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The team at Canadian Virtual Hospice has gathered links on COVID-19 that may be useful to people working in healthcare and to members of the public who are living with an advanced illness or who are caring for someone with an advanced illness. These resources are not a substitute for medical advice. This page will be updated on an ongoing basis. Suggest a resource

General

Tracking the Coronavirus: Stay informed with the latest COVID-19 data

CBC News

The Obituary Project - They Were Loved: Honouring Canada's Covid-19 victims

Maclean's

Lives remembered (Tributes from family, friends, and colleagues honouring Canadians who have died from COVID-19)

CBC News

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Government of Canada

World Health Organization: Coronavirus

World Health Organization

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Infection Prevention and Control Canada (IPAC)

"Psychology Works" Fact Sheet: Why Does Culture Matter to COVID-19?

Canadian Psychological Association

Hand Washing Safety

Morning Star Lodge, University of Saskatchewan

Not scared of dying but of dying scared

K. Stajduhar & D. Cloutier: Healthy Debate

For healthcare providers

Goals of Care Discussions in the Age of COVID-19 (audio)

Talk Dying to Me

How Covid-19 changes how doctors deal with death (video)

BBC News

A Good Death' During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the UK: A Report on the Key Findings and Recommendations

The London School of Economics and Political Science

Symptom management and planning

COVID-19 Provincial Guidance for Palliative Care Communication

Shared Health Manitoba

Palliative Care COVID-19 Communication and Symptom Management Guidelines

Manitoba Palliative Care Physicians

Palliative Care Resources to Support Frontline Providers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ontario Palliative Care Network

Symptom management for adult patients with COVID-19 receiving end-of-life supportive care outside of the ICU

BC Centre for Palliative Care

Continuous Palliative Sedation Therapy (CPST) Protocol for COVID-19 Pandemic

Division of Palliative Care, McMaster University

Managing Expected Death in the Home During COVID-19

Ontario Palliative Care Network

Redesign of a rural emergency department to prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic (April 21, 2020)

Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)

Pediatrics and children

COVID-19 and the care of the child with chronic disease (April 3, 2020: webinar)

Children's Healthcare Canada

Communication

Goodbye Phone Conversation Script from VitalTalk

Speak Up Ontario

COVID-19 Critical Conversation for Acute Hospital Staff (video)

End of Life Essentials: Education for Acute Hospitals (AUS)

COVID-19 Ready Communication Skills: A Playbook of VitalTalk Tips

Adapted for Alberta Health Services from VitalTalk

Specific Phrases and Word Choices that Can Be Helpful When Dealing with COVID19

Serious Ilness Conversations

How to Help Your Patient Connect with Loved Ones During COVID 19 Pandemic: Tips and Ideas for Virtual and Non-Virtual Connection

Alberta Health Services

COMMUNICATION: COVID EMERGENCY

Alberta Health Services

A Conversation Tool for Clinicians: Adaptation for COVID-19

BC Cancer adapted from Adriadne Labs and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Reference Guide for Clinicians: COVID-19 Adaptation

Serious Ilness Care Program Resource (BC Cancer)

Talking about illness with different cultural groups

LivingMyCulture.com

How to talk end-of-life care with a dying patient

Atul Gawande

A Guide for Primary Care Providers for Supporting Patients in Distress During COVID-19

Dr. Erin Johns, Shared Care

Social work

Working with families facing undesired outcomes during the COVID-19 crisis

Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network (SWHPN)

Resources for hospice and palliative care social work professionals

Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network (SWHPN)

Spiritual Care/Chaplains

Coronavirus: The chaplains at the front line of end of life care

BBC News

Palliative Spiritual Care & COVID-19

Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE): The Standard for Spiritual Care and Education

Spiritual Practices Worksheet to Support Your Well-being in a Disaster or Emergency

Alberta Health Services

Grief

For people working in healthcare: COVID-19 and grief

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Grief and Bereavement Supports for Health Care Workers

Hospice Palliative Care Ontario

#GRIEFLITERACY: JOIN THE MOVEMENT!

