Quebec to invest extra $10 million a year in palliative care
Canada – The Globe & Mail
Quebec is investing an additional $10 million a year to improve palliative care.
To die at home or in hospital? Aussies want one but we fund the other
Australia – The Conversation
Where do you want to die? Provided symptoms can be controlled, most people at the end of life prefer to die at home. However, just over half of Australians who died in 2011-12 died in hospital.
Hospice calls to bridge gap to Muslim families
Enfield Independent
Haven House, which covers Enfield, North East London, Essex and Hertfordshire, have called for “even more” to be done to bridge the gap between hospices and the Muslim community.
Hospice helps patients and families focus on quality of life
Niagara Frontier Press
November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. Hospices across the country are reaching out to raise awareness about the highest quality care for all people coping with life-limiting illness.
New program seeks to encourage more of us to talk with our doctors about end of life care
Michigan Radio
Starting January 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will reimburse physicians for having end of life conversations with patients and loved ones.
Marion Rattray awarded Order of Ottawa
ehospice Canada
Marion Rattray has been a registered nurse for 47 years, including 40 years at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
2016 plenary speakers will spark creativity
ehospice USA
The 31st Management and Leadership Conference will explore how hospice and palliative care leaders navigate change.
Together for Short Lives calls on government to address workforce gaps in children’s palliative care
ehospice UK
Together for Short Lives is hosting a special event at Westminster today to encourage MPs to take action to ensure children and families are able to access palliative care whenever they need it.
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