ADVOCACY
HCABC Report Back – Summary Report 2023
On October 6, 2023, the Hospice Care Alliance of British Columbia (HCABC) held its second Roundtable meeting at the Vancouver Marriott Airport Hotel. The event, facilitated by Pabilta Thomas, Executive Director of BCHPCA and Secretariat of the Alliance, was attended...
The Framework on Palliative Care in Canada – Five Years Later
Health Canada has published a progress report on its “Framework on Palliative Care in Canada” detailing the progress in palliative care since the adoption of the 2017 framework. This framework, mandated by the Government of Canada, focuses on improving palliative care...
Grief And Bereavement Support In BC: A Collaborative Improvement Action Plan
The Action Plan: A Product of Insights from 33 Experts, 32 Organizations, and Two Public Partners at the 2022 Provincial Bereavement Roundtable. The groundbreaking report maps how British Columbians experience grief, and where they turn for support, and presents...
Analyzing Hospice Palliative Care Across Canada
Many people in Canada experience challenges in accessing palliative care when and where they need it early enough in their illness trajectory to get the support they need. These challenges have been further exacerbated by the disruptions caused by the COVID-19...
Hospice Education Day
Key Facts & Backgrounder
Click here to download the 2022 fact sheet.
BC Standing Committee on Finance Recommends that Bereavement Care Be Publicly Funded
This year, the BCHPCA collaborated with VIFOH, CCS - BC, CMHA - BC on this year’s budget committee submission; focussing on the need for funding support for bereavement care. Pablita Thomas, ED at BCHPCA worked with Canadian Cancer Society, Charles Aruliah (CEO)...
BCHPCA Elections 2020
During this year’s 2020 BC elections, we, the BCHPCA and our members would like to ensure that hospice/palliative care is brought to government platforms. Below we have provided some key Messages and Social Media Information that can be used to bring awareness and...
PRESS RELEASE: Volunteers, vital to the future of hospice care and part of the essential care team – Pandemic or not
Vancouver, BC, October 1, 2020 at 11:00 am Hospice palliative care volunteers play an important role in supporting the programs offered by hospice societies across British Columbia. These dedicated volunteers can be found at hospitals, inpatient units, client’s homes...
BCHPCA Black and Indigenous Lives Matter
Re: #BlackLivesMatter, #IndigenousLivesMatter in Hospice and Palliative Care Vancouver – Tuesday, July 7th, 2020 1:30 PM Letter to our Members, Hospice Providers and Palliative Care Community: We in hospice and palliative care are colleagues...