As BCCPC continues to create tools and resources to advance the practice of a person-centred approach to palliative care, more organizations are discovering the value of these innovative tools and sharing them with their own stakeholders.
Three recent examples:
BCCPC’s innovative tools highlighted in national report – BCCPC’s interdisciplinary symptom management guidelines and compassionate communities toolkit are just two of the Centre’s resources that have been highlighted in Healthcare Excellence Canada’s “Home and Community-Based Palliative Care” report. The national report gathers the best examples of innovative tools that address issues that were brought into focus by the pandemic, especially those that impacted the delivery of home and community care. In addition to the other tools, the report also included the Centre’s white paper on The Public Health Approach to Palliative Care (page 35). Read the report.
A new national toolkit for ACP in Long Term Care – A new toolkit is available to guide health care providers in long-term care settings to integrate advance care planning conversations into their practice. Essential Conversations: A Guide to Advance Care Planning in Long-Term Care Settings was created by the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association in partnership with Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care (SPA-LTC), a pan-Canadian interdisciplinary team. BCCPC was represented on advisory committees and task groups, and some of our leading edge resources (especially on ACP for culturally diverse communities) are highlighted.
LTC+: Acting on Pandemic Learning Together – Published by the BC Patient Safety and Quality Council and Healthcare Excellence Canada, this publication promotes BCCPC’s Stories of the Heart, a series of videos spotlighting Health Care Assistants (HCAs) and their experiences during the first heightened weeks of the pandemic. In the videos, we hear HCAs’ own words on self-care, team support, caring for Elders in their community, COVID-19 fears and how the work “feeds their soul”. The publication also highlights BCCPC’s many resources for the long-term care sector.
