Dignity Therapy Workshop
Dr. Harvey Chochinov is leading an intensive two-day training workshop for health care providers on dignity therapy. It will be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on June 14-16, 2010. Registration deadline is May 1. Space is limited, register early.
Now Available: Study Aids for HPC Nursing Certification Exam
A national group of Clinical Nurse Specialists in Palliative Care
has developed exam and study aids for the HPC Nursing certificate
exams. The exam aids include guidelines and a list of competencies. The study aid
uses case examples to demonstrate how the components of each competency
may apply to hospice and palliative care nursing and interprofessional
practice.
Virtual Hospice Expands its Clinical Team
Virtual Hospice is pleased to welcome Dr. Cornelius Woelk to our clinical team. His 25 years of experience providing palliative care in a rural community adds a new dimension to the team's range of expertise. Read Dr. Woelk's recent article on prognostication in Canadian Family Physician.
New Exchange Article
Dr. Susan McClement's article describes her study of families' attitudes about loss of weight and appetite in advanced cancer patients, and the impacts these attitudes can have. Read the article.
Resources for Patients and Families
Find dozens of new resources to help with loss of appetite and weight, swallowing, dehydration and related issues.
Tools for Professionals
New tools for your practice related to anorexia and cachexia, swallowing, dehydration and other nutrition-related symptoms.
New Resources for Patients, Families and Friends
Some of the new resources we've added to Books, Links and More:
Turning grief into gratitude
An Islamic perspective on death and dying
Dr. Gerry Farrell, Take A Bow
An innovative leader in palliative care, Dr. Gerry Farrell has been awarded Cancer Care Nova Scotia's Innovation Excellence Award, and takes a bow on Virtual Hospice.
Coming soon: Video library
The Canadian Virtual Hospice has made a huge leap forward in developing a video library to provide access to the latest information and thinking in palliative and end of life care. Sixteen leaders in palliative care, including Joanne Lynn from The Centre to Improve Care of the Dying in Washington D.C., Larry Librach from the Temmy Latner Centre, Carrie Bourassa from First Nations University and Hal Siden from Canuck Place were interviewed on topics ranging from the state of the health care system to spirituality to pediatric palliative care. A series of caregiving videos is also in the works. Expect to see clips in the new year.