life
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July 9, 2013
Finding a Balance: “Care Talk” vs. “Death Talk”
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July 9, 2013
New book provides advice and comfort to Alzheimer Patients’ Families
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July 8, 2013
As CMA meeting nears, debate over end-of-life care increasing
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July 4, 2013
Improving quality in Canada’s nursing homes requires “more staff, more training”
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July 4, 2013
National Guidelines for a Comprehensive Service System to Support Family Caregivers of Adults with Mental Health Problems and Illnesses
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July 3, 2013
Caregivers can get support in Boone County
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July 2, 2013
Intervention Plan Based on Hope
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July 2, 2013
Increasing need for health-care providers to prepare to treat diverse seniors
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June 27, 2013
Canadian Patient Safety Institute Releases First of its Kind Study
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June 26, 2013
Creative Thinking in Meeting the Needs of Canada’s Aging Population: Lessons from Denmark?
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June 25, 2013
Diversity services in Brampton’s palliative care unit
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June 24, 2013
Opening of Toronto’s first children’s hospice: Emily’s House
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June 20, 2013
Will Alberta’s cuts remove the possibility for terminally ill patients to die at home?
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June 18, 2013
Canada’s Aging Population – Our system isn’t ready
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June 18, 2013
Hospice at May Court Mourning the Loss of ’Dr. Isaac’
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June 17, 2013
Incorporating Video Chat into Palliative Care
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June 14, 2013
Providing emotional care for patients in a technology-driven health system
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June 13, 2013
Angel nannies ‘bring some humanity’ for mothers with cancer
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June 12, 2013
Broadening access to specialized care: The growth of telemedicine connects patients to the caregivers
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June 12, 2013
Action on Chronic Disease
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June 10, 2013
Hospice Profile: Roger’s House
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June 10, 2013
Lily Beauprés last days: “We made every minute count’
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June 5, 2013
Canada’s Health Centres Applaud Alberta’s Next Steps to Improve Family and Community Health
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June 4, 2013
Cancer and Advance Care Planning – Speaking Up
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June 3, 2013
How do you want to live your life at the end?
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June 3, 2013
Bereavement Support for Persons with an Intellectual Disability
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May 31, 2013
Pallium Palliative Pocketbook
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May 29, 2013
Hospice Care Gap in Nova Scotia
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May 17, 2013
Virtual Hospice’s online community – Virtually indispensable
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May 16, 2013
Palliative Care – Coming out of the shadows
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May 13, 2013
Comforting the Dying
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May 8, 2013
Canadians Are Aging. We’ve Done the Math. Have you?
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May 8, 2013
The Last Iris: A Mother’s Day Tribute
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Keeping you in control of your health-care choices Mississauga Halton CCAC End-of-life health and support services
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Sacred Time
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April 24, 2013
Advance Care Planning
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April 23, 2013
Closure Of Health Council Erodes Federal Leadership Role In Health
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April 23, 2013
From a Parent’s Perspective
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April 22, 2013
End-of-life care options
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April 19, 2013
Young people urged to make an end-of-life care plan
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Speak up about Advance Care Planning day
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April 16, 2013
The Way Forward
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Read Advance Care Planning Personal Stories
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The Room to Room Program (R2R)
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“It was the richest period of my life”
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April 5, 2013
April 5 is National Caregiver Day
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No Longer the Caregiver…Now What!
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Caring about Caregivers
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Ambiguous Loss and Grief – Resource for Professionals
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Baycrest’s mobile tablet app enables palliative patients to report symptoms directly into their medical chart
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Halifax’s Extended Care Paramedic Program
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Music care at end of life
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February 27, 2013
Realigning Services to Enhance Patient Care
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End of life discussions move to centre stage
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Hospice Calgary’s Sage Centre
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February 14, 2013
Mindfulness Practice at Hospice Niagara
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February 6, 2013
Greetings from all of us at the Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit in Winnipeg, Canada!
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February 5, 2013
Stigma around end-of-life planning contributes to later life pain
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February 4, 2013
Speaking up on World Cancer Day
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Therapy llamas bring joy to nursing home patients
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Planning for end-of-life care the best course of action
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Advance care planning and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia: don’t wait to have the conversation
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Family Medicine Forum
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From a Patient’s Perspective
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Chance Meeting Brings Hospice Palliative Care Training from Canada to Cuba
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The Canadian Network of Palliative Care for Children
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Meet the Ottawa Deaf Palliative Care Team
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Attentive Care from the Caregivers and Volunteers at the Lighthouse Children and Families
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The top ten: milestones for making (and reviewing) your advance care plan
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Are you too young for an advance care plan?
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What’s In A Name? Choosing Your Substitute Decision Maker
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Mindfulness in the midst of illness and caring
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End of Life: Ira Byock Shares the 4 Things that Matter Most
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Trent Hills Resident: Winner of the June Callwood Award
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I Did It My Way – A hospice story of aging well to the end.
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A New Vision for Music in Hospice Care
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It depends on where you die! Settings of care in Canada
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