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National Directory of Hospice Palliative Care Services

• Alberta,
• British Columbia,
• Manitoba,
• New Brunswick,
• Newfoundland,
• Nova Scotia,
• Ontario,
• Prince Edward Island,
• Québec,
• Saskatchewan,

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NATIONAL

• CHPCA: Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
  The national organization for hospice and palliative care professionals in Canada.
  • Directory of Hospice Palliative Care Services
  • Links to Provincial Associations
  • Standards and Norms of Practice
• CSPCP: Canadian Society Palliative Care Physicians
  To promote the highest quality of end-of-life care by physicians in Canada.
• Living Lessons
  The Living Lessons® campaign is an innovative program developed by The GlaxoSmithKline Foundation in partnership with the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA). It aims to create a public and policy environment that recognizes and supports end-of-life care as an integral component of Canada's health care system.
  • Photo library
  • Media Resources

ALBERTA

• AHPCA: Alberta Hospice Palliative Care Association
  The AHPCA Board represents all Albertans living with a life-limiting/life-threatening illness that will require hospice palliative care at the end-of-life.
• Regional Palliative Care Program in Edmonton Alberta
  A community based model of palliative care services in Canada.
• Assessment Tools
  ESAS: Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (240 KB)
  ESAS Translations

BRITISH COLUMBIA

• BCHPCA: British Columbia Hospice Palliative Care Association
  To ensure quality end of life care for all people in British Columbia and the Yukon

MANITOBA

• HPCM: Hospice & Palliative Care Manitoba
  Your link to quality end-of-life and bereavement care

NEW BRUNSWICK

• NBHPCA: New Brunswick Hospice Palliative Care Association
  The New Brunswick Hospice Palliative Care Association provides leadership to enhance quality end-of-life-care for individuals and families living with life threatening illnesses in New Brunswick.

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

• NLDPCA: Newfoundland and Labrador Palliative Care Association

NOVA SCOTIA

• NSHPCA: Nova Scotia Hospice Palliative Care Association
  The Nova Scotia Hospice Palliative Care Association strives towards achieving comfort and peace for persons living and dying with a life threatening illness throughout Nova Scotia

ONTARIO

• HAO: Hospice Association of Ontario
  The Hospice Association of Ontario (HAO) is Canada's largest volunteer hospice organization, consisting of more than 180 community-based volunteer organizations providing high-quality, compassionate end-of-life care for individuals living with a life-threatening illness, and those who care for them.
• OPCA: Ontario Palliative Care Association
  Ontario Palliative Care Association (OPCA) is a non-profit organization offering a range of benefits to its membership and, most importantly, presenting a strong, proactive voice on issues specific to the provision and delivery of quality end-of-life care – professional education, standards of practice, government policy development and funding, and public awareness.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

• HPCAPEI: Hospice Palliative Care Association of PEI

QUÉBEC

• Réseau: Le Réseau de soins palliatifs du Québec
  Le Réseau de soins palliatifs du Québec (Réseau) est une association dont la mission vise à faciliter l'accès à des soins palliatifs de qualité à l'ensemble de la population québécoise.

SASKATCHEWAN

• SHPCA: Saskatchewan Hospice Palliative Care Association Inc.
  To strive towards achieving comfort and peace for persons across Saskatchewan living and dying with a terminal illness.

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