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In June 2016, the Government of Canada passed legislation that legalized Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada for competent adults. The law sets out specific criteria for someone to...

 What is anxiety?

The story of your illness is about something that has gone wrong in your life and causes you worry. You may find that telling it is hard emotional work. When...

Sometimes people worry about how they will react at the time of death. They fear that they might lose control, or that they may not be strong enough to handle...

Explaining the serious illness of a family member or friend to a child or youth can seem overwhelming. Adults who are themselves feeling emotions related to a family member’s illness...

If the person is unable to move to the bathroom, there are many other toileting options.
 

Commodes
These are essentially chairs on wheels with a hole cut through...

Depression is a medical condition that affects how a person thinks, feels, and acts. Doctors now know that depression has a biological or chemical basis, so people cannot “shake off”...

Lack of appetite is the feeling that you are not hungry. Most people experience a lack of appetite from time to time. For example, people recovering from the flu often...