Action plan, centre for excellence, hospice funding to support end-of-life care

摘要

Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid has released an action plan to improve access to end-of-life care so people can remain at home and in their community longer and committed funding to establish a centre for excellence in end-of-life care. "Providing end-of-life care helps people in this stage of life to die with dignity in their home community near family and friends," said MacDiarmid, while visiting the new Vancouver Hospice Society hospice home. "While advances in end-of-life-care have been made in recent years, there are ways we can improve. Our goal is to provide high-quality compassionate, respectful and competent care for all people who are dying and for their families."