Palliative Care for Frontline Workers Course Resources

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Advance Care Planning, Goals of Care Conversations, Person-Centred Decision-Making

Accessing Medical Assistance in Dying: How to Contact the MAID Care Co-ordination Service
The care co-ordination service information line is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and may be reached toll free at 1-866-286-4023. Referral services are available Monday to Friday, 9 am – 5 pm EST in English and French (translations for other languages can also be requested). TTY services are also available at 1-844-953-3350.

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Cancer Care Ontario: Palliative Care Toolkit for Indigenous Communities

Characteristics of Family Systems (John Bradshaw) (PDF)

Coming Full Circle: Planning for your Care (Canadian Virtual Hospice)

Compassionate Care Benefit

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Dr. Larry Librach Video – The Truth of It Video Series

Don’t Duck the Conversation: A Personal Planning Guide (Hospice Northwest)

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Exhaustion Funnel (PDF)

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Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying – Maggie Callanan & Patricia Kelley (Book)

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Health Care Planning Framework

Home and Community Care Support Services North West

Hospice Northwest Visiting Volunteer Program
63 Carrie St., Thunder Bay, 807-626-5570

How Trauma Can Impact Your Window of Tolerance Infographic (PDF)

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Indigenous Peoples’ Health & Aging Resources (CERAH)

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Living my Culture: Canadian Virtual Hospice

Love You Forever: Written by Robert Munsch, Illustrated by Sheila McGraw. Published by Firefly Books, 1995.

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Palliative Pain & Symptom Management Program Info Pamphlet PDF (PPSMP Bipanel PDF)

Palliative CareLink

Palliative Performance Scale

Peer Led DebriefingToolkit: Guidelines for Promoting Effective Grief Support Among Front Line Staff (QPC LTC Project)

Power of Attorney for Personal Care

Power of Attorney for Personal Care Document

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Quality Palliative Care in Long Term Care (QPC LTC)

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Regional Palliative Care Program 24/7 Consultation Line Toll-Free 1-844-343-2476

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Someone You Loved Has Died Pamphlet (PDF)

Serious Illness Conversation Guide

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Talking About Death Won’t Kill You: The Essential Guide to End-of-Life Conversations by Dr. Kathy Kortes-Miller (Book)

Team Check-In (PDF)

Till Death Do Us Part Pamphlet (PDF)

The Time is Now: Advance Care Planning Conversations with First Nations Communities Video

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What Can I Do? A Guide for Parents/Grandparents to Help Children/Grandchildren when someone they love is dying or has died (PDF)

When Someone You Love is Dying Information About the Final Days to Hours of Life (PDF)

When Your Loved One is not Eating: Important Considerations for Palliative and End of Life Nutrition (PDF)

Wherever You Are: My Love Will Find You: By Nancy Tillman – Illustrated, Oct. 30 2012 (Book)

Lakehead University respectfully acknowledges its campuses are located on the traditional lands of Indigenous people. Lakehead Thunder Bay is located on the traditional lands of the Fort William First Nation, Signatory to the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850. Lakehead University acknowledges the history that many nations hold in the areas around our campuses, and is committed to a relationship with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit based on the principles of mutual trust, respect, reciprocity, and collaboration in the spirit of reconciliation. As a Centre we are committed to working towards reconciliation and decolonizing our work and have committed as a staff to educating ourselves in these areas both personally and professionally.