A nursing researcher from the University of Alberta is working to change the way people with schizophrenia and other chronic mental health conditions in Canada are cared for at the end of their lives.
Dr. Kelli Stajduhar receives 2022 Barer-Flood Prize in Health Services and Policy Research from the CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (CIHR-IHSPR) for her work in understanding how we can facilitate dying-in-place for structurally vulnerable older adults.
A growing number of ‘wind phones’, phones not connected to a network that allow grieving individuals to have conversations with their dead loved ones, are popping up across the country – pointing to an increased need for public grieving.
The third annual edition of TLC Day, an initiative Diana Gouvopoulos started as a way to pamper oncology and palliative care patients at St. Mary’s Hospital in Montreal with makeovers, manicures and massages.
The Campbell River Hospice Society’s Art Therapy program got a boost thanks to two $3,000 donations from the local owners of McDonald’s and Spinners Sports, which will help give people who are dealing with a sudden loss a chance to deal with their grief in a healthy way.
The Frontenac Lennox & Addington Ontario Health Team (FLA OHT) has created the Palliative Care Partnership to strive for a connected, community-based program for palliative care.
Thanks to Madawaska Valley Hospice Palliative Care, there is a new source of support in the Madawaska Valley region of Ontario for grieving children and young people who experienced the death of someone special to them.
A new residential hospice in Durham Region in Ontario, set to break ground this September after a generous donation of $2 million from a group of 16 developers, will be named after beloved Former Durham Regional Chair and long-time Ajax councillor Roger Anderson.
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