Toronto, ON – The Canadian Home Care Association (CHCA) and Pallium Canada are partnering to help strengthen palliative care knowledge and capacity among home care organizations and their staff across Canada.
The partnership will make Pallium’s palliative care education more accessible to eligible CHCA member organizations and their staff, including its Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative Care (LEAP) programs and Canadian Serious Illness Conversations (CSIC) course. Eligible staff will also have opportunities to complete LEAP or CSIC facilitator training at no cost, enabling participating organizations to build internal capacity to deliver palliative care education across their teams over time.
Pallium Canada’s Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative Care (LEAP) programs provide practical, interprofessional palliative care education for health care professionals who care for people and their families living with serious illness. Through courses such as LEAP Onboard, LEAP Home Care and LEAP Personal Support Worker, Pallium equips the home and community care workforce with the knowledge, skills and confidence to integrate a palliative care approach into everyday care. The partnership will make it easier for CHCA members to access palliative care education and explore training options that fit the needs of their organizations and teams.
The partnership builds on CHCA and Pallium’s shared commitment to expanding palliative care capacity and supporting high-quality care for Canadians at home. By improving access to palliative care education and enabling organizations to develop facilitators within their own teams, it will strengthen the knowledge and skills needed to support people living with serious illness at home and in their communities.
“Home care providers play an essential role in supporting people with serious illness and those approaching the end of life in their homes and communities. We’re pleased to partner with Pallium to make palliative care education more accessible to CHCA members and support organizations in building capacity among their teams.”
– Fiona Deller, CEO,Canadian Home Care Association
“Pallium is pleased to continue our longstanding collaboration with the Canadian Home Care Association. Together, we can help more home and community care organizations access the education and resources they need to improve care for patients and families facing life-limiting illnesses.”
- Jeffrey Moat, CEO,Pallium Canada
The partnership builds on CHCA and Pallium’s shared commitment to expanding palliative care capacity and supporting high-quality care for Canadians at home. By improving access to palliative care education and enabling organizations to develop facilitators within their own teams, it will strengthen the knowledge and skills needed to support people living with serious illness at home and in their communities.
For more information, please contact:
Alana Corkery
Pallium Canada
acorkery@pallium.ca
Krystell Fernandes
Canadian Home Care Association
kfernandes@cdnhomecare.ca
About Pallium Canada
Pallium Canada is a Canadian, registered charitable organization focused on building professional and community capacity to help improve the quality and accessibility of palliative care in Canada.
With over twenty-five years of experience and over 100,000 learners reached, Pallium Canada has become the largest palliative care education provider for health systems and health care organizations across Canada, with broad experience and expertise working with partners to implement large-scale regional and provincial capacity-building initiatives.
About the Canadian Home Care Association
The Canadian Home Care Association (CHCA) is a national non-profit membership association dedicated to advancing excellence in home and community care. In partnership with its members, the CHCA advances initiatives that address national priorities in home and community care. As a recognized authority, the CHCA facilitates knowledge sharing, creates connections, and informs policy and practices for integrated home and community care for all Canadians.
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