November 1st, 2021 is the inaugural World Compassionate Communities Day! Compassionate Communities focus on whole person care to benefit patients, caregivers, and health care systems. This enhances access to care and strengthens communities’ ability to connect, inform, and protect seniors as well as people with chronic and advanced disease and their caregivers.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, our communities’ compassion is coming into full relief. Everywhere, citizens are banding together to create support groups for the vulnerable and socially isolated in their communities. Whether it’s checking in by phone, delivering pre-cooked meals and groceries, or creating postcards to distribute in hospitals for patients who cannot see their loved ones, our compassion is mobilized.
If you are interested in working towards making social care a sustainable, lasting movement that continues to support people long after this pandemic is past, here are some ways you can honour World Compassionate Communities Day!
- Enter our Connected by Community Challenge for your chance to win a prize: https://www.hpco.ca/connectedbycommunitychallenge/
- Participate in the Virtual Compassion Care Community Centre: https://www.hpco.ca/virtual-compassion-care-community-centre/
- Participate in the World Compassionate Communities Day Online Symposium on November 2nd, 2021: https://www.phpci.org/worldccday
