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Envisioning Compassionate, Dementia Inclusive Communities

A University of British Columbia-Okanagan research team, partnering with the BC Centre for Palliative Care (BCCPC), has kicked off an exciting nationwide project bringing together three important social health movements—compassionate communities, dementia-friendly communities, and volunteer navigation (Nav-CARE) --to reduce stigma, raise awareness, and offer empowering supports for people living with dementia to age in place. [...]

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ECHO year in review and looking ahead to 2025

More ECHO crossover than ever In 2024, we noticed that more than ever, ECHO participants were taking a wider look at our ECHO offerings and “crossing over” to explore multiple sessions and multiple series throughout the year. In addition to those participating in both our open series (where anyone can choose which or how many

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Become an Advance Care Planning (ACP) Master Trainer

BCCPC is seeking expressions of interest from ACP facilitators for the opportunity to become certified ACP Master Trainer, leveraging your expertise to guide and empower BC community organizations in promoting advance care planning. The training program for Master Trainers is set to commence in February 2025. As a co-facilitator alongside a BCCPC trainer, you will

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All Together Symposium – participant reactions continue

The kudos for the second All Together: Nurturing Partnerships. Reimagining Palliative Care. continue to flow in. Attendee breakdown: This highly successful event hosted nearly 200 attendees: 50% work in the health system, 30% work in community non-profits, 10% work in research, knowledge translation and policy development, 4% are health-care students, 7% others. Our attendees rated

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ECHO and Palliative Care in the Climate Crisis

Extreme weather events due to the climate crisis impact every aspect of life, including access to care, and add stressors felt by the health system and individual healthcare workers. Looking ahead to its offerings for 2025, BCCPC’s ECHO program is exploring whether there would be interest in a series about Palliative Care in a Climate

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All Together Symposium 2024 Recap

Last week, around 200 participants gathered in downtown Vancouver for the All Together Symposium 2024: Nurturing Partnerships. Reimagining Palliative Care. During a vibrant day with over 40 sessions on wide-ranging topics, attendees were informed, challenged and inspired: “A most excellent conference! The mix of plenary sessions (excellent) and informative breakout formats carried the momentum and

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ECHO: Flexing Your Core

Our cornerstone ECHO learning, Flexing Your Core, is back for Autumn 2024! Flexing Your Core promotes a palliative approach to care. The content is accessible to those – healthcare providers and students -- who are unfamiliar with palliative care or a palliative approach and provides a comprehensive foundation for anyone working with and supporting people

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All Together Symposium 2024 – News Release & Backgrounder

BCCPC-ATS-news-release Download ATS 2024 News Release BCCPC 2024 ATS Backgrounder Download ATS 2024 Backgrounder

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Strengthening a palliative approach in long-term care

With short-term funding from the Strengthening a Palliative Approach-Long-term Care project and BCCPC, Della Roberts convened a group of representatives from BC’s long-term care (LTC) community to explore opportunities to work together to strengthen a palliative approach to care in LTC. Leaders in LTC across the BC health authorities formed a collaborative to enhance the

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All Together warm-up? All Together ECHO!

Looking for a warm-up to the All Together 2024 Symposium? Then check out the All Together ECHO ... we're continuing the inspiring conversations about compassionate communities that were sparked at our 2022 symposium! The All Together ECHO series expands on themes from the 2022 All Together Symposium. Inviting connection, trust and innovation through the ECHO

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