Grant: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Knowledge Translation

The Annual ALS Client Services Conference brings together health care providers from ALS clinics and centres across Canada and client service providers from the Provincial ALS Societies for the purpose of sharing best practices, networking, and building consensus on quality care. The ALS Society of Canada is in the process of developing "Guidelines for Services for Persons with ALS in Canada" to promote consistent, quality care across the nation. The Phase 1 Guidelines Development Workshop occured at the ALS Client Services Conference in Halifax, NS, in June 2009. The Phase 2 workshop, planned to occur at the June 2010 conference, will include disseminating progress made on guideline development over the previos year and engaging attendes to collaborate to further develop and refine the Guidelines draft.