What is the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS)?
The ESAS is a tool that was developed to help assess nine symptoms that are common in palliative care patients: pain, tiredness,...
Making the Road Less Lonely
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What is the Palliative Performance Scale - part 2
Written by CL Smith When I started researching the Palliative Performance Scale and fell down the rabbit hole that is called Google, I...
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What is the Palliative Performance Scale? - part 1
There are many assessment tools used to help track and report information to your palliative healthcare team. The Palliative Performance...
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Advance Care Planning Day is April 16
Written by CL Smith What would happen if you experienced a sudden illness or were in a major accident that prevented you from making your...
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Grief & Valentine’s Day
Just as you make it through the grief of the winter holiday season, Valentine’s Day hits. If you are grieving a loved one, this day can...
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You Are Not Alone in Grief, Even in the Month of Love
Written February 1, 2021 by CL Smith When you are living with grief, there is nothing worse than an entire month filled with romance,...
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The Cost of Caring: 10 Ways to Prevent Compassion Fatigue
https://www.goodtherapy.org/for-professionals/business-management/human-resources/article/cost-of-caring-10-ways-to-prevent-compassion-fa...
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Compassion Fatigue
https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/compassion-fatigue Compassion fatigue, also known as second-hand shock and secondary stress...
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Funeral Guidance during a Pandemic
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/funeral-guidance.html Grieving the loss of a loved one during the fear and...
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Reclaiming Death as an Honoured Part of Life
Memento Mori: “Remember, Thou art Mortal” Written by Nicola Finch and originally published in the Summer 2020 issue of The Green Gazette....
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10 Children Books on Death, Grief, and Loss for Younger Readers
Published March 31, 2017 https://www.funeralguide.com/blog/10-childrens-books-on-death-grief-and-loss When a loved-one dies, a child may...
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5 Grief Apps for the Bereaved
Published February 5, 2018 https://www.funeralguide.com/blog/5-grief-apps After losing a loved one, you may feel you need support in...
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The Coronavirus is a Chance to have the End-of-Life Conversations we need
Written by Gordon Rubenfeld Published March 16, 2020 in The Globe and Mail Gordon Rubenfeld is an intensive-care physician at Sunnybrook...
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Pick a Day, Maybe Today to Talk with Loved Ones about End-of-Life Care
Written Sept. 29, 2017 by Shoshana Ungerleider https://www.statnews.com/2017/09/29/end-of-life-conversation/ I usually don’t give a...
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What is Advance Care Planning?
Advance Care Planning is a process of personal reflection about what is important to you, and then talking with your family, friends, and...
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2018 - Planning for Care
Written September 30, 2018 by CL Smith (2018 QDHPCA board member) Part of the series "Notes by a Night Nurse" It's that time of year...
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2018 - Three Little Words
Written March 30, 2018 by CL Smith (2018 QDHPCA Board Member) Part of the series "Notes from a Night Nurse" I am always feeding that...
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2017 - Think, Talk, Plan
Written May 23, 2017 by Ken Alexander (Quesnel Cariboo Observer Reporter) Quesnel & District Hospice Palliative Care Association (QHPCA)...
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