Heart Failure Illness Trajectory Guide- Canada FR
Ce dépliant a été conçu pour aider les personnes ayant une insuffisance cardiaque et leurs proches à connaître les étapes de fin de vie afin de mieux planifier les soins.
Learning about illness
Heart Failure Illness Trajectory Guide- Canada EN
This pamphlet was made to help persons with Heart Failure (HF) and their families know what to expect at the end of life so they can plan ahead.
Broadening End-of-Life Comfort to Improve Palliative Care Practices in Long-Term Care
The goal of this study was to examine how palliative care principles (PCP) can best be integrated in LTC is a pressing issue by exploring the tensions associated with caring for the living and dying within one care
community and informing how PCP may be improved.
Whose role is it anyways? Using pamphlets to activate early conversations about end-of-life care in long-term care
This study explores the development and use of five condition specific pamphlets aimed at supporting LTC staffs’ capacity to (a) inform residents and families about the trajectory of their primary medical condition and (b) initiate conversations about EOL care.
A palliative approach in late stage dementia
This video explores why a palliative approach to care is particularly important for people with late stage dementia. Strengthening a palliative approach in long-term care, known as SPA-LTC, is about making sure that people with life-limiting illnesses have more opportunities to experience a high quality of life from the moment they enter long-term care to the day of their death.
Palliative Care Conference: Resident/SDM/Family Questionnaire
A questionnaire for Resident/SDM/Family members to complete before Palliative Care Conferences.
Question Prompt List
Learning about Dementia and Care near the End of Life: Asking questions of health care providers can sometimes be hard. Many of us simply do not know the questions we could be asking to help us better understand and plan for the future. This question prompt sheet has been designed to open up conversations between you, your family, and members of the health care staff. The answers to these questions may not be simple or straightforward; dementia affects each person in different ways.
Pandemic #9: Mend the World
Dr. Tamara Sussman contributes to this moving podcast about life in Quebec Long-Term Care during the COVID-19 pandemic lock-down.
After a stroke left him locked in his own body, Rabbi Ronnie Cahana has found ways to lead an incredibly full life. Then the pandemic came. It swept through Quebec, leaving a trail of devastation. Today, Rabbi Cahana is one of the thousands of Quebeckers left stranded in the middle of one of the worst disasters in modern Canadian history.