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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 →

Interventions and Models of Palliative and End of Life Care for Homeless Adults

September 11, 2024

Adults experiencing homelessness face significant symptom burdens and inequalities due to life-limiting illnesses and loss of rootedness. Lack of adapted palliative and end-of-life care worsens their illness and quality of life. Coverdale and colleagues (2024) conducted a review to identify interventions and models of care used to address the palliative Continue reading →

HPCO Accreditation Program open to hospices outside of Ontario – Congratulations to Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society!

August 15, 2024

Hospice Palliative Care Ontario is thrilled to announce that Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society achieved HPCO Accreditation for their Hospice Residence! This marks the first time a non-Ontario hospice has received accreditation. “Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society can assure our communities that Accreditation serves as an indicator of commitment 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 →

A Hospice Transitions Program for Patients in the Emergency Department

July 17, 2024

This quality improvement study, by Baugh and colleagues (2024), aimed to assess the association of hospice use with a novel multidisciplinary care transitions program to quickly identify and enroll patients eligible for hospice who presented to the emergency department (ED) near the end of life. The study involved 270 patients Continue reading →

2024 Dr. S. Lawrence Librach Award for Palliative Medicine in the Community: Dr. Naheed Dosani

June 13, 2024

The recipient of the 2024 Dr. S. Lawrence Librach Award for Palliative Medicine in the Community is Dr. Naheed Dosani. Dr. Naheed Dosani is a Palliative Care Physician at the department of Family and Community Medicine through St. Michael’s Hospital, the Medical Director and Clinical Health Equity Lead at Kensington Continue reading →

Screening for End-of-Life in Acute Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Survey

May 8, 2024

A recent study conducted by To and colleagues (2024) examined two screening tools – Indicators for a Palliative Approach and the Surprise Question – to determine if they were accurate in predicting which patients were at higher risk of dying in the next year. The cross-sectional study revealed that the Continue reading →

A Critical Examination of Ethnocultural Considerations in the Canadian Volunteer Hospice Palliative Care Landscape

April 24, 2024

A recent study conducted in Southwestern Ontario by Cait and colleagues (2024), attempted to explore the impact of social, ethnic and demographic changes to understand how this may affect volunteer recruitment, and representation. The research team interviewed volunteers, community members and staff to determine the differences of cultural views on Continue reading →

Grief Training in Palliative Care Fellowships

April 10, 2024

Grief and bereavement is an important part of palliative care, not only for patients but also physicians and other service providers. In a recent study conducted by Barlow and colleagues (2024), the curricula in Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship programs were explored. It was discovered that 90% of the programs Continue reading →

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

Interventions and Models of Palliative and End of Life Care for Homeless Adults

HPCO Accreditation Program open to hospices outside of Ontario – Congratulations to Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society!

Happiness in Hospice Care in The Netherlands: A Case Study

A Hospice Transitions Program for Patients in the Emergency Department

2024 Dr. S. Lawrence Librach Award for Palliative Medicine in the Community: Dr. Naheed Dosani

Screening for End-of-Life in Acute Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Survey

A Critical Examination of Ethnocultural Considerations in the Canadian Volunteer Hospice Palliative Care Landscape

Grief Training in Palliative Care Fellowships

HPCO’s Annual Conference

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