Background
The Health Care Consent Advance Care Planning Community of Practice (HCC ACP CoP) was created to respond to the need for a provincial resource for Health Care Consent and Advance Care Planning practice utilizing an Ontario legal framework. Both national and provincial initiatives related to Advance Care Planning have contributed to help drive the work and activities by this group. Goals are reflective of an Ontario legal framework and reinforce the link between HCC & ACP to the public and health care providers.
A key link to the HCC ACP CoP is Advance Care Planning Ontario (formerly Speak-Up Ontario), a partnership between HPCO and the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) which began in February 2012. This is the Ontario version of the National Advance Care Planning Campaign, which provides education and Ontario based tools and resources across the province.
This Community of Practice has been in existence since 2010 in various forms. The Alzheimer Knowledge Exchange initially supported it until the spring of 2013. It continued its work after the funding from Seniors Health Research Transfer Network (SHRTN) ended, and later officially transitioned to Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO) where it has been principally led by a dedicated group of HCC ACP expert leaders.
Structure
The HPCO HCC ACP CoP is responsive to its membership and has evolved to meet the growing interest and demand for leadership and resources throughout Ontario. As such the current structure includes:
Clinical Advisory Team
- Appointed by HPCO, as recognized clinical leads in HCC ACP GoC in Ontario.
- Advises HPCO and the Leadership Team on opportunities, issues and solutions for enhancing system wide awareness, skills and capacity building across interdisciplinary clinicians.
- Develops and recommends appropriate Ontario-based tools and resources etc.
General Membership
This membership is open to everyone and does not require endorsement from anyone. We welcome you to join the CoP if you are interested in expanding your knowledge of Health Care Consent and Advance Care Planning and want to share this knowledge with others.
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