Canadian Nursing Association and uOttawa

Grief webinars

COVID-19 and Non-Death Loss

Association for Death Education and Counseling (USA)

ADEC in Conversation: Coronavirus 2019

Association for Death Education and Counseling (USA)

Grief and COVID-19 for healthcare providers: staying connected in a time of loss and uncertainty (Recorded webinar April 3, 2020)

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Grief and COVID-19 for healthcare providers: staying connected in a time of loss and uncertainty (Recorded webinar April 9, 2020)

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Grief and COVID-19 for healthcare providers: staying connected in a time of loss and uncertainty (Recorded webinar April 17, 2020)

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Grief and COVID-19 for healthcare providers: staying connected in a time of loss and uncertainty (Recorded webinar April 24, 2020)

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Grief and COVID-19 for healthcare providers: staying connected in a time of loss and uncertainty (Recorded webinar May 8, 2020)

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Grief and COVID-19 for healthcare providers: staying connected in a time of loss and uncertainty (Recorded webinar May 22, 2020)

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Grief and COVID-19 for healthcare providers: staying connected in a time of loss and uncertainty (Recorded webinar June 5, 2020)

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Grief and COVID-19 for healthcare providers: staying connected in a time of loss and uncertainty (Recorded webinar June 30, 2020)

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Complicated grief following a death in the ICU: New challenges in the COVID-19 era (June, 2020)

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Grief related journal articles

Bereavement Support on the Frontline of COVID-19: Recommendations for Hospital Clinicians

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (August, 2020)

Bereavement in the Time of Coronavirus: Unprecendented Challenges Demand Novel Interventions

Journal of Aging and Social Policy (May, 2020)

Grief During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Considerations for Palliative Care Providers

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (July, 2020)

Prolonged Grief Related to COVID-19 Deaths: Do we Have to Fear a Steep Rise in Traumatic and Disenfranchised Griefs?

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy (July, 2020)

Self care

Staying well on the frontlines of COVID-19

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Pandemic wellness toolkit

Canadian Medical Association

Self-Care for Mental Health Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic (May 11, 2020 Podcast)

Ottawa Insititute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Tips for health-care workers: How to get better sleep during COVID-19

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Care for the Caregiver: How to Handle Stress and Anxiety During COVID-19

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Journal articles

Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure Hospitalized With COVID-19

JACC (Dec, 2020)

Dying, Death, and Dignity in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of Palliative Medicine (2020)

Increasing Critical Nurse Engagement of Palliative Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Critical Care Nurse (July, 2020)

Supporting adults bereaved through COVID-19: a rapid review of the impact of previous pandemics on grief and bereavement

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (May 7, 2020)

Managing COVID-19 symptoms (including at the end of life) in the community: summary of NICE guidelines

British Medical Journal (April 20, 2020)

The key role of palliative care in response to the COVID-19 tsunami of suffering

The Lancet (April 22, 2020)

Pandemic palliative care: beyond ventilators and saving lives

Canadian Medical Association Journal (March 31, 2020)

The Role and Response of Palliative Care and Hospice Services in Epidemics and Pandemics: A Rapid Review to Inform Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (March 27, 2020)

COVID-19: The role of palliative care had to be adapted to manage this "ultra-emergency"

BMJ (March 31, 2020)

Managing the supportive care needs of those affected by COVID-19

European Respiratory Journal (in press)

Coronavirus COVID-19 Resource Collection

New England Journal of Medicine

Palliative Care Needs of People Affected by Natural Hazards, Political or Ethnic Conflict, Epidemics of Life-Threatening Infections, and Other Humanitarian Crises

Oxford University Medicine Online (Nov, 2019)

Palliating a Pandemic: "All Patients Must Be Cared For"

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (Feb, 2010)

Palliative Care in Toronto during the COVID-19 pandemic

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (Feb, 2021)

Webinars and podcasts

Palliative practice and COVID-19: Life and work in the time of COVID-19 (May 4, 2020: Webinar)

Canadian Virtual Hospice and Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians

Life and work in the time of COVID-19: The conversation continues (June, 2020)

Canadian Virtual Hospice and Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians

MAID and COVID-19: Impacts of the pandemic on end-of-life choices (June, 2020)

Dying with Dignity Canada

Resource pages

COVID-19 Rural Med List Serv Resources

Society of Rural Physicians of Canada

COVID-19 Series: Resources for palliative care

Royal Society of Medicine

COVID-19 Toolkit

North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Pallaitive Care Network

CAPC COVID-19 response resources

Center to Advance Palliative Care (USA)

COVID-19 Resources

Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA)

Palliative Care and COVID-19

PalliAGED Palliative Care Aged Care Evidence (AUS)

For caregivers and people living with illness

Care at home for those who have or may have been exposed to COVID-19

Government of Canada

COVID-19 (Resources)

Family Caregivers of British Columbia

COVID-19 Caregiver Tip Sheets

The Ontario Caregiver Organization

End-of-life and Palliative Care in the Time of COVID-19 (Recorded webinar)

Canadian Cancer Society

COVID-19 and cancer patients (Recorded webinar)

