CBCN Advocacy Gu ide: Pal l iat ive Care in Canada

Palliative Care CBCN Advocacy Guide: Pal l iat ive Care in Canada What is Pal l iat ive Care? Palliative care is a philosophy of care and medical specialty provided by a team with the goal of improving quality of life for people living with advancing life-limiting illness and to their families, regardless of the underlying diagnosis. [...] Palliative care focuses on providing support to enable people to live as well as possible until they die, and palliative care specialists are expertly trained to help each person determine what matters most to them and to help their care team to develop a plan that supports them to achieve their hopes and goals. [...] In fact, patients who receive palliative care are often extremely satisfied and would recommend such care to others, and it has also been shown that palliative care leads to fewer days in hospital when individuals using it get sick. [...] In 2018, the federal government released The National Action Plan on Palliative Care to guide provinces and territories about palliative care (read here). [...] Provincial Pal l iat ive Care Associat ions Alberta Hospice Palliative Care Association British Columbia Hospice Palliative Care Association? Palliative Manitoba? New Brunswick Hospice Palliative Care Association Newfoundland and La.