Healthcare Professionals

  • World Compassionate Communities Day – November 1st

    November 1st, 2021 is the inaugural World Compassionate Communities Day! Compassionate Communities focus on whole person care to benefit patients, caregivers, and health care systems. This enhances access to care and strengthens communities’ ability to connect, inform, and protect seniors as well as people with chronic and advanced disease and Continue reading →

  • Study provides recommendations for Canadian LTC to improve end of life supportive care

    Many health care professionals provide supportive end of life care to older adult residents in long term care (LTC) facilities.  Canadian authors Harasym et al. (2021) aimed to identify and understand what strategies may be needed to optimize supportive end of life care in Canadian LTC facilities.  The two-phase study Continue reading →

  • National Truth and Reconciliation Day

    This year HPCO acknowledges Canada’s first National Truth and Reconciliation Day on September 30th. We recognize the immense grief and bereavement experienced by our Indigenous families and by our community and country at large, and we share in that pain. The HPCO staff team will be taking the morning of Continue reading →

  • Ontario Hospices: A workplace that feels like home

    The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on healthcare. Nurses in particular, are under significant stress. As a result, some are considering leaving their overwhelming and stressful hospital work environments. In comparison to hospitals, a career in hospice can offer nurses more manageable workloads, more comfortable working environment, and Continue reading →

  • The Benefits of Hospice Quality Metrics

    The first step to meaningful change is knowing what works and what doesn’t. To do so, metrics platforms use specific indicators and data points to measure and assess the overall quality of care. The process of quantifying and comparing aspects of the healthcare system can indicate what strategies are working Continue reading →

  • Canadian report explores the impact of COVID-19 on Community-Based Palliative Care

    Because of COVID-19 many end-of-life care that were previously mainly available in a hospital setting can be provided through a home or community-based care model. These unexpected and widespread changes prompted Health Canada to publish a report outlining some of the barriers faces by palliative care clinicians and organizations during Continue reading →

  • How can geographic location affect patients access to hospice and palliative care services?

    Ontario has a total population of just over 14.5 million. The majority of Ontarians live in metropolitan areas (88.7%)1 and the remaining population reside in less populated rural or remote locations. Ontarians who live in these rural areas often face inequitable access to health care services compared to citizens of Continue reading →

  • Record Keeping, Policy Check and PHIPA

    Thursday, August 5, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM This training session will discuss the dos and don’ts of record keeping. Recording all of the information you need about volunteers and staff in properly maintained files not only makes it easier for you to access when you need it but reduces Continue reading →

  • Interviewing skills from a cultural diversity lens

    Wednesday, August 4, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM This training session will discuss the dos and don’ts of record keeping. Recording all of the information you need about volunteers and staff in properly maintained files not only makes it easier for you to access when you need it but reduces Continue reading →

  • Complementary Therapies in Hospice Palliative Care: Where to Begin, How to Expand, & Highlighting its Importance

    Friday, July 23rd, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Rachel Hobson will share her experience and insights from coordinating more than 10 different complementary therapy services in residential, community, and visiting hospice care settings. This presentation will introduce the following: space and equipment needs, developing capacity and connections, care setting considerations, Continue reading →