IT's Trivia Time! How much do you know about PCSBV, hospice care, and pal l iat ive care in Canada?
Question 1 What month of the year do we hold our Hike for Hospice fundraising event?
Answers:
Question 1 - A: May. This year, thanks to all our supporters, we raised more than $15,200 for programs and services in the Bow Valley.
a. March b. May c. June
Question 2 Palliative Care is recognized as a universal health right by the World Health Organization.
Question 2 - True. The World Health Organization's Resolution 67 in the year 2014, asks governments to integrate palliative care in the mainstream health care system.
True or False?
Question 3 - C: There are 88 residential hospices in Canada. (Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2018)
Question 3 How many Hospice Homes are there in Canada?
Question 4 - C: 85% of the public support for integrating national standards for palliative healthcare services into the Canada Health Act
a. 80
b. 86
c. 88
Question 4 How many Canadians believe in incorporating palliative services into the Canada Health Act?
Question 5 - The first hospices date back as far as the 4th century in when Christians in Europe provided care to the sick and destitute. In the 1960’s, Dame Cicely Saunders revived the hospice tradition in the United Kingdom out of a need to provide terminally ill patients with end-of-life services.
a. 37% b. 62% c. 85%
Question 5 When did hospice care first begin? At what point did it become a more significant part of the medical system? Question 6 How much palliative care is provided by informal caregivers such as family, friends, and neighbours?
Question 6 - 80% of care is most often provided by informal caregivers like family, friends and neighbours
Question 7 - B. Less than 1 in 5 people in Canada have an Advance Care Plan
a. 50% b. 75% c. 80%
Question 7 80% of people in Canada think it is important to do Advance Care Planning. How many people in Canada have an Advanced Care
Plan? a. 1/3
b. 1/5
c. 1/10
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