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As healthcare providers (HCPs) one of our roles includes patient & family education. This is vital in palliative care as a common barrier to its initiation can often be due to a lack of [...]

A palliative approach includes providing patients and their families with information on what to expect from the advancement of their life-limiting condition and the impact of this on their [...]

This month marks one year since the new legislative amendments to MAID came into effect in Canada. Note: To ensure accuracy with the law, we have used excerpts from the Government of Canada MAID [...]

What is Health Education and Why is it Important? As healthcare providers (HCP) we have many roles, one of these is health education. Health education goes beyond standard teaching and further [...]

People receive palliative care from health care providers and volunteers who possess the appropriate knowledge and skills to deliver high-quality palliative care. People with a progressive, [...]

Self-care is an essential skill that refers to activities or practices that an individual engages in routinely to reduce stress and improve our health/well-being. Our self-care practices can be [...]

People with identified palliative care needs receive integrated care from an interdisciplinary team, which includes volunteers. The model of care used to deliver health services can affect the [...]

Loss and grief are regular and normal parts of work as a healthcare provider.  No matter your role, or the length of time spent caring for a patient and their family, you may be impacted by loss [...]

People with identified palliative care needs, their substitute decision-maker, their family, and their caregivers have ongoing discussions with their health care professionals about their [...]

We humbly acknowledge that the land on which the Waterloo Wellington Integrated Hospice Palliative Care Network serves is located on the ancestral and traditional lands of the Anishnawbe, [...]