Stories of Impact

The stories that follow reveal the enormous impact that the collective work of Pallium and its collaborators has had on the palliative care landscape in Canada.

Read inspiring stories from health care organizations and professionals who are using Pallium’s Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative Care (LEAP™) courses to affect a practice and culture change across different settings of care. Discover Pallium’s incredible LEAP™ facilitators and how they are improving palliative care delivery or find examples of champions leveraging Pallium’s resources to drive change in their communities. Learn about the generosity of our funding partners and the impact on patients and families.

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A whole community approach to palliative care planning

In a nursing career that has spanned more than four decades and several different care settings—including a stretch in critical care—Elisabeth Antifeau’s true love is community nursing. This was the beginning of the Whole Community Palliative Rounds at Interior Health,...

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Stories from Facilitators

Improving the patient and family illness experience

“Why didn’t anyone tell me this sooner?” After being asked this question by patients with serious illnesses or their family members in nearly every home she visited, palliative care physician, Dr. Samantha Winemaker, began to think about new ways to...

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Stories from Facilitators

“I wish everyone could have the care that Larry received that night”

Read how Larry was able to die in the comfort of his home, surrounded by family.

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Stories from Patients

Empowering Paramedics to Provide Patient-Centred Palliative Care

Read how a paramedic was able to manage a patient's symptoms and enable him to die at home with his family.

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Stories from Professionals