Canadian Cancer Society

Coping with Cancer and COVID-19

Canadian Cancer Society

COVID-19 Caregiver Resource Centre

The Ontario Caregiver Organization

Coronavirus: What to Know if You Have a Respiratory Disease

Get Palliative Care: Mount Sinai Health System video (USA)

Coronavirus: What Cancer Patients Need to Know

Get Palliative Care (USA)

COVID-19 and Cancer Treatments - Information for Patients

BC Cancer

COVID-19 tips for caregivers (dementia resources)

Alzheimer Society

COVID-19 Tips for Caregivers

Get Palliative Care (USA)

Caring for a loved one is hard work — 6 ways you can fight burnout

Abhimanyu Das: TED Talk

Planning and decision-making

Advance Care Planning in 5 Steps

Speak Up Canada

Advance care planning across Canada - Links to provincial resources

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Crucial conversations: Providing a roadmap for decisions

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Decision making for adolescents and young adults with serious illness

Canadian Virtual Hospice: livingoutloud.life

Healthcare decisions: An approach to decision-making and advance care planning

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Plan Well Guide: a tool to help you learn more about medical treatments and prepare you for decision making during a serious illness

Dr. Daren Heyland

The Conversation Starter Kit

The Conversation Project

Be prepared in the time of COVID-19

BC Centre for Palliative Care

Supporting children and teens

CaringTogether.life - Education and Support for Parents

Canadian Virtual Hospice

COVid-19

Children and Youth Grief Network

The Pandemic, According to Kids

The Atlantic

COVID-19 Tip Sheet

Lighthouse: Peer Support for Grieving Children, Youth and their Families

COVID-19 Virtual Support

Lighthouse: Peer Support for Grieving Children, Youth and their Families

Children & Teenager's BIG FEELINGS: GRIEF

Champlain Hospice Palliative Care Program

RESPONDING TO CHANGE AND LOSS: In support of children, teens & families

National Alliance for Grieving Children

NAGC HERO TOOLKIT: In Support of Super Heroic Grieving Children and Teens

National Alliance for Grieving Children

Children and Funerals in a Global Pandemic (Recorded webinar April 16, 2020)

National Alliance for Grieving Children

Talking with Kids About COVID-19 (Recorded webinar April 7, 2020)

Andrea Warnick Consulting

KidsGrief.ca: Explaining tragic world events

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Helping Children With Traumatic Separation or Traumatic Grief Related To COVID-19

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

The Feelings Lab

Mackenzie Garrett

Supporting the young people in your life during COVID-19

Kids Help Phone

How to Talk to Children About the Coronavirus Pandemic

Centre for Loss & Life Transition

Coping at Home for Families: Supporting your well-being through meaningful activity and leisure during COVID-19

Alberta Health Services

Indigenous people

Long COVID symptoms or health concerns (Cree)

Alberta Health Services

COVID-19 (Cree)

Alberta Health Services

Protecting Our Home Fires Vaccine Fact Sheet

Morning Star Lodge

First Nation Pandemic Planning Resources

Nishnawbe Aski Nation

A Pandemic Planning Tool for First Nations Communities

First Nations Health Managers Association

COVID-19 Information for Healthcare Professionals

First Nations Health Authority

Coming full circle: Planning for your care (Advance care planning)

Canadian Virtual Hospice

COVID-19 Support Services (telephone support)

Native Women's Association of Canada

Processing Grief During COVID-19

Morning Star Lodge

Respiratory Health Tips with Dr. Horn

Mohawk Council of Akwesasne

Indigenous Services Canada's Preparedness and Response to COVID-19

Indigenous Services Canada

COVID-19: First Nations community guide on accessing additional supports

Government of Canada

Morning Star Lodge YouTube Videos

Morning Star Lodge

19 Ways for a Healthy Home Fire: Protecting our Home Fires Strategy

Morning Star Lodge

19 Things to do at Home - Adult

Morning Star Lodge

Assembly of First Nations COVID-19 national task force

Assembly of First Nations

COVID-19 Infographics

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami National Organization

COVID-19 Printable Information Sheets

First Peoples Wellness Circle

The importance of First Nations specific COVID-19 data (April 3, 2020)

Dr. Marcia Anderson: First Nations Public Health MD (Manitoba)

Tips on shopping safely (April 3, 2020)

Dr. Marcia Anderson: First Nations Public Health MD (Manitoba)

Answering kids questions about COVID (April 4, 2020)

Dr. Marcia Anderson: First Nations Public Health MD (Manitoba)

People experiencing homelessness and social disadvantage

COVID-19: Equity-Informed Palliative Care & Social Disadvantage

Equity in Palliative Approaches to Care

Resources: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Canadian Network for the Health and Housing of People Experiencing Homelessness

