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PHYSICAL CARE AND SUPPORT (Pg. 17-20) a. Health care concerns • Go to Support tab - www.virtualhospice.ca

• All aspects of health care - www.myhealth.alberta.ca

b. Caregiver’s Handbook • www.hospicetoronto.ca/PDF/Hand_book_about_End_of_Life_Care_CHPCA.pdf c. What to expect when you are dying • www.covenantcare.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20150827-duclina-hospice-what-to-expect-when-a- person-is-dying.pdf d. Important Care and Support • Falling & Balance - www.findingbalancealberta.ca • Fatigue - www.myhealth.alberta.ca/Alberta/Pages/cancer-fatigue.aspx • Fatigue - www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTFPMYGe86s • Alberta Aids to Daily Living - www.alberta.ca/alberta-aids-to-daily-living.aspx • Seniors Blue Cross Drug Benefits - www.ab.bluecross.ca/dbl/publications.php • Palliative Drug Benefits - www.alberta.ca/palliative-care-health-benefits.aspx • Canmore Hospital - www.albertahealthservices.ca/findhealth/facility.aspx?id=1000951 • Banff Hospital - www.covenanthealth.ca/hospitals-care-centres/banff-mineral-springs-hospital e. Other Care and Support • Sexual Health - https://myhealth.alberta.ca/HealthTopics/cancer-and-sexuality • Dealing with Hair Loss https://myhealth.alberta.ca/health/pages/conditions.aspx?Hwid=aa151672 • Find a Wig - www.cancer.ca/en/support-and-services/support-services/hair-donations/?region=ab • Mouth & Dental Care www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/cca/if-cca-mouth-and-dental-care-for-cancer-patients.pdf

SOCIAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT (Pg. 23-26) a. Communication at the End of Life

• www.virtualhospice.ca/en_US/Main+Site+Navigation/Home/Topics/Topics/Communication.aspx • www.virtualhospice.ca/en_US/Main+Site+Navigation/Home/Support/Support/Asked+and+Answered.aspx b. Talking to families, spouse, professionals, children; caregiver support • www.virtualhospice.ca/en_US/Main+Site+Navigation/Home/Topics/Topics/Communication/Tips+ for+Talking+with+Your+Health+Care+Providers.aspx • www.virtualhospice.ca/en_US/Main+Site+Navigation/Home/Support/Support/Ask+a+Professional.aspx • www.virtualhospice.ca/en_US/Main+Site+Navigation/Home/Topics/Topics/Emotional+Health.aspx • www.virtualhospice.ca/en_US/Main+Site+Navigation/Home/Topics/Topics/Providing+Care.aspx • www.champlainpalliative.ca/for-caregivers-patients/support-for-caregivers/

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