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Palliative care resources for patients and caregivers
Compassionate support and essential information to help you and your loved ones navigate serious illness with dignity and comfort.
Making decisions about your health care
Making health care decisions can feel overwhelming at times. Learn more about how you can choose the care that is right for you and your loved one.
Indigenous traditional music therapy and knowledge sharing resources
Ah Ni Na – Two Eyed Seeing
- Song caretaker: Elder Dennis and his family
- Singer/drummer: Elder Xwechtaal Dennis Joseph. Elder Dennis is an Elder from the Squamish Nation who generously shared this song with the North Shore Hospice and Palliative Care Program.
- Singer/guitarist: Tracy Laslop. Tracy is the music therapist for the North Shore Palliative Care Program.
Sequalia’s Blessing Song – Two Eyed Seeing
- Elder Dennis shared this song as a blessing song for healing to help us move on in life as family and friends.
- Song: Sharing of a song by Elder Dennis with the kind permission of Sequalia.
- Singer/Drummer: Elder Xwechtaal Dennis Joseph. Elder Dennis is an Elder from the Squamish Nation who generously shared this song with the North Shore Hospice and Palliative Program
- Rattler: Tracy Laslop. Tracy is the Music Therapist for the North Shore Palliative Care Program.
Navigating serious illness
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Frailty roadmap for families
Vancouver Division of Family Practice
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Dementia roadmap for families
Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice
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Palliative care: Better early than late
Pallium Canada
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Resources for caregivers
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Here to Help
Contact for emotional support, information on appropriate referral options and support relating to mental health concerns.
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Seniors’ Distress Line
Provides a free and confidential telephone support service for seniors, their caregivers, or anyone concerned about a senior. Highly trained, nonjudgmental, and caring volunteers answer calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Services for caregivers
Caregiver resources are available for information and support, and respite services provide caregivers a break from the emotional and physical demands of caring for a friend or relative.
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Support when a loved one dies
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Financial information
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BC Palliative Care Benefits program (Plan P)
Available to B.C. residents with active MSP coverage who have reached the end stage of a life-threatening disease or illness and wish to receive palliative care wherever they live.
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Who pays for care?
Information on the costs for the different home and community care service options.
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Organizations
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BC Centre for Palliative Care
BC Centre for Palliative Care works with partners in the health system and community, researchers, and policymakers, to accelerate the spread of innovations and best practices in palliative care.
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BC Cancer
BC Cancer provides a comprehensive cancer control program for the people of BC in partnership with regional health authorities.
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Canadian Virtual Hospice
The Canadian Virtual Hospice provides support and personalized information about advanced illness, palliative care, loss and grief to people living with illness, family members, health care professionals, educators, and researchers.
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Palliative services
A palliative approach to care follows your values, beliefs and wishes, and can be provided in any setting including at home, outpatient clinics, long term care homes, hospitals and hospices. VCH offers a range of palliative care services.
Learn more about palliative care services