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.
Animated chart comparing life expectancy of USA, Canada and UK from 1951 to 2021.
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.
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.
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.
End-of-life care and medical assistance in dying (MAID) are important, sensitive, and emotional issues for Albertans and 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.
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.
Hospice palliative care provides medical services, emotional support, and spiritual resources for people who have illnesses that do not go away and often get worse over time and for people who are in the last stages of a serious illness, such as cancer or heart failure.
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.
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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.
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.
Nice has compiled an online library of resources and information tools on Aging in Canada. Topics: caregiving, mental health, finance, legal, elder abuse, physical health & addiction.
Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) is a legal option in Canada that allows eligible patients to ask for medical help to end their life.
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.
Learn about palliative care, who is covered by palliative care and the procedure for receiving palliative care
Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illness – whatever the diagnosis. Care can be provided wherever the client is living, whether at home, in hospice, an assisted living residence or a long-term care home.
Nice has compiled an online library of resources and information tools for the Care of The Elderly in New Brunswick. Topics: caregiving, mental health, finance, legal, elder abuse, physical health & addiction.
Nice has compiled an online library of resources and information tools for Seniors in Ontario. Topics: caregiving, mental health, finance, legal, elder abuse, physical health & addiction.
Nice has compiled an online library of resources and information tools for the Care of The Elderly in Manitoba. Topics: caregiving, mental health, finance, legal, elder abuse, physical health & addiction.
Nice has compiled an online library of resources and information tools for the Care of The Elderly in British Columbia. Topics: caregiving, mental health, finance, legal, elder abuse, physical health & addiction.
Nice has compiled an online library of resources and tools for the Care of The Elderly in Alberta, Canada. Topics: caregiving, mental health, finance, legal, elder abuse, physical health & addiction.
