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Pediatric Palliative Care Nursing Competencies 

Pediatric health care providers will tell you: children are not just little adults. Even so, clinical competencies for treating children and youth are sometimes simply transposed from adult-focused protocols. And while many valuable competencies do transfer, other components specific to pediatrics are missing. Hospice palliative care nursing competencies in Canada have also followed this trajectory, [...]

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Now available! Web-based ACP information for South Asian and Chinese communities

The Advance Care Planning (ACP) information and resources on our website have been tailored to BC's Chinese and South Asian communities and are now available in English, Punjabi, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.   By offering public-facing advance care planning information in Punjabi, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese, we are able to address the needs

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Pandemic education and preparedness for LTC

LTC+, a program of Healthcare Excellence Canada, focuses on supporting those who work in long-term care and retirement homes across Canada. LTC+ concentrates especially on pandemic learning and preparedness in a time when staff are managing an unprecedented situation day-to-day, while also trying to plan ahead.   The program is designed to be flexible, so that facilities can access resources to implement change quickly. You

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Advance Care Planning for People Living with Dementia and Family/Friend Caregivers project wraps up pilot phase

The pilot phase of the project tailoring community-led Advance Care Planning (ACP) programs for those living with dementia concluded last month. In partnership with four partner organizations, we piloted and evaluated the guided group conversation event and two-part ACP information sessions. Along with providing a full toolkit of resources, the project team also trained staff

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Missed the Quality Forum? Read the abstracts and presentations

The 10th annual Quality Forum was a busy time for the BCCPC team, which gave eight on-demand and live presentations. They covered our newly developed, evidence-based resources for everyone – health care providers, community-based organizations, individuals, and families. Want an overview of what was presented? Read the abstracts and presentations: "Cultural & linguistic adaptation of

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Advance Care Planning Cultural Adaptations project – Spreading the model

As the Advance Care Planning Cultural Adaptations project, funded by Health Canada, enters its final weeks, one of the satisfying benefits of the project is taking what has been learned, including the new training and materials that have been developed, and sharing them broadly among the non-profit community.   With materials and methods culturally adapted

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Culturally adapted Advance Care Planning information sessions for Chinese and South Asian communities

  Is your community organization interested in delivering Advance Care Planning sessions for people with a South Asian or Chinese background? By delivering the sessions, more people in your community will have access to credible Advance Care Planning information and resources.   We’ll provide training and a full toolkit of everything you’ll need to host

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Breaking news: Canadian Palliative Care Nursing Association launches in January 2021

Palliative care nursing in Canada has a new champion. Launching this month, the newly formed Canadian Palliative Care Nursing Association (CPCNA) is dedicated to improving palliative care across Canada through nursing education, advocacy, collaborative partnerships and research. Our Director of Strategic Initiatives, Kathleen Yue, has served on the inaugural board with other leaders and educators

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