NATIONAL HOSPICE PALLIATIVE CARE WEEK
RESOURCES

Advance Care Planning – 
Let's Talk About It

Sunday, May 4, 2008
to
Saturday, May 10, 2008

The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) is pleased to provide the resources listed below to promote National Hospice Palliative Care Week. This year marks the third year of a three-year campaign to raise awareness of the importance of Advance Care Planning. Advance Care Planning is a process by which patients and health care professional(s) discuss an individual’s wishes about their health care choices at the end-of-life. This year’s theme is “Advance Care Planning – Let’s Talk about It”.

   Printed Resources:

   Electronic Resources:

	Letter of Greeting	Letter of Greeting from Dr. Larry Librach, President, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association along with Sharon Baxter, Executive Director, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
	Letter of Greeting	Greeting Letter from the Minister of Health (new - April 18)
	Fact Sheet	National Fact Sheet: Hospice Palliative Care in Canada  (new - April 18)
	Posters	National Hospice Palliative Care Week Poster – Tabloid National Hospice Palliative Care Week Poster – Legal Size National Hospice Palliative Care Week Poster – Letter Size
	Posters - editable Word format	National Hospice Palliative Care Week Poster – Tabloid National Hospice Palliative Care Week Poster – Legal size  National Hospice Palliative Care Week Poster – Letter size

   Advance Care Planning Resources– Let’s Talk about it:

	Slide	Advance Care Planning - Cartoon
	Flyer	Advance Care Planning Flyer – Letter size
	Flyer - editable Word format	Advance Care Planning Flyer – Letter size
	Booklet	Information Booklet for Advance Care Planning  (Fraser Health Authority)
	Document	Advance Care Planning Definitions
	Document	Advance Care Planning Checklist – (source: My Voice Booklet, Fraser Health Authority)
	Document	Patient Bill of Rights (Living Lessons®)
	Document	Caregiver Bill of Rights (Living Lessons®)
	Document	Family Members' Bill of Rights (Living Lessons®)
	Video	My Voice Planning Ahead Video – Available in English only (Calgary Health Region)
	Press Release Template - editable Word format	A sample press release in Microsoft Word that you can modify for your own community
	Press Release	Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association National Press Release

   Two media relations fact sheets:

	Document	How to Get Your Story in the Media
	Document	Ways to Raise your Profile

   CHPCA Marketplace Catalogue:

	A Guide for Caregivers (Living Lessons)
	A Caregiver's Guide - A Handbook About End-of-life Care
	Influencing Change: A Patient and Caregiver Advocacy Guide (Living Lessons®)

If you require additional National Hospice Palliative Care Week Posters, please contact Linda Truglia Project Coordinator, at 1-800-668-2785 ext. 228 or by email at ltruglia@scohs.on.ca.