End-of-Life Resources for Older Adults in Canada

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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.
What to do when someone passes away
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.
What to do when someone passes away
(NICE Information  Tool)
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.
Palliative care is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses.
Palliative Care
Palliative care is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses.
Palliative Care
(NICE Information  Tool)
Palliative care is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses.
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.
Medical Assistance in Dying - MAID Canada
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.
Medical Assistance in Dying - MAID Canada
(NICE Information  Tool)
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.
In North America and in most western European countries approximately 80% of adults over age 65 have a chronic disease and of these 30% have three or more chronic conditions.
Chronic Disease Management
In North America and in most western European countries approximately 80% of adults over age 65 have a chronic disease and of these 30% have three or more chronic conditions.
Chronic Disease Management
(NICE Information  Tool)
In North America and in most western European countries approximately 80% of adults over age 65 have a chronic disease and of these 30% have three or more chronic conditions.
This is a good introduction to the process of Medical Assistance in Dying, also called MAID, in Canada.
MAID - Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada
This is a good introduction to the process of Medical Assistance in Dying, also called MAID, in Canada.
MAID - Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada
(NICE Information  Tool)
This is a good introduction to the process of Medical Assistance in Dying, also called MAID, in Canada.
Palliative care can provide comfort for people, yet too few Canadians truly understand what it involves.
What is palliative care?
Palliative care can provide comfort for people, yet too few Canadians truly understand what it involves.
What is palliative care?
(NICE Information  Tool)
Palliative care can provide comfort for people, yet too few Canadians truly understand what it involves.
The Health Care Consent Act (HCCA) requires all regulated health professionals to obtain informed consent from the person, or if they are incapable, from their substitute decision-maker, prior to treatment, unless it is an emergency.
Health Care Consent & Advance Care Planning
The Health Care Consent Act (HCCA) requires all regulated health professionals to obtain informed consent from the person, or if they are incapable, from their substitute decision-maker, prior to treatment, unless it is an emergency.
Health Care Consent & Advance Care Planning
(NICE Information  Tool)
The Health Care Consent Act (HCCA) requires all regulated health professionals to obtain informed consent from the person, or if they are incapable, from their substitute decision-maker, prior to treatment, unless it is an emergency.

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