Palliative Care

Palliative Care Philosophies & Provincial Program Orientation 

• Palliative Care Philosophies & Provincial Program Orientation Handbook  ^[PDF]

• Palliative Care Philosophies & Provincial Program Orientation Presentation (1 hour, 13 minutes) ^[VIDEO]

ESAS-r (Edmonton Symptom Assessment System-revised)

• ESAS-r (What, Why, How, When, Who and Where) ^[PDF]   

• Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS-r) ^[PDF]

• ESAS-r Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) ^[PDF] 

• ESAS Graph ^[PDF]

• ESAS-r Quick Guide Presentation - Download ^[PPTX]
  - Note:  Presentation contains voice over. You must click on the sound icon on each slide to listen.

• ESAS-r Online Assessment Guide ^[PDF]

• ESAS-r Patient Education (brochure) ^[PDF]

• Pain Assessment IN Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) ^[PDF]

ESAS-r Videos

• Acute Care ESAS-r Education (44:42) ^[VIDEO]

• Home Care ESAS-r Education (52: 36) ^[VIDEO]

• How to complete an ESAS (5:42) ^[VIDEO]

• Long-Term Care ESAS-r Education (1:30:16) ^[VIDEO]

• MIH/IEMS ESAS-r Education (1:01:35) ^[VIDEO]

Administrative Forms and Templates

• Advance Care Planning Brochure (English) ^[PDF]

• Advance Care Planning Brochure (French) ^[PDF]

• Advance Care Planning Wallet Card

• Goals of Care Form ^[PDF]  French ^[PDF] 

• Health Care Directive Form (Bilingual) ^[PDF] 

• Medical Cannabis Medication Tracker ^[PDF]

• Notification of Expected Death in the Home (EDITH) Form ^[PDF]

• Patient Reported Functional Status (PRFS) Tool ^[PDF]

• Brief Pain Inventory Self Report ^[PDF] (The Ottawa Hospital)

• Patient Medication Tracker ^[PDF]

• Provincial Palliative Care Centre Application for Admission Form ^[PDF]

• Provincial Integrated Palliative Care Program (PIPCP) Client Referral Form ^[PDF]

Educational Presentations

• Module 1 - Program Overview ^[PDF]

• Module 2 - The Palliative Approach to Care ^[PDF]

• Module 3 - Project: Early Integration of Palliative Care ^[PDF]

• Module 4 - Palliative Care Algorithm: Step 1:  IDENTIFY ^[PDF]

• Module 5 - Palliative Care Algorithm: Step 2:  ASSESS ^[PDF]

• Module 6 - Palliative Care Algorithm: Step 3:  PLAN/MANAGE ^[PDF]

Caring4Caregivers Palliative Care Program

• Caring4Caregivers YLD Presentation (1:10:59) ^[VIDEO]

• Help4Helpers YLD Presentation (1:21:36) ^[VIDEO]

Guides and Toolkits

• A Guide to Advance Care Planning - It's about having a say in your health care ^[PDF]

• Advance Care Planning Word List

• Advance Care Planning Interactive PEI Workbook

• BC Guidelines ^[PDF]

• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status

• ECOG, PRFS and PPSv2 Comparison Guide ^[PDF]

• Palliative Approach to Care Algorithm ^[PDF] 

• Palliative Care Ruler ^[PDF]

• Palliative Emergency Guides
  - Backgrounder:  Be Prepared Conversation Guides ^[PDF]
  - Putting the Conversation Guides to Use ^[VIDEO]
  - Be Prepared BLEEDING Conversation Guide ^[PDF]
  - Be Prepared BALANCE Conversation Guide ^[PDF]
  - Be Prepared BLOCKAGE Conversation Guide ^[PDF]
  - Be Prepared BONES Conversation Guide ^[PDF]
  - Be Prepared BRAIN Conversation Guide ^[PDF]
  - Be Prepared DYSPNEA Conversation Guide ^[PDF]

• Palliative Performance Scale version 2 ^[PDF] 

• The Way Forward National Framework:  A Roadmap for the Integrated Palliative Approach to Care ^[PDF]

Serious Illness Conversation

• Four Questions to Start Serious Illness Conversations with your Health Care Provider (Choosing Wisely Canada) ^[PDF]

• Four Questions to Start Serious Illness Conversations with your Patients (Choosing Wisely Canada) ^[PDF]

• Serious Illness Conversation Guide ^[PDF]

• Serious Illness Conversation Guide (Choosing Wisely Canada) ^[PDF]

• Serious Illness Care Program - Reference Guide for Clinicians ^[PDF]

• Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT™) ^[PDF]

• Talking about your illness with loved ones and caregivers ^[PDF]

• Talking with your clinician about the future ^[PDF]

• Time to Talk: Serious Illness Conversations (Choosing Wisely Canada) ^[PDF]

Bulletins/Brochures/Booklets

• Child and Teen Grief (booklet) ^[PDF]

• Just Ask: Talking to patients and families about Advance Care Planning ^[PDF]

• CPR: A Decision Aid for Patients and their Families (booklet) ^[PDF]

• Paramedics Providing Palliative Care at Home (brochure) ^[PDF]

• Provincial Integrated Palliative Care (brochure) ^[PDF]

• Ten Things to Know About Grief ^[PDF]

• The Healing Journey - Help for the Bereaved (booklet) ^[PDF]

• What You Need To Know (Book 1): Practical Considerations ^[PDF] 

• What You Need To Know (Book 2): Physical and Emotional Considerations ^[PDF]

• Why should you encourage Advance Care planning conversations? ^[PDF] 

Links

• www.healthpei.ca/palliativecare

• www.healthpei.ca/advancecareplanning 

• Advance Care Planning Interactive PEI Workbook

• Hospice PEI

• Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association

• Canadian Virtual Hospice

• Palliative care competency framework – Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

• Pallium Canada

Downloadable Apps and Book Materials

• The Pallium Palliative Pocketbook

• The Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT™)

• Integrating a Palliative Approach: Essentials for Personal Support Workers - Workbook

COVID-19

• COVID-19 PAL Last Days of Living Order Set ^[PDF]

• Symptom management guideline for end of life care of people with COVID-19 (BC Centre for Palliative Care)

• Help with Breathing Decision Aid ^[PDF] (Respecting Choices)

• End-of-life Care in the ED for the Patient Imminently Dying of a Highly Transmissible Acute Respiratory Infection (Such as COVID-19) (US National Library of Medicine)
       - Graphic ^[PNG] (University of Ottawa)

• End-of-life care in the ED for patients imminently dying of a highly transmissible acute respiratory infection (eg COVID-19) ^[PDF] (CAEP)

• Palliative Care - COVID-19 Resources (Respecting Choices)

• Provincial Clinical Knowledge Topic - Palliative Sedation, Adult - All Locations (Alberta Health Services) ^[PDF]

For more information, please contact the Provincial Palliative Care Centre at palliativeadmin@ihis.org or by phone at (902) 368-4781.