Talking With Loved Ones about End of Life, Advance Care Planning & Palliative Care
These suggested resources provide tools and suggestions to help people talk about their wishes and make decisions about their care at end-of-life.
The resources on advance care planning offer concrete suggestions on how to communicate wishes and help others to understand what is most important for this part of our lives.
The resources on palliative care inform our understanding of what palliative care is and how it helps people to live well as end-of-life approaches.
My Wishes Alberta Workbook
My Wishes Alberta Workbook helps people prepare to make important decisions about care now and in the future. The workbook provides a guide to help people: (1) Think about what is most important about life, health, and personal care. (2) Share wishes with the people in your life that matter most, and with your health care providers. (3) Make sure wishes are honoured.
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Horizons of Hope: A Toolkit for Catholic Parishes on Palliative Care
Horizons of Hope is a resource developed by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. It is intended to support a small group of people learning and having discussions together. A series of modules are designed to: (1) Empower and educate participants by addressing questions about palliative care, dying, death, suffering, accompaniment, and bereavement in a holistic fashion. (2) Present high-quality content that explores how palliative care is understood from a perspective of Catholic teaching and medical expertise. (3) Facilitate meaningful conversations together to help a group or a family become a companionate community.
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Understanding Palliative Care
Understanding Palliative Care was inspired by a public education module developed by the All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care. A 20-minute interactive module will provide participants with opportunity to: (1) Learn more about what palliative care is and the support it offers. (2) Hear from people who have personally benefitted from palliative care and learn how palliative care professionals and community members can help relieve the symptoms and stress of living with a serious illness.
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