TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION
PAGE
INTRODUCTION
01
• Purpose of Guide • Definition of Palliative Care • Model of Hospice Palliative Care • Meet Your Team
DISEASE MANAGEMENT
09
• Definition of Disease Management • How to Talk to My Doctor • Doctors’ Offices in the Bow Valley • MAiD
PHYSICAL CARE AND SUPPORT
17
• Physical Changes • Who Should I Talk To • Symptoms • Bow Valley Resources
SOCIAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT
23
• Talking With My Children & Grandchildren • Conversations With My Family • Coping Strategies • Community Services and Support • Caregiver Support
SPIRITUAL CARE AND SUPPORT
29
• Meaning of Spirituality • Pastoral Care Resources in the Bow Valley • Palliative Volunteers • Mindfulness Meditation • The Role of Nature • Other Bow Valley Resources
END-OF-LIFE CARE AND DEATH MANAGEMENT
35
• Personal Directive • Goals of Care • Power of Attorney • Will • Advance Care Plan • Legacy • Dying at Home • Planning Your Funeral • Final Days • MAiD
LOSS AND GRIEF 41 • How Grief Works • Who Can I Talk To • Other Resources (Internet, Social Media, Radio, Books)
COMMUNITY SERVICES AND SUPPORT
47
• Nursing Care • Medical Supplies • Transportation • Palliative Volunteers • FCSS • Respite • Caregiver Support • Community Supports • Regional, Provincial & National Supports
ADMINISTRATION OF DYING
53
• Financial Assistance at the End of Life • Financial Assistance for Caregivers • Personal Directive and Power of Attorney • “I’m Dead: Now What?” • Funeral and Legal Services
INVENTORY OF HOSPICE PALLIATIVE RESOURCES, FIRST NATIONS, MORLEY
61
• First Nations peoples may also access many of the above resources.
THE BOOK OF LINKS
65
BOOK AND MUSIC LIST
73
INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND LEARNING
77
CALGARY HOSPICES AND RESOURCES
81
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