Hospice palliative care aims to relieve suffering, improve quality of life, and provide comfort and support to the person and their family.
A hospice palliative care approach is not only for the last weeks or days of life; it’s for anyone with a life-limiting illness regardless of age.
There are many sources of information, services and support in the Champlain region for anyone who needs or is interested in hospice palliative care.
Find out about ongoing learning opportunities for patients, families, caregivers, volunteers and health care professionals.
What is important to you? Share your values, beliefs and wishes for your health care and quality of life.
What would you do if you had one year to live?
Take the challenge and learn more about Advance Care Planning.
What would you do if you had one year to live?
Take the challenge and learn more about Advance Care Planning.
What’s Happening in Champlain?
LEAP Core – Ottawa
In an interactive two-day course Pallium Canada’s LEAP Core offers interprofessional clinicians competency-based palliative care education based on Canadian realities and current best evidence.
LEAP Core Covers:
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Read MoreHPCO: Health Care Consent & Advance Care Planning in Ontario
Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 from 12:00- 1:00 PM
Learn about one quality improvement project to improve the conversations and documentation of Advance Care Planning (ACP), goals of […]
Read MoreDeath Café: Talking about Death Won’t Kill You
Home Hospice National Capital Region: DEATH CAFÉ
Where: OTTAWA PUBLIC LIBRARY – EMERALD PLAZA, 1547 MERIVALE ROAD When: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27/2019 | 6-8 pm
WWW.HOMEHOSPICEASSOCIATION.COM/DEATHCAFES info: kayla@homehospiceassociation.com
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