Tools and Resources

Explore our collection of helpful palliative care tools, resources, and information designed to support patients, families, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and members of our community. From practical guides and educational materials to articles, videos, and other trusted resources, we hope you’ll find information that is useful to you.

Be Prepared: Conversation Guides

Palliative Care Emergencies in the Home

Developed in collaboration with the Canadian Home Care Association, these guides enable home care providers to engage in clear, compassionate conversations, helping families manage emergencies with confidence while waiting for professional assistance. Using a holistic framework of “Head-Heart-Hands”, the guides make complex medical information accessible and easy to understand for both patients and caregivers.

Each guide includes:

  1. Conversation Checklist: A step-by-step checklist for difficult conversations with tips and suggested approaches.
  2. Clinical Information: Explanations of each emergency, including signs, symptoms, risk factors, conversation pointers, and care solutions to manage situations safely at home.
  3. Patient Tool: A separate leave-behind with easy-to-understand techniques, tips and information to help patients and caregivers manage emergencies.

The following guides are available as downloadable PDFs and can be customized with your organization’s logo for tailored use.

  1. Breathing (dyspnea)
  2. Balance (hypercalcemia)
  3. Bleeding (massive hemorrhage)
  4. Brain (seizures)
  5. Bones (spinal cord compression)
  6. Blockage (superior vena cava obstruction)

Need Help Using the Guides?

Please visit the Canadian Home Care Association