End of Life & Bereavement
Support guide for families and their relatives: Preparing Children for the Palliative Illness or Death of a Loved One by CIUSSS de l’Estrie – CHUS
This guide by CIUSSS de l’Estrie – CHUS was designed to help you support children coping with a relative’s illness in the palliative phase or death.
Roon
Roon’s mission is to reimagine the internet for health with trust and expert curation at its core. Explore video Q&As with healthcare professionals, people living with ALS, and caregivers to […]
Bereavement and post-caregiving
Caregivers experience various levels of ambiguous loss and grief throughout their lives. Following the death of someone they are caring for, they must also find themselves and reinvent their lives. […]
Helping the person I am caring for with their request for medical aid in dying
How do you support the person you are caring for in their request for medical aid in dying? How can you assist them in this unique and singular process, while […]
Talking about advance medical directives with the person to whom I am providing care
The person you are caring for wishes to decide in advance what medical care will be accepted or refused at the end of their life in the event that they […]
Act Respecting End-of-Life Care
On June 7, 2023, the Assemblée nationale du Québec adopted the Act to amend the Act respecting end-of-life care and other legislative provisions. The amendments have been or will be […]
Mother’s Day and Father’s Day when a child has lost a parent
Mother’s Day and Father’s Day can be especially difficult for children and youth grieving the death of a parent or step-parent. Canadian Virtual Hospice teamed up with children’s grief specialist Ceilidh Eaton Russell to create a new resource to help.
Myra’s Kids Foundation
Our camp is a free, non-denominational bereavement camp for children and teenagers, ages 6 to 17, who are grieving a significant death.