Palliative Care Philosophies & Provincial Program Orientation
- Palliative Care Philosophies & Provincial Program Orientation Handbook [PDF]
- Palliative Care Philosophies & Provincial Program Orientation Presentation (1 hour, 55 minutes) [VIDEO]
- Palliative Care Philosophies & Provincial Program Orientation evaluation survey [PDF]
Home-Based Care Palliative Program
- Provincial Integrated Palliative Care Program referral form (P-IPCP) [PDF]
- Provincial Integrated Palliative Care (P-IPCP)(brochure) [PDF]
Provincial Palliative Care Centre
- Provincial Palliative Care Centre Tour Video [VIDEO]
- Provincial Palliative Care Centre Application for Admission Form [PDF]
Palliative Assessment and Tools
ESAS-r (Edmonton Symptom Assessment System-revised)
- Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS-r) [PDF]
- ESAS-r (What, Why, How, When, Who and Where) [PDF]
- ESAS-r Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) [PDF]
- ESAS Graph [PDF]
Others
- Pain Assessment IN Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) [PDF]
- Brief Pain Inventory Self Report (The Ottawa Hospital) [PDF]
- Patient Reported Functional Status (PRFS) Tool [PDF]
- Palliative Performance Scale version 2 [PDF]
- Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool (SPICT™) [PDF]
- Palliative Approach to Care Algorithm [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 Care Program [PDF]
- Serious Illness Conversation Guide [PDF]
- Serious Illness Recommendation Aid [PDF]
- Talking with your clinician about the future [PDF]
- Talking about your illness with loved ones and caregivers [PDF]
- What Matters To Me [PDF]
Advance Care Planning
Forms
- Goals of Care Form [PDF] French [PDF]
- Health Care Directive Form (Bilingual) [PDF]
- Notification of Expected Death in the Home (EDITH) Form [PDF]
Resources
- Advance Care Planning Brochure (English) [PDF]
- Advance Care Planning Brochure (French) [PDF]
- A Guide to Advance Care Planning - It's about having a say in your health care [PDF]
- Advance Care Planning Word List [PDF]
- Advance Care Planning Interactive PEI Workbook [PDF]
- CPR: A Decision Aid for Patients and their Families (booklet) [PDF]
- Advance Care Planning (Government of PEI) [webpage]
- Why should you encourage Advance Care planning conversations? [PDF]
- Consent to Treatment and Health Care Directive Act [PDF]
What You Need to Know Booklets
- What You Need To Know (Book 1): Practical Considerations [PDF]
- What You Need To Know (Book 2): Physical and Emotional Considerations [PDF]
Palliative Care Emergencies in the Home 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]
End of Life Resources
- Speaking With Compassion: A Conversation Guide for Last Days and Hours [PDF]
- How to use the Speaking With Compassion Guide (8 minutes, 13 seconds) [VIDEO]
- Last Weeks, Days, Hours (1 hour, 08 minutes) [VIDEO]
- End of Life Medication Resource [PDF]
- Dying for Beginners (4 min 18 seconds) [VIDEO]
Grief and Bereavement
- Child and Teen Grief (booklet) [PDF]
- Ten Things to Know About Grief [PDF]
- The Healing Journey - Help for the Bereaved (booklet) [PDF]
Long Term Care/Transition to Practice Palliative Modules
- Palliative Modules Plan [PDF]
- Foundations of Palliative Care [VIDEO]
- Advanced Care Planning and Difficult Conversations [VIDEO]
- Palliative Symptom Management [VIDEO]
- Symptom Management Game [PDF] - End of Life Care Last Days and Hours [VIDEO]
- Teamwork Consultation and System Navigation [VIDEO]
- Emotional Intelligence [VIDEO]
- Post Module Survey [PDF]
Additional Programs
- Hospice Services in PEI [PDF]
- Hospice PEI (brochure) [PDF]
- Paramedics Providing Palliative Care at Home (brochure) [PDF]
Links
- Pallium Canada
- Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
- Canadian Virtual Hospice
- Palliative Care (Government of PEI)
- Palliative care competency framework – Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
- BC Symptom Management Guidelines
- Caring4Caregivers YLD Presentation (1:10:59) [VIDEO]
- Help4Helpers YLD Presentation (1:21:36) [VIDEO]
- Waiting Room Revolution
For more information, please contact the Provincial Palliative Care Centre at palliativeadmin@ihis.org or by phone at (902) 368-4781.