News Archive

August 5, 2008
For a copy of the Family Caregiver Coping in End of Life Cancer Care final report please click here.

January 23, 2008
Have you cared for someone with a life threatening illness? Are you interested in sharing you experiences? Please click here for more information.

December 6, 2007
For a copy of the new Care Renewal document (.pdf) on how to care for caregivers please click here.

July 19, 2007
New Research Associate Position at School of Nursing, University of Victoria. Click here for details.

January 30, 2007
Compassionate Care Benefit Evaluation Study Seeking Family Caregivers! Look here for details.

August, 29, 2006
To see what research was funded in 2006, click here.

March 27, 2006
Researchers seek participants! Click here for more information.

February 28, 2006

How, not where, you die matters most to terminal patients. Click here to read this press release.

January 2006

A summary report on a national roundtable on caregiving policy in Canada has been released. Click here to read the report.

December 2005

The pilot evaluation of the Compassionate Care Benefits program is now complete. To read a summary of the evaluation, click here. To read the full report, click here.

October 19, 2005

Press release regarding the Compassionate Care Benefits program. Click here.

September 20, 2005

Senator releases report on state of palliative and end-of-life care in Canada. To read the complete News Release, click here. To read the entire report, click here.

September 2005

For information on the proposed framework for a $20 million national strategy on palliative and end-of-life care, click here.

May 10, 2005
Social Development Canada launched a public consultation on caregiving over the web from May 5 - July 31, 2005. This initiative provided Canadians with the opportunity to provide feedback to the federal government on caregiving issues. The results of this online consultation will be made available in the Fall. For more information on the results of the consultation or to read some of the stories that have been shared by participants in this consultation click here.