Ontario Palliative Care Association (OPCA) is a non-profit organization and its membership reflects the important interdisciplinary approach to hospice palliative care. OPCA offers a range of benefits to its membership and, most importantly, it presents a strong, proactive voice on issues specific to the provision and delivery of quality end-of-life care – professional education, standards of practice, government policy development and funding, and public awareness.

Our Philosophy
The Ontario Palliative Care Association believes that palliative care must:

• be accessible to all individuals and families who are faced with a life threatening illness
• consider the physical, spiritual, psychological, social and information needs of persons and family
• provide support for individuals and families facing death and bereavement

Vision
Quality end-of-life care for all Ontarians.

Mission
How we treat those who are dying in our community reflects who we are as a society. All Ontarians have the right to die with dignity, to have access to physical, psychosocial, and spiritual care. As health care providers, volunteers, and family representatives of Ontario’s hospice palliative care community we advocate for quality end-of-life care using an integrated and collaborative approach.

Goals & Objectives
To support our members by:

• providing education development opportunities to facilitate communication
• being a central resource for information
• being a link between local, regional, provincial and national palliative care

To encourage the development and expansion of palliative care in Ontario by:

• advocating the importance of palliative care through influencing government policy and funding
• promoting standards in palliative care
• participating in the evolution and implementation of standards
• enhancing the work of OPCA
• maintaining financial stability