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We contribute to high-quality hospice palliative care in Eastern Ontario. While we do not provide direct care to patients, we support the healthcare professionals who do. Our education sessions reach thousands of people on topics such as advance care planning, grief, practical caregiver training and self-care.
Building Capacity
Our training programs for clinicians, volunteers, and caregivers support the delivery of palliative care.
Creating Connections
We provide healthcare professionals with the resources they need, and we help improve access to palliative care.
Engaging Communities
Our goal is to make hospice palliative care more accessible and better understood, and to encourage open conversations about living, dying, and grieving.
Dining to Learn
Palliative care education series for long-term care team members in Ottawa.
Education Day
Annual palliative care Education Day for healthcare team members in Eastern Ontario.
Grief and Bereavement Workshops
Workshops that discuss Death Thought Systems, normalizing grief, grief theories, communication strategies, and more.
La Cité Palliative Care Course
Palliative care college courses for long-term care team members in Ottawa.
LEAP
Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative Care (LEAP) is for healthcare professionals who wish to learn palliative care skills.
Practical Caregiver Training
We provide the materials for healthcare organizations to run their own sessions for caregivers.
Canadian Serious Illness Conversation Training
Interactive training sessions for healthcare clinical staff who want to increase their confidence in leading serious illness conversations.
Thursday Evening Series
Palliative care education series offered to all healthcare team members.
Wellness Day for the Healthcare Community
A virtual wellness day featuring interactive wellness sessions and practical tips.
Workshops on Advance Care Planning
Workshops that discuss informed consent, substitute decision making, and having conversations about values, wishes, and beliefs. Offered to healthcare organizations.
Achievements from 2019 - present
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aims to relieve suffering, improve quality of life and provide support to the person and their family
meets the physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs of people with a life-altering illness and those who care for them
can be provided wherever a person lives: at home, long-term care, hospice, or at a hospital
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