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Quality of Virtual vs. In-Person Outpatient Palliative Care: Disparities by Language and Race

February 5, 2025

Nouri and colleagues (2025) conducted a multisite study of 2684 outpatient palliative care patients to examine the association between virtual and in-person visit type and screening for psychosocial, spiritual, and goals of care needs and to assess differences by language and race. The authors identified that there were no differences Continue reading →

Equity of Access to Palliative Care: A Scoping Review

January 22, 2025

There are many inequities within palliative care, hospice care, and end-of-life care. The scoping review by Sítima, Galhardo-Branco, and Reis-Pina (2024) examines these inequities for people with chronic, progressive, life-threatening, or limiting diseases. The review explored the primary contributors, key barriers to achieving equitable access, and essential recommendations to achieve Continue reading →

Introducing HPCO’s New Mount Pleasant Group Equity in Action Award

January 16, 2025

Hospice Palliative Care Ontario, with the support of Mount Pleasant Group, is proud to announce the creation of the Mount Pleasant Group Equity in Action Award. This award acknowledges initiatives that improve access to hospice palliative care in equity-deserving communities across Ontario. “We are thrilled to introduce the Mount Pleasant Continue reading →

National Grief and Bereavement Day and Children’s Grief Awareness Day 2024

November 19, 2024

Grief is a universal experience that impacts everyone differently. For many, the loss of a loved one can lead to feelings of isolation, confusion and heartache. Recognizing this, November is a month to promote understanding, provide support and encourage open conversations about loss through National Grief and Bereavement Day on Continue reading →

Self-care Towards the End of Life: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis on Access, Quality and Cost

October 24, 2024

According to the World Health Organization, self-care is the ability of individuals, families and communities to promote health, prevent disease, maintain health, and cope with illness and disability with or without the support of a healthcare provider. Self-care at end of life is under-researched. Existing studies on self-care are often Continue reading →

‘Just a Simple Sausage Sandwich’: The Significance of Sensory Care Practices and Hidden Carers in the Hospice

September 25, 2024

Dying and suffering are considered relational experiences within sociology and these experiences are rooted in social relations as well as wider social and cultural structures. Settings of end-of-life care are filled with many sensory and emotional engagements that is often hared between persons in a multidirectional care entanglement. Richardson (2024) Continue reading →

Private Sector Business Interactions with Bereaved People

August 28, 2024

Bereaved individuals often need to undertake several practical or administrative tasks, such as transferring household bills to the name of the remaining spouse, following the death of a loved one. Research suggests that 61% of bereaved adults had difficulties with these tasks. Crooks and colleagues (2024) sought to explore the Continue reading →

Happiness in Hospice Care in The Netherlands: A Case Study

July 31, 2024

While hospice and palliative care is often associated at a societal level with suffering, many who have experienced hospice care associate it with happiness. While there are some studies describing the effects of various interventions on happiness, few studies have explored the phenomenon of happiness in the context of palliative Continue reading →

HPCO2024: Conference Summary

June 14, 2024

Our annual Conference, HPCO2024, occurred on June 9-11, 2024. This sold-out event welcomed over 800 delegates from across Ontario. We also welcomed delegates from across Canada and from the United Kingdom. The 2024 conference theme was Palliative Care Everywhere. Building on the 2023 conference theme of Now is the Time, Palliative Continue reading →

Palliative End-of-Life Medication Prescribing Rates in Long-Term Care

May 22, 2024

A recent study by Tanuseputro and colleagues (2024) examined the prescribing rates of subcutaneous medications for end-of-life symptom control among residents who died in long-term care homes in Ontario. The findings demonstrated that about two-thirds of the residents received medications in order to manage their pain or other symptoms in Continue reading →

Quality of Virtual vs. In-Person Outpatient Palliative Care: Disparities by Language and Race

Equity of Access to Palliative Care: A Scoping Review

Introducing HPCO’s New Mount Pleasant Group Equity in Action Award

National Grief and Bereavement Day and Children’s Grief Awareness Day 2024

Self-care Towards the End of Life: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis on Access, Quality and Cost

‘Just a Simple Sausage Sandwich’: The Significance of Sensory Care Practices and Hidden Carers in the Hospice

Private Sector Business Interactions with Bereaved People

Happiness in Hospice Care in The Netherlands: A Case Study

HPCO2024: Conference Summary

Palliative End-of-Life Medication Prescribing Rates in Long-Term Care

HPCO’s Annual Conference

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