*Executive Director, BC Centre for Palliative Care *Adjunct Professor, UBC *Person-centred care *Innovations *Best Practices *Collective Impact. Tweets my own.
As we countdown to Advance Care Planning (ACP) Day on April 16th we are asking you to share what ACP means to you.
Starting us off strong, our friends over at @CanuckPlace have shared what Paediatric Advance Care Planning means to them.
#ACPDday#CanuckPlace
The BC Edition of the Canadian Atlas of Palliative Care is now available! Led by @palliumcanada, with support from our team and @McMasterU, this interactive tool provides a valuable snapshot of #PalliativeCare services and activities across BC. Learn more: https://t.co/PopuuxYotq
@Northernmedic@healthqualitybc@BCC4PC Stuart, It was nice meeting you in person at the rapid fire session and hearing about the important work you’re doing!
If you’re attending the Quality Forum #QF25 by @healthqualitybc , stop by @BCC4PC exhibit booth 526! We would love to connect with you and hear your thoughts on the ideal patient care ! Explore our Free resources and win prizes!
Share your voice about advance care planning !
National Advance Care Planning Day is April 16. We are asking people in #BritishColumbia to tell us “What does ACP mean to you?” in a short video (~30 seconds).
Send your video to [email protected] before March 10.
Thank you!
Have you seen our updated palliative competency domains?
Our palliative competency framework has been revised to align with the language of the Canadian Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Competency Framework while maintaining components specific to BC: https://t.co/d4WsSMAXfN
A study by @StatCan_eng on palliative care, entitled “Living with a Life-limiting Illness: Access to Care and Related Experiences” has an extended deadline, now March 31, 2025.
Take the survey at: https://t.co/a8Rz2CLt37
What is your New Year's resolution?
Why not improve your palliative care knowledge using our GPS skills pathway?
Just like the GPS in your car, this pathway allows you to plot your own course, and explore short, free, self-paced palliative education: https://t.co/20ZuWugJEI
Our symptom management guide can be used by Health Care Assistants, Aides, Home Support Workers and Community Health Workers in all care settings, working within the scope of their role to support people living with advanced life limiting illness experiencing symptoms.
This tool can be carried in your pocket or used as a poster and gives ideas for what HCAs can do to help people feel better: https://t.co/aCiHbnt7h8
Always follow the person’s care plan and tell a nurse or other caregiver what you have seen, heard, and done to try and help.
Don't get confused by terminology when thinking about your advance care planning.
Today, we look at the difference between life-support and life-prolonging treatments.
Find more commonly used terms in advance care planning in our glossary: https://t.co/ijATTFFDDN
From 2019-2023 we collaborated with over 60 researchers from more than 30 institutions across Canada and the USA and shared this knowledge in 48 publications.
Read more about our Research and Evaluation work in our #BCCPC5YearReport: https://t.co/9WfDIHi2Og
A palliative approach to care can connect people living with serious illness and their caregivers to local grief supports. Learn more at https://t.co/usH9TBgtAg. #GriefAwareness
Children's Grief Awareness Day is designed to help us all become more aware of the needs of grieving children.
Catch up on our recent ECHO: ‘The Playful Art of Supporting Children with Grief: Using #PlayTherapy as a Way to Communicate’: https://t.co/aFbeoBkW4s
#ChildGriefday
Collaboration between health professionals is a key aspect of effective palliative care.
That’s why it’s covered in our ‘strengthen your core’ modules, which you can find the links to within the GPS learning pathway: https://t.co/20ZuWugJEI
Today is #NationalGriefandBereavementDay. Grief is a common experience, but can be difficult to navigate.
PCPCRC member Dr. Joshua Black (@GriefDreams) looks at how people might find solace from dreams after the loss of a loved one.
https://t.co/iy8DAE4b7T
All Together Symposium Keynote presentations now available.
Catch up on the keynote speakers from October's #AllTogether2024 from Dr. Hsien Seow @HSeowPhD, Dr. Kelli Stajduhar @KStajduhar, and Jordan and Kerena Letcher.
https://t.co/E3147ZMz2H
#PalliativeCare
The theme of World Compassionate Communities Day 2024 is Neighbourhoods.
To date, over 120 compassionate community initiatives across the province have been sponsored and supported by BC Centre for Palliative Care.
#WorldCompassionateCommunitiesDay#CompassionateCommunities
A substitute decision maker is someone who makes your health-care decisions when you can’t provide consent.
Choosing who would make these decisions for you is a key part of Advance Care Planning.
Find out more about substitute decision makers: https://t.co/QsrpqZRnKZ