Useful websites:
Champlain Hospice Palliative Care program – https://champlainpalliative.ca/ Information and resources for patients, caregivers and health care providers
Champlain Community Support Network resources –https://www.caredove.com/
champlaincss. Summary of community based resources, link specific to Palliative Care and Hospice
Advanced Care Planning Ontario –
https://www.advancecareplanningontario.ca/
Explanation of what ACP is and guides you through the ACP process
The Care Channel – https://carechannel.elizz.com/
An online portal with free resources for family and community caregivers to help them in their caregiving journeys. Available in English, French,
Mandarin, Spanish, and Punjabi.
The Care Plan, by Odonata Care –https://www.thecareplan.net/
Has videos demonstrating personal care in bedbound patients, link to purchase The Care Plan book.
The Ontario Caregiver Organization: https://ontariocaregiver.ca/
Excellent practical tools and training for caregivers
Canadian Virtual Hospice https://www.virtualhospice.ca
Support and personalized information about advanced illness, palliative care, loss and grief, to people living with illness, family members, people working in healthcare, educators, and researchers.
Podcast
The waiting room (Season 1 in particular) https://www.waitingroomrev
olution.com/podcast Information to help transform the experience of people living with serious illness
Books:
With the End in Mind by Kathryn Mannix
https://withtheendinmind.co.uk/
A Beginner’s Guide to the End by BJ
Miller and Shoshana Berger
https://www.abgtte.com/authors
Check out supports in the community:
https://www.communityhomesupport.ca