Tools for Practice

Our clinical team has identified protocols, advanced practices, and assessment and evaluation tools to help support your practice.
Hospice and palliative care
General
Government / group reports
Program development / Standards and norms
Accreditation Canada: Hospice Palliative Care Indicators
Standards to guide review process. read more...
Advanced Certification for Palliative Care
Standards and certification review process established by The Joint Commission, the accreditation body for health care in... read more...
Applying a Model to Guide Hospice Palliative Care: An Essential Companion Toolkit
This is a companion document to "A Model to Guide Hospice Palliative Care: Based on National Principles and Norms of Practice... read more...
Association of Hospice and palliative care Chaplains
This website (based in the UK) provides information about conferences and courses, standards of practice, books and resources,... read more...
Association of Hospice and palliative care Chaplains: Standards of practice For Chaplains and Spiritual Care Advisors
This is a link to the Standards of Practice for Chaplains and Spiritual Care Advisors developed by the AHPCC read more...
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Nursing Competencies' Case Examples
Many avenues of study are required to prepare for and write the CNA - HPC Nursing Certification Exam. This document has been... read more...
Common Code of Ethics for Chaplains, Pastoral Counselors, Pastoral Educators and Students
This document is one of four foundational documents affirmed by the constituent boards of the Council on Collaboration on... read more...
Common Core Competences and Principles for Health and Social Care Workers Working with Adults at the End of Life
Skills for Care and Skills for Health working in partnership with the Department of Health and the NHS (UK) End of Life Care... read more...
The Common Sense Guide to Improving Palliative Care
Joanne Lynn and colleagues give practical advice on how to get measurable quality improvements in palliative care provided... read more...
Common Standards for Professional Chaplaincy
This document is one of four foundational documents affirmed by the constituent boards of the Council on Collaboration on... read more...
NewAccess to Care at the End of Life: Encounters between home care nurses and family caregivers
A research report out of the University of Victoria. The purpose of the study was to gain a better understanding of how home... read more...
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