Palliative Care Resources

For patients, families, and Health Care Providers

Provincial Palliative Care

• Palliative information with an Alberta focus for people who need car, families, clinicians and care providers

Digital Stories - Palliative End of Life Care & Grief Resources

• Palliative and End of Life Care playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi1tOF1I5ZoW9jvEutpdEw5matrJEkLEb

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association

• Advancing and advocating for quality end-of-life/ hospice palliative care in Canada

Virtual Hospice

• Useful information about many aspects of living with advancing illness

A Caregivers Guide to Palliative Care and End of Life Care

• Online course for family members/loved ones providing care in the home

  • To register for online learning: http://stlazarus.ca/HCSP/

Government of Alberta

Use search box to access information about:

• Personal Directives

  • Choosing Now for the Future

• Guardianship

  • Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act

• Decision-making Option

  • Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act

• Supported Decision-making

  • Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act

Government of Canada

• Compassionate Care Benefit Program https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/corporate/service-canada/home-accueil.html
  Search: “compassionate care benefits“
  

Palliative care for Cancer

• https://www.mesotheliomahub.com/treatment/palliative-mesothelioma-treatment/ Mesothelioma, which is a type of cancer that affects the mesothelium - the protective lining of the lungs, abdomen, and heart.