Quesnel & District Hospice Palliative Care Association

08/13/2026

Supporting families through MAiD comes with unique emotional complexities.

On September 23, join RN and certified grief counsellor Grace Tallman for After MAiD: Walking Beside Families and Palliative Teams—a course in our 2026–2027 Virtual Conference Series.

Designed for hospice and palliative care professionals seeking specialized, high-caliber continuing education, this interactive session delivers practical tools to offer steady, compassionate care.

What you’ll learn:
🟠 Identify complex grief patterns and family dynamics.
🟠 Master supportive, non-judgmental communication.
🟠 Manage staff moral distress and maintain professional boundaries.

Register now or use your Fall Pass for this session: https://loom.ly/Tby5Lp8

08/11/2026

Trail Blazing Dementia Inclusion

Discover how Trail, British Columbia, is leading the way in building a compassionate, dementia-inclusive community through creative local partnerships and volunteer support.

Read the first post in a six-part series on The Palliative Approach blog to see how neighbours and organizations are coming together to help people living with dementia thrive: https://loom.ly/AGlxCo4

08/04/2026

Thank you West Fraser for your generous team donation to hospice! Your generosity enables us to continue to journey with those traveling the hospice palliative care road in our community.

06/24/2026

Thank you Osisko Development Cariboo Gold Project for your generous donation towards making our grief support groups more accessible through a meeting OWL camara. This will allow us to host hybrid groups so particpation can be in person or online.

Thanks also to the skilled Quesnel artist who donated the "thank you" token offered to Osisko.

06/04/2026

June 1- 7 we celebrate BC Seniors Week
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05/30/2026

Palliative care is about much more than the end of life. It is about enhancing quality of life, preserving dignity, and providing compassionate support to residents and their families.

That is why the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association is proud to stand with Pallium Canada in calling for a National Palliative Care Training Standard for Long-Term Care. Together, we can strengthen workforce training and elevate care across Canada’s long-term care sector.

Read Pallium’s pre-budget submission here: https://loom.ly/aAGjuMA

05/25/2026

05/25/2026

Thank you to everyone who supported our May 9th Fashion Show Fundraiser. All proceeds raised went directly to support the services provided by our hospice, as we aim to make the road less lonely for all those travelling the hospice palliative care journey.

05/08/2026

Celebrate the mom's in your life and get your Sat. May 9th fashion show tckets! Things are shaping up at The Occidental!

05/07/2026

FICTIONALIZING GRIEF CAN HELP PROCESS IT AND SHARE IT.
A Canadian mom who lost her baby girl "Gemma" soon after her birth, decided to fictionalize her grief by writing this book, where her character decides to work at a funeral home. where she met warm and steady people who supported her grief.

The Toronto author discussed Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead on Bookends with Mattea Roach.