April 2010

In partnership with the Canadian Cancer Society, the Toronto Central Palliative Care Network will host its first Knowledge Transfer & Exchange session. This session serves to give all those interested an understanding of the general concepts and principles of hospice palliaitive care, and will speak to how hospice palliative care is organized in the Toronto Central region. For more information, click here

May 2010

National Hospice Palliative Care week is a one-week campaign that focuses on raising awarness about hospice palliative care. It is also a time to celebrate, recognize, and share the achievements of hospice palliative care throughout the nation. TCPCN members have generously offered to sponsor and host a series of educational and awareness sessions withint the Toronto Central LHIN related to this year's Hospice Palliative Care Week's theme: patient and caregiver experiences. For more information, click here

• Mayor David Miller proclaims Hospice Palliative Care Week 2010 - Download the PDF Announcement here

This spring, Alliance Hosipce, Hospice Toronto, Perram House, and Philip Aziz Centre will join forces to host this year's 8th Annual Toronto Hike for Hospice Palliative Care to raise awareness and money in support of Toronto's community hospices. For more information, click here

Team Up! Form a team and hike with family, friends, and coworkers in support of hosipce palliative care in Toronto! To download a poster for your workplace, click here

Come join the Network as for its 2nd Annual State of the Union where an address will be given summarizing the success to-date and future directions of the TCPCN and hospice palliative care in the Toronto Central region. The main topic for this year's event is Integration. The event will feature a morning plenary session and an afternoon workshop where speakers and the audience will share their views and opinions on health services integration and hospice palliative care. For more information, click here

June 2010

The purpose of the workshop, the first of a series of Lunch 'n Learns hosted by the Network this year, will be to raise our collective understanding of what is meant by quality and its role and application in hospice palliative care, and how we can develop leadership in this area. The workshop will be given by the Centre for Health Quality Improvement who have been assisting the province in much of the quality and integration work (and connected with the Change Foundation).  The session will provide an overview of principles and concepts behind quality, the link that safety has to quality, identify some problem identifying and quality improvement tools, and discuss how to nurture leadership in quality among staff, management and board of directors. For more information, click here

June 16, 2010 - Prognostication in Non-Cancer Populations

The Toronto Central Palliative Care Network is pleased to present a session that examines prognostication in non-cancer populations. This will include a special focus on patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). Our session will examine the literature on the effectiveness of current prognistication practices for non-cancer patient populations. For more information, click here

July 2010

July 23, 2010 - Life in the City: Trends in Diversity, Housing, Aging, & Living

In partnership with the City of Toronto, the Toronto Central Palliative Care Network is pleased to present an intimate session where Mr. Mat Krepicz (Senior Analyst, Social Policy Analysis & Research, City of Toronto) will provide us with an introduction to the demographics of the City of Toronto with an emphasis on recent trends and possible future developments. For more information, click here

August 2010

September 2010

September 23, 2010 - Homelessness & Palliative Care

The Toronto Central Palliative Care Network is pleased to present a session that will focus on the issues and challenges of homelessness and hospice pallaitive care within the city of Toronto. For more information, click here

September 30, 2010 - "Caregiving Experience in the United Kingdom and Implementation of the UK National Carers Strategy"

Come join Network for an insightful and informative session where you will learn more about the national caregiving efforts in the United Kingdom and the development of the National Carers Strategy, its associated legislation, guidance, and practice. The session will be kicked off with an update on World Hospice Palliative Care Day activities and a brief snapshot of the status of hospice palliative care worldwide. For more information, click here

october 2010

October 7, 2010 - Education Day 2010 "Innovations & Best Practices in Hospice Palliative Care"

Participate in a free education day for hospice palliative care service providers (RNs, RPNs, PSWs) working in Toronto and the GTA. Interactive workshops will target hospice palliative care issues in Long Term Care, Hospital and Community settings. For more information, click here

October 18, 2010 - "To Err Is Human: Patient Safety as an Issue in Palliative and End-of-Life Care"

There is increasing importance being put on patient safety, especially in hospitals.
However, little is written about patient safety in home care or palliative care. This seminar will explore issues of patient safety as they relate to palliative care and quality of care. For more information, click here

October 21, 2010 - International Series: "Hospice Palliative Care in Malawi"

The Toronto Central Palliative Care Network is pleased to present a session where Dr. Sandy Buchman (Regional Primary Care Lead, Toronto Regional Cancer Program, Cancer Care Ontario) will speak to how hospice palliative care is delivered in Malawi, the successes and challenges in hospice palliative care, and thoughts on the necessary drivers to advancing such care in Malawi. For more information, click here

november 2010

November 18, 2010 - "Different Approaches to Care for the Terminally Ill: A System’s Level View Across Four Countries"

The Toronto Central Palliative Care Network is pleased to present a session that will provide an overview on a study examining system-level characteristics that influence end-of-life care service delivery, care outcomes and costs in four target countries (Canada, England, Germany and United States of America). For more information, click here

December 2010

December 7, 2010 - Residential Hospices Update Forum

The Toronto Central Palliative Care Network hosts a forum to provide members/partners and friends with an update on news for two new residential hospices in Toronto Central LHIN - The Kensington Hospice will be a 10 bed hospice, which will open in 2011 and The Children's Hospice. Executive Directors Bill O'Neill, Kensington Health Centre and Rauni Salminen, Philip Aziz Centre will provide an update on the progress and development of their respective residential hospices and be available to answer your questions including those around the clinical team, processes and procedures on access and other items of interest. For more information, click here

May 2011

May 1-7, 2011- Hospice Palliative Care Week

National Hospice Palliative Care Week is a one-week campaign that focuses on raising awareness about hospice palliative care. It is also a time to celebrate, recognize, and share the achievements of hospice palliative care throughout the nation.

Toronto Central Palliative Care Network members support this national one-week campaign and we have a line-up of exciting events this year.  Network members have generously offered to sponsor and host a series of educational and awareness sessions within the Toronto Central LHIN related to this year’s Hospice Palliative Care Week’s theme: Communities Share The Care. For more information, click here

June 2011

June 3, 2011 - State of the Union 2011

This year's Toronto Central Palliative Care Network's annual State of the Union Event
promises to be the most exciting and stimulating event to-date. The first of its kind in the province, the Toronto Central Palliative Care Network in partnership with The Alzheimer Society of Toronto, Bridgepoint Health, and the Ontario Lung Association cordially invite you to attend this year's themed event focused on discussing the issue of hospice palliative care (HPC) for non-cancer chronic diseases (heart disease, stroke, COPD and Alzheimer's disease). For more information, click here

October 2011

October 6, 2011 - World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2011

In this insightful and informative session entitled "Hospice and Palliative Care in Resource-Poor Settings", you will learn about hospice and palliative care service provision in resourcepoor settings and opportunities for advocacy toward access to pain and symptom management around the globe. The session will be kicked off with an update on World Hospice and Palliative Care Day activities by Christopher Klinger, Co-Chair, NICE End-of-Life Issues Theme Team. For more information, click here