Sep 28, 2022 | Front Page, News
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is October 8th, an annual unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. The WHPCD theme for 2022: Healing Hearts and Communities The experience of grief and the need to heal unites...
Jun 10, 2022 | Front Page, News
This year we were honoured to have Parliamentary Secretary Elmore as an opening speaker for our Townhall event. The event introduced the new board of the BCHPCA, highlighted key achievements of the Association this past year, and what to expect moving forward with...
May 13, 2021 | Campaigns, Front Page, News
May 25th – 28th, 2021 11:30 am to 12:45 pm To educate current members and the Hospice Palliative Care community through conversations regarding Medical Assistance in Dying. To reintroduce BC Hospice & Palliative Care Association as a training and advocacy...
Apr 22, 2021 | Campaigns, Front Page, News
May 3 – 31, 2021 Throughout the month of May, the BC Hospice Palliative Care Association (BCHPCA) will be leading the charge in honouring B.C. and Yukon Hospice Societies. On May 3, Hospice Month will be kicked off with the first annual Wildflower Bloom...
Oct 8, 2020 | Front Page, News, Press Release
By 2036, one-quarter of BC’s residents will be over the age of 65. Older adults in BC want to age safely at home, and to have a say in their care and death—a desire that will burden the current health care and social systems in BC. Released today by The Provincial...
May 29, 2020 | Advocacy, Front Page, News
The British Columbia Hospice Palliative Care Association (BCHPCA) has launched its COVID–19 Hospice Impact Report on May 29, 2020, to provide a snapshot look into the impacts that hospices have been undergoing since the pandemic. This report is to highlight the three...
May 21, 2020 | Advocacy, Front Page, News
The extreme restrictions on end-of-life visitations across Canada and British Columbia during the COVID-19 pandemic, has seen families and clients dying alone. The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) and the CHPCA Champion’s Council and now the BCHPCA...
