Mission: To promote the advancement of effective palliative wound care by developing information and strategies to care for patients and families living with chronic wounds, and disseminating these resources internationally.

Vision: The complex issues faced by patients and families living with chronic wounds will be appropriately addressed and managed through the integration of palliative care throughout their wound care experience.

Goals: The Initiative recognizes that the expertise and skills in palliative wound care can improve the quality of life of all individuals living with or affected by healing and non-healing chronic wounds. It is guided by the philosophy that the opportunity exists to negotiate personalized goals of care to optimize quality of life through an interdisciplinary approach to care.

The Initiative is exploring ways to increase awareness and change attitudes through advocacy; enhance knowledge and skills through education; influence day-to-day behaviour through norms of practice and preferred practice guidelines; and evaluate outcomes for individuals, organizations, and society.