Education

Welcome to the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant (HNHB) Hospice Palliative Care (HPC) Network web site. 

Membership in the HNHB HPC Network is open, broad-based and representative of the organizations and individuals that coordinate and deliver palliative care.  Click here to Join the Network.

HNHB HPC Network System Design Report

System Design-Phase II Survey

HNHB HPC Network Annual Reports

Hospice Palliative Care Career Opportunities

 Network Newsletters

Find out more about hospice palliative care education opportunities available to care providers and to the public.

Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Education

• Fundamentals
  Fall 2010 classes start late Sept/early October.  Visit the Fundamentals page for forms and details.
   
• AHPCE 
  Check back for updates. 
   
• CAPCE
  The 7-month program runs from September to March.  Applications are accepted once a year in the spring.  For more information on the application process visit our CAPCE page
   

Palliative care consultations are available from a palliative care nurse consultant who acts as a resource to assist staff.

Click here for more information on palliative care consultants in the HNHB area.

There are also multidisciplinary Palliative Care Teams located in the HNHB area that support the care provided to people living with life-limiting illness and their families.

• brochures
• print and video libraries
• resource documents
• service directories
• other hospice palliative care sites 

Seniors Health Research Transfer Network (SHRTN) is a source of information on End-of-Life care.  Click here for more information.