Canadian Virtual Hospice

Caregiver Support, Education, End of Life Care / Palliative Care, and Seniors Services

Provided by Canadian Virtual Hospice

Provides support and information about advanced illness, palliative care, loss and grief, to people living with illness, family members, people working in healthcare, educators, and researchers.
A web-based platform that offers information and resources that help people better understand the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of illness, death, dying and loss. Virtual Hospice is a safe place where:
  • People without ready access to palliative care specialists can ask questions of a clinical team specialized in palliative care and grief.
  • People living with illness, families, and others in their care network can find text and multimedia content about managing symptoms and other caregiving topics, accessing financial benefits, navigating the healthcare system, and communicating with their local healthcare providers.
  • Healthcare providers can easily access evidence-informed, leading tools to better care for and communicate with people living with illness and families.
  • Educators can access content to supplement lectures and develop assignments for students.
  • Researchers can share their latest findings, enabling healthcare providers to stay on top of important developments.
Resources and platforms available:
  • Caregiving Video Series: Demonstrates common caregiving tasks to support the provision of safe care.
  • LivingMyCulture.ca: Shares conversations with people from 11 cultures, speaking 11 languages, about the intersection of culture and living with advanced illness, caregiving expectations for care and grief.
  • LivingOutLoud.life and VivreAFond.ca: Provides a platform for adolescents and young adults living with advanced illness to learn from others and access content tailored to meet their unique needs.
  • MyGrief.ca and Mondeuil.ca: Offers interactive learning modules to assist people in understanding and moving through their grief.
  • KidsGrief.ca and DeuildesEnfants.ca: Guides discussions by parents, guardians, and educators with children and teens about advanced illness, dying, death, and grief. And it provides support through online learning modules when dying and grief become part of their lives. Available at no charge. Certificate of completion provided.
  • MyGriefToolbox: Supports paramedics to provide grief support to patients and families with palliative care needs in their homes through online learning modules. Available at no charge. Certificate of completion provided.
  • Methadone4Pain.ca: Presents competencies for prescribing Methadone for analgesia in palliative care and managing patients prescribed methadone for learners, including physicians, Nurse Practitioners, nurses, and pharmacists through online learning modules. Available at no charge. Certificate of completion provided.

Public email: info@virtualhospice.ca

Website: http://www.virtualhospice.ca/en_US...

Cost: No cost

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Availability

Service area: Province-wide + show cities

Service area cities: 100 Mile House, Abbotsford, Agassiz, Aldergrove, Alert Bay, Alexis Creek, Anahim Lake, Anmore, Armstrong, Ashcroft, Atlin, Bamfield, Banff, Barriere, Bella Bella, Bella Coola, Black Creek, Blue River, Boston Bar, Bowen Island, Brentwood Bay, Burnaby, Burns Lake, Cache Creek, Calgary, Campbell River, Canmore, Castlegar, Cathedral Grove, Cawston, Chase, Chemainus, Cherryville, Chetwynd, Chilliwack, Christina Lake, Clearwater, Clinton, Cobble Hill, Comox, Coombs, Coquitlam, Cortes Island, Courtenay, Cranbrook, Crawford Bay, Creston, Cumberