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Respite, Hospice and Palliative Care

Programs providing a range of support services to terminally ill patients and their families. Includes respite programs and information about medically assisted death.

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Advance Care Planning Provided by: Health PEI

Provides online information about advance care planning, including:

How to share your health and personal care preferences with health care teams and your family if you become incapable of expressing your own decisions, for example, health care treatment and who can make decisions for you
An online interactive workbook to help with the advance care planning process and writing a health care directive
An advance care planning wallet card
Health care directives form

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Ask a Professional Provided by: Canadian Virtual Hospice - AKA: Portail Palliatif Canadien

Healthcare experts provide confidential answers to questions posed online about life-limiting illness, palliative care, loss, and grief. Professionals include physicians, nurses, social workers, pediatric specialists, spiritual care advisors, a grief specialist, a children's grief specialist, a pharmacist, and an Indigenous Elder.

The service is not meant to be a substitute for direct medical advice and/or care and the team cannot provide advice regarding diagnosis or medical treatment.

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Caregivers CAN Provided by: Canadian Virtual Hospice - AKA: Portail Palliatif Canadien

Provides free online learning modules that help caregivers prepare and provide care as illness advances. Topics include:

Strategies for difficult conversations
Video demonstrations of caregiving tasks
Guidance for recognizing and managing symptoms
Suggestions for accessing programs and services
Ways to care for yourself

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CaringTogether.life Provided by: Canadian Virtual Hospice - AKA: Portail Palliatif Canadien

Provides a free online resource platform to educate, support, and empower parents caring for a seriously ill child and those who are experiencing pregnancy or infant loss. Chapters include:

Child
Family
Healthcare Team
School and community
Care and the end of life
Grief and Bereavement

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Discussion Forums Provided by: Canadian Virtual Hospice - AKA: Portail Palliatif Canadien

Online communities of people talking and sharing about living with a life-limiting illness, caring, loss and grief.

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Dream Provided by: Oneday Dreams

Supports medically eligible Canadians ages 18 and older who have a life expectancy of one year or less and are unable to fulfil their dream independently, with the goal of enhancing quality of life and creating memories during their remaining time.

There is an option, Urgent Dream, for applicants whose life expectancy is three months or less. Their application will be processed more quickly than a regular dream request. Requests for relatives (guests) to see the applicant that require the guests to travel can be permitted.

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Dying with Dignity Canada Provided by: Dying with Dignity Canada - AKA: DWDC

Provides support to those navigating end-of-life choice and care. Includes:

Providing independent witnesses and/or proxies to MAID requestors through the Independent Witness Program
Provides free virtual workshops or presentations on Advance Care Planning (ACP)
Provides free virtual workshops or presentations on Medical assistance in dying (MAID)
Advocacy for end-of-life care and choice

Note: They do not provide information or means to end a life, and do not offer MAID assessments or provisions.

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Grief Support Programs and Services Provided by: Hospice PEI

One-on-one telephone support is provided, along with access to resources, printed materials, and assistance in accessing professional counselling services. To register, call or email to self-refer.