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Caregiver Support – COMPASS for the Caregiver (Various Locations)
Caregiving can be a stressful, isolating, and overwhelming experience. It can have a negative impact on the caregiver’s physical and mental health. Caregivers Alberta’s award-winning COMPASS for the Caregiver program helps caregivers balance their own well-being with the challenges of caregiving. COMPASS is a supportive 4 week workshop facilitated by someone who understands how difficult… [More…]
Caregiver Support – Home Caregiver Support Program (Online)
St. John Ambulance and The Order of Saint Lazarus are pleased to provide you with an online training program to enhance your capacity as a non-professional home caregiver and understanding of how to support a person who is in the end stage of life. The online training program is offered on a unique learning management system… [More…]
Community Support Group – LivingOutLoud.Life
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…]
Grief and Bereavement Support – Alberta: MAiD
Bridge C-14 is proud to be a national non-profit organization providing compassionate support for families throughout their journey with MAiD. We provide resource information and an online forum via our website, offer support groups in several communities across Canada, have a closed group on Facebook and coordinate direct, one-to-one peer support for individuals as requested…. [More…]
Grief and Bereavement Support – Mail Stoppage
Are you continuing to receive mail for someone who has died? Register for the Canada Bereavement Registry’s free service to help stop unwanted mail and phone calls to the deceased. Simply fill out a short online form or call. Website: Canada Bereavement Registry Phone: 1-877-565-5515
Hospice and Palliative Care Committees and Societies – Peace River: Peace Palliative Care Society
Peace Palliative Care Provides: Compassionate Support: To improve the quality of a patient’s life by providing compassionate support to the patient and their families while being responsive and respectful to the patient’s wishes. Respite: To family by sitting with their loved ones in the Palliative Care room or in their home. In consultation with Health Care Professionals, assists: With… [More…]
Resource Guide for Community Development of Palliative and End-of-Life Care within Alberta
A Resource Guide for Community Development of Palliative and End-of-Life Care within Alberta has been developed. The Resource Guide will assist communities in the creation of their own local palliative and end-of-life community services and supports, and was developed in response to numerous requests AHS received from communities across Alberta for palliative and end-of-life care… [More…]
