PCSBV provided 43 care professionals with palliative care training between March 2018 and January 2020. PCSBV delivers the Pallium Canada LEAP Program curriculum and the training provides health care professionals with essential skills and competencies in palliative care approaches.  We have put on three LEAP courses from March 2018 to January 2020. The first two…

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by Martin Tweeddale The Precious Belongings Bag.   It exemplified for me what the Society is all about – identifying something (however small) that could improve the palliative or end-of-life journey. One of our previous board members spoke to us of his wife’s death in the hospital at the end of a long illness.  He…

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The Palliative Care Society of Bow Valley is growing. We started more than four years ago with a group of passionate volunteers with the dream of building palliative and end-of-life care supports in our community to complement the services already available. The driving question was “How can we make support for those in our community…

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July 1 – September 15. Play in our “Re-imagined” Golf Tournament at the beautiful Silvertip Resort! Rather than a single gathering, you can buy a golf day on a date of your choosing, July 1 to September 15. When you register online, your contribution directly supports our goal of building a hospice home for residents of the…

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June 29, 2020. This year’s AGM will be held over Zoom. Advance registration is required to attend. Visit bit.ly/PCSBV2020AGM to register. And make sure you have Zoom set up on your device prior to the event to avoid connection delays. If you have any questions related to the AGM or by-law changes, please send them to the…

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April 15 – June 1. We know things are unsettled right now. We all want to get out of our homes but still be safe and practice social distancing. The reality is the patients, clients, and families of the Bow Valley still need us, and we can still support them. We need your support now more than ever…

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