10 Year Review of the Declaration of Partnership
In 2011, the Quality Hospice Palliative Care Coalition of Ontario, for which HPCO is the Secretariat, in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the Local Health Integration...
View ArticleQuality of End-of-Life Cancer Care in Canada
A recent research study by Khan et al (2021)1, sought to determine whether there were positive changes in palliative end of life care, as measured by validated quality indicators, for people dying of...
View ArticleResilience training for nurses
Resilience is defined as “the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress”. A recent meta-analysis by Zhai et al (2021) sought to...
View ArticleBenefits of Chocolate During Palliative Care
Nutrition during palliative care focuses on both preventing malnutrition, but also on providing emotion and psychological comfort through eating foods associated with pleasure. Chocolate has been...
View ArticleBenefits of Early Palliative Care Consults
Zaborowski and colleagues (2022) conducted a pilot study to examine the impact of education encouraging hospitalists to order palliative care consults within 3 days of patient admission to hospital....
View ArticleEstablishing Palliative Care in Rural Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Around 40 million individuals worldwide require palliative care. Over three-quarters of those needing palliative care are from low and middle-income countries (LMICs) where palliative care is still...
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Importance of a Cross-Cultural Approach in Hospice and Palliative Care
Licensed from AdobeStock 213472522 In recent times, the use of hospice care has been increasing around the world. Despite the increase in utilization rates of hospice services, there is a disparity...
View ArticleMusic Therapy in Hospice Palliative Care
Music therapy, where patients and therapist engage actively in singing, song writing, improvisation, as well as listening to music, according to a person’s musical preferences, is increasingly being...
View ArticleHospice Palliative Care – Virtual Career Fair 2022
Join Hospice Palliative Care Ontario to learn about careers in hospice palliative care and meet hospice employers who are hiring now. Date: March 30th and 31st Time: 12P.M-1:30P.M For more information...
View ArticleEvaluation of Home-Based End of Life Care Service for Children and Families
Increasing evidence suggests that families wish to remain at home towards their child’s end of life (EOL). But there are few published research studies on models of home-based EOL care for children to...
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