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The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) is Canada's national association in hospice palliative care. CHPCA offers leadership in the pursuit of excellence in care for persons approaching death so that the burdens of suffering, loneliness and grief are lessened. This website provides the latest information about national hospice palliative care initiatives in Canada.
Source: Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
The Canadian Virtual Hospice is really four websites in one. As a result, you can navigate the website through four different portals, choosing one of the following categories: 1) Patients; 2) Family and Friends; 3) Health Care Providers; or, 4) Volunteers. The website offers information and resources that may help people better understand the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of their experiences.
Source: Canadian Virtual Hospice
Seniors Canada On-line provides single-window access to Web based information and services that are relevant to seniors 55+, their families, caregivers and supporting service organizations.
Source: Seniors Canada On-line
This CD, produced by the Division of Aging and Seniors, contains three publications that explore medical, cultural, spiritual and ethical issues in end-of-life care. The CD provides practical information for heath care and social service providers, seniors, family caregivers and the general public on subjects related to living and dying well, maintaining comfort, and sustaining caregivers. The end-of-Life CD can be ordered free of charge.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Palliative care is a special kind of health care for individuals and families who are living with a life-threatening illness, usually at an advanced stage. The goal of palliative care is to provide the best quality of life for the critically or terminally ill by ensuring their comfort and dignity
Source: Health Canada
This document is intended to help you and your family plan ahead for this difficult time and thus ease the practical difficulties surrounding the eventual death of a spouse. By planning ahead, you can reduce family strain and worry, not only in the first hours and days of bereavement, but also later as you struggle to carry on.
Source: Veterans Affairs
The purpose of palliative care is to improve quality of life, not quantity, through physical, psychological and spiritual support to the dying person and the family. Palliative care is a timely issue for seniors.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
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