This free digital health tool supports young adults living with advanced illness. LivingOutLoud.Life is the world’s first online platform dedicated to supporting and empowering young adults and teens living with advanced illness as well as their families, friends and health providers. The webspace consists of written excerpts and videos from young people who share their… [More…]
The Tea Dance – A Cree Bereavement Practice
Tammy Bruno, RN, BN, MN student I am a home care nurse manager from the Samson Cree Nation, located in Maskwacis Alberta (pronounced Musk-wah-chees), on Treaty 6 territory. I am a single mother of three boys and I have returned to graduate school to complete the Nurse Practitioner Family and All Ages program. I hope… [More…]
Grief and Bereavement Support – Children in the Classroom
When students are facing a serious illness or the dying or death of a family member, school staff are often a key support to the child. The Children and Youth Grief Network has created a video series to inform school staff on how to best support grieving children and youth in the school and in… [More…]
Palliative Care Program – Homeless
Calgary’s Allied Mobile Palliative Program (CAMPP) is a palliative care program for homeless and unstably housed people living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. CAMPP seeks to bridge complex care, harm reduction, and palliative care to address the suffering of individuals who are homeless or unstably housed with complex medical conditions, multiple co-morbidities, and significant barriers to… [More…]
Grief and Bereavement Support – Children
KidsGrief.ca is a free, bilingual online resource for parents, guardians and caregivers who are supporting a grieving child. When someone important to a child is diagnosed with a life-limiting illness, is dying or has died, families struggle with what to tell children, when to share information and how to address tough subjects like should children… [More…]
