Communications Co-ordinator at Alberta Hospice Palliative Care Association - Calgary, Alberta, CA
AHPCA promotes and supports comprehensive and quality hospice palliative care in Alberta by:1. Raising public and political awareness of hospice palliative care - We highlight palliative care news and events, we engage with local media and we liaise with the provincial government to make recommendations.2. Helping Albertans access good quality hospice palliative care services - We provide and maintain a directory of Alberta-wide hospice palliative care services.3. Supporting professionals, volunteers and laypeople to provide good quality hospice palliative care - Our annual province-wide educational Roadshow workshops bring palliative education to smaller communities, we facilitate educational scholarships and awards for volunteers and informal caregivers and once a year we unite Alberta's grassroots hospice groups to learn and share at the Imagine conference.