Speak Up Project Director Louise Hanvey made a presentation about advance care planning to the Government of Canada’s Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology Evidence – you can read the transcript here.
Advance Care Planning releases a video with Walter Gretzky and his family
The SpeakUp initiative has released a video with Walter Gretzky and his family to promote advance care planning in Canada. In this short video, we see a conversation between Walter Gretzky, his daughter Kim, and grandson Nathan. Walter talks about his experience with Advance Care Planning and how it helped his family members know about his […]Health Canada funds a capacity building project on Advance Care Planning led by the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
Health Canada funds a capacity building project on Advance Care Planning led by the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association May 10, 2019 (Ottawa, Ontario). The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) is proud to announce that the national ‘Speak Up’ Advance Care Planning (ACP) in Canada initiative has received $1.9 million over three years for […]A Better Connected and Supported Culture: Learnings from the ACP Stream of the 2018 Learning Institute
The 2018 CHPCA Learning Institute ran from June 14-16, 2018 in Ottawa. For the first time in the Learning Institute’s history, one of the streams of the institute was dedicated to ACP. The stream had a primary focus on partnership building, as suggested by the title: “ACP in Canada: Engaging in this Movement as Clinicians […]Dying matters…
Dying Matters Week in the UK is May 14 – 21 2018 Now is the time for us all to stop and think about our futures. Death will come to us all one day. Talking about it will not make it happen sooner; it will just mean that we and our loved ones are more […]ACP Day 2018 – Planning your future healthcare takes teamwork – who’s on your team?
When you think about teamwork, what comes to mind? Working together toward a shared vision. Keeping communication open and honest. Having leadership and guidance to know what to do. We don’t always think about our health as involving teamwork, but it does! We need those near and dear to us, who are present […]
