BCHPCA
Vision * Mission * Values
At BCHPCA our Vision
is quality end of life care for all people in BC and the Yukon. Our Mission
is to build capacity in communities to support the vision. Both the
Vision and the Mission
are guided by our Values:
Excellence: Our
professionalism, expertise and creativity ensure our best at what we do.
Collaboration: We work in partnership and teamwork in a spirit of
cooperation and involvement.
Accountability: We
are accountable, committed and responsive to our members and stakeholders.
Integrity: We
are clear and respectful and uphold the highest ethical standards.
Diversity: We honour and respect diversity.
BCHPCA is …
A Member of CHPCA – As a member of the Canadian
Hospice Palliative Care Association, the work of BCHPCA and its members is
guided by national principles and norms of practice. http://www.chpca.net/norms-standards.html
An Advocate for Hospice
Palliative Care – Hospice palliative and end-of life care is most
effectively delivered by an interdisciplinary team that includes medical
professionals, administrators, and hospice staff and volunteers. This care is addresses the needs of the dying,
their caregivers and the bereaved in communities across the province and is
delivered in patients’ homes, hospital acute and palliative care units,
community care facilities, hospice residential facilities, and through programs
offered by community-based hospice societies.
BCHPCA aims to …
Encourage the study and promotion
of Hospice Palliative and End of Life Care through advocacy, public awareness
and support of new and developing programs;
Provide education resources for
establishment and maintenance of institutions and organizations devoted to
providing Hospice Palliative and End of Life Care;
Promote recognized standards of
Hospice Palliative Care;
Provide a network of communication
and shared resources for all those involved in direct care and support to the
dying, their caregivers, and the bereaved in communities across BC and the Yukon.
