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Life and Death Matters (Education Resources)

Free online educational resources - podcasts, powerpoint presentations, an instructors's manual, and many more resources for your own education or...

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Dying, Dignity, and New Horizons in Palliative End-of-Life Care

 This article provides an overview of the physical, psychosocial, existential and spiritual challenges that people will face when they are...

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Senior's Mental Health: Canadian Guidelines

The Canadian Coalition of Senior's Mental Health National Guideline Project was created in 2005 (with support from the Public Health...

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Palliative Care Guidelines – Part 3 (of 3): Grief and Bereavement

This guideline found on BCguidelines.ca, “addresses the needs of adult patients with incurable cancer or advanced disease (but can be...

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Latino Outreach Guide

Free online outreach guides for health care providers to enhance access and palliative care in these diverse communities.

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Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society: Bridging Research and Practice

This text presents an explanation of research-based theories and clinical wisdom across a variety of topics in the field of...

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End-of-Life Care During the Last Days and Hours

This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for registered nurses and registered practical nurses on best nursing practices for adult's end-of-life care during...

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One Chance to Get it Right

The Liverpool Care Pathway developed in the 1990’s was a generic model intended to replicate palliative care across settings.  In...

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Canadian Coalition of Seniors' Mental Health

Website with resources for individuals, families and health care providers related to senior's mental health issues including depression, delirium, mood disorders and...

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Nursing Competencies for Nursing Home Culture Change

In 2008 Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (HIGN) collaborated with the Coalition of Geriatric Nursing Organizations (CGNO) and Pioneer Network...

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