Grieving is challenging enough without the burden of making important decisions. Pre-planning spares your family from the emotional strain of figuring out what you would have wanted.
At the end of our lives, what do we most wish for? For many, it's simply comfort, respect, love. BJ Miller is a hospice and palliative medicine physician who thinks deeply about how to create a dignified, graceful end of life for his patients. (TED Talk)
Discover NICE's online library of resources and information tools tailored to address end-of-life concerns specifically for seniors in Canada.
The Canadian government's web page on medical assistance in dying (MAID) provides information and resources for individuals and families who may be considering this end-of-life option.
If you are seeking medical assistance in dying you should speak with your doctor, nurse practitioner or local health authority’s care co-ordination service for medical assistance in dying.
Medical assistance in dying occurs when an authorized health practitioner provides or administers medication that intentionally brings about a patient’s death, at that patient’s request. This procedure is only available to eligible individuals.
Medical assistance in dying means: The administering by a doctor or nurse practitioner of a substance to a patient, at their request, that causes their death; or The prescribing or provision by a doctor or nurse practitioner of a substance to a patient, at their request, so that they may self-administer the substance and in doing so cause their own death.
End-of-life care and medical assistance in dying (MAID) are important, sensitive, and emotional issues for Albertans and Canada.
Medical assistance in dying occurs when a physician or nurse practitioner provides or administers medication that intentionally brings about the patient's death, at the request of the patient.
When someone passes away, there are many tasks to complete. Notifications must be sent, funeral arrangements made, important documents obtained, taxes settled, and the deceased's affairs must be managed.
Animated chart comparing life expectancy of USA, Canada and UK from 1951 to 2021.
The Ontario government's web page on medical assistance in dying (MAID) provides information and resources for individuals and families who may be considering this end-of-life option.
Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) is a legal option in Canada that allows eligible patients to ask for medical help to end their life.
End-of-life situations can be difficult. Despite quality care and support given to patients at the end of life, in a minority of cases, palliative care may not be sufficient to relieve suffering in a satisfactory manner.
Ontario is working to provide patients with more choices for palliative and end-of-life care.
Life expectancy is a measure that estimates the average remaining years of life at birth or other specific ages.
Medical assistance in dying (MAID) is a process that allows someone who is found eligible to be able to receive assistance from a medical practitioner in ending their life.
A citizen of Saskatchewan seeking MAID must provide informed, expressed, written, and voluntary consent to the termination of life. Informed consent means that a patient understands the risks, alternatives and consequences of a health care decision. It also means the patient has had all their questions sufficiently answered.
Gerontologist Jay Olshansky and his coauthors predict that the era of rapid increases in human life expectancy has ended. Their analysis of lifespan data from Australia, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States was published recently in the journal Nature Aging.
This link is to the Government of the Northwest Territories MAID web page.
This is a good introduction to the process of Medical Assistance in Dying, also called MAID, in Canada.
What is Palliative and End-of-Life Care? Learn about this type of care, who it's for, and if it's right for you.
Medical Assistance in Dying Interim Guidelines have been developed to ensure this service is provided in a safe, fair and consistent manner in the Northwest Territories.
If you are seeking information about MAiD, you can discuss this with your primary care provider or a specialist. If you do not have a primary care provider, please contact the Nova Scotia Health MAiD Access and Resource Team.
Palliative or end-of-life care is an approach to care that improves the quality of living and dying for the patient and their families.
NICE Canada provides information tools and online resources for older adults on caregiving, legal, finance, end of life, and physical and mental health.
Find information about medical assistance in dying
OmbudService For Life and Health Insurance's online resource for submitting a life or health insurance complaint for a free, independent review of the complaint.
