Tools for Practice

Our clinical team has identified protocols, advanced practices, and assessment and evaluation tools to help support your practice.
Education
Palliative and End-of-Life Care Teaching and Learning Resources 2012
Palliative and end-of-life care teaching and learning resources  include competencies, story-based learning modules/presentations,... read more...
Palliative Approach In-service for LTC
The following education module was created as an introduction to the palliative care approach for staff working in long term... read more...
The Palliative Approach: Improving Care for Canadians with Life-Limiting Illness
Discussion paper. read more...
Palliative Care Educational Guide for Health Professionals-Fort McPherson
Providing culturally respectful end-of-life care can be a difficult task. However, going into a situation with a better understanding... read more...
Palliative care nursing : Quality care to the end of life
This third edition of Palliative Care Nursing provides more comprehensive newly updated content, knowledge, attitudes, skills,... read more...
Palliative Care Nursing, 2nd ed.
The book is divided into four sections - Encountering illness, Transitions into the terminal phase, Loss and bereavement,... read more...
Palliative Care: The Nursing Role
This book lays a clear foundation of knowledge for any nurse involved with palliative care. It focuses on the needs and perspectives... read more...
Pallium
Clinical and educational resources as well as various documents and reports created by the Pallium Project under the leadership... read more...
Personal Support Worker Empowerment in LTC
Presentation at CERAH Conference Nov 2012 based on research of the Palliative Care Alliance, Lakehead University. Also see... read more...
Personal Support Workers Competencies
Online or downloadable brochure describes the palliative care competencies for Personal Support Workers working in Long Term... read more...
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