Resources

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) Provides leadership and advocacy for quality hospice palliative care for all Canadians and increased awareness of end of life care issues in Canada.

Canadian Virtual Hospice Information and support on palliative and end-of-life care, loss and grief. Our team of experts can answer your questions about life-threatening illness and loss.

• A free online resource to help people work through their grief from the comfort of their own home, at their own pace. It was developed by family members who’ve “been there,” and grief experts to complement existing community resources and help address the lack of grief services in Canada. It is also an education tool for health providers.  MyGrief.ca   
• This video series shares the lived experience of sixty-four people from eleven cultures to help improve quality of life and care that is culturally safe and inclusive. Stories about traditions, rituals and spirituality, experiences of care, after death ceremonies and grief are shared in more than 600 video clips (available in 11 languages).  LivingMyCulture.ca
• A free online course on prescribing methadone for pain management in palliative care. This self-directed course is accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. This course will also be of interest to nurses and pharmacists who wish to improve their knowledge of methadone.  Methadone4Pain.ca

Compassionate Care Benefits Benefits paid to eligible individuals who must be away from work temporarily to provide care or support to a family member who is seriously ill and at risk of dying.

Plan Well Guide is an affordable, advanced serious illness planning tool. The Plan Well Guide can help you learn how serious illness decisions are made. You’ll learn about how important your values and preferences are in making those decisions. This guide can help you make a plan that clearly lets others, like your doctor, family, and substitutes decision-maker, know what you want for your care. By doing your serious illness planning ahead of time, you’re more likely to get the medical care that’s right for you. It can also lower the stress and anxiety your family members will have if they need to make life or death decisions for you.

The Quality End-of-life Care Coalition of Canada is a group of over 36 national organizations concerned about quality end-of-life care for all Canadians.

A national initiative providing resources for patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals involved with end-of-life care in Canada.

The Speak Up campaign was developed to raise awareness of the importance of advance care planning, as well as the issues related to an aging population, a strained health care system and end of life care. Join the Speak Up Team and help promote national advance care planning day.

Hsien and Sammy have spent their careers helping those who are facing serious illness. They started the Waiting Room Revolution movement because they wanted to improve the patient and family illness experience.

Dr. Hsein Soew, PhD is the Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care and Health System Innovation and a professor in the Department of Oncology at McMaster University. Dr. Sammy Winemaker, MD is a palliative care physician who care for patients with serious illness and their families in the home. She is a clinical professor at McMaster University in the Department of Family Medicine, Division of Palliative Care.

On their website you will find a podcast, book and many additional resources for people dealing with serious illness and their caregivers and loved ones.

The Waiting Room Revolution

Imagine a new reality, where hospice palliative care is available to Canadians when and where they need it―where the goal of care is to live well until death. Now, imagine a plan to get there. That’s The Way Forward.