Guidance for providers of services for people experiencing homelessness (in the context of COVID-19)

Government of Canada

Responding to Homelessness in the Context of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Stephen Gaetz

Coronavirus and Women's Shelter: Planning Preparation and Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Canadian Observatory on Homelessness: Homeless Hub

COVID-19 and Persons Experiencing Homelessness or Vulnerable Housing

Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians

Homelessness and COVID-19 FAQs

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Grief and emotional health

Mygrief.ca helps you to understand and work through your grief

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Grieving during COVID-19

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Physical distancing and dying: When you can't be at the bedside

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Not feeling yourself during COVID-19? It could be grief

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Coronavirus Anxiety Workbook (Multiple language resource)

The Wellness Society

Free mental health support for Ontario residents

Mind Beacon

Taking care of your mental and physical health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Government of Canada

10 signs you have pandemic fatigue and how to cope

Psychology Today

Coping with COVID-19

Nova Scotia Health Authority

COVID-19: Mental health and well-being

Canadian Mental Health Association

Mental Health First Aid COVID-19 Self Care and Resilience Guide

Mental Health Commission of Canada

COVID-19 Sleep problems, dreams and nightmares

Sunnybrook Hospital

When You Can't Be With a Dying Family Member

What's Your Grief

Covid-19: A grief expert explains how to process the "unfathomable amount of loss"

Sarah Sloat: INVERSE

"Psychology Works" Fact Sheet: Grief, Bereavment and COVID-19

Canadian Psychological Association

GRIEF: THE NEW NORMAL

Champlaincy Innovation Lab

When someone dies from coronavirus: a guide for family and carers

Beyond Words: Empowering People Through Pictures

Unintended Consequences of CoVid-19 (March, 2020)

Grief Perspectives

COVID-19 is depriving people of the opportunity to grieve

Paul Adams: Policy Options

How To Cope With Grief During A Pandemic

kpbs: Allison St. John & Brooke Ruth featuring Megan Devine

Grief in the time of COVID-19

Susan Cadell

That discomfort you're feeling is grief

Harvard Business Review

Coronavirus and the Six Needs of Mourning

Center for Loss & Life Transition: Alan Wolfelt

Seniors Wellness in Challenging Times: A Covid-19 Resource for Seniors and those who care for them

Alberta Health Services

Funerals

Grieving a loved one amidst Covid-19 virus restrictions

The Dorothy Ley Hospice

Funerals in the Time of Coronavirus: Thoughts for Families

Center for Loss & Life Transition: Alan Wolfelt

Death, Grief and Funerals in the COVID Age

The Virtual Funeral Collective

Distance Funerals, Complicated Grief: Gathering to grieve during COVID19 (April 2, 2020 webinar)

Chaplaincy Innovation Lab

Meaningful Ideas for Funerals, Memorial Services, or Celebrations of Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Heart House Hospice

Provincial and territory support links

Help in Tough Times

Alberta Health Services

Virtual Mental Health Supports During COVID-19

Government of British Columbia

Mental Health Virtual Therapy Program

Government of Manitoba

Mental health and coping during COVID-19

Government of New Brunswick

Mental Health and Wellness

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

Mental health and social distancing

Government of Northwest Territories

Mental health and wellbeing

Government of Nova Scotia

MANAGING ANXIETY AND STRESS DURING COVID-19

Government of Nunavut

COVID-19 Support for people

Government of Ontario

Mental Health and Addictions Services

Government of Prince Edward Island

Protecting your well-being in the COVID-19 pandemic

Government of Quebec

Mental Health and COVID-19

Government of Saskatchewan

Mental health and wellness support during COVID-19

Government of Yukon

Webinars/podcasts/ted talks/videos

A Pandemic of Loss: Coronavirus and Grief

Champlain Hospice Palliative Care Program

David Kessler and Brené on Grief and Finding Meaning Podcast (March 31, 2020)

Brene Brown

Grief and Loss Considerations during a pandemic

Grief Support Program, Alberta Health Services

Grieving the people we've loved and lost

Dr. Kim Bateman: Ted Talk

How do you help a grieving friend

Megan Devine: Refuge in Grief

Provincial and territory covid-19 updates

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Northwest Territories

Nova Scotia

Nunavut

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Yukon

Disclaimer: The links on this page are to selected medical and palliative care information, resources and services that focus on Covid-19 and that CVH believes could be helpful. CVH is not responsible for the content of any information, resources and services. Links are provided as a community resource, and are not intended in any way to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. None of this information or materials is intended to advocate for any course of treatment, medication, treatment protocol, equipment, or the use of any decision making process for the purpose of triaging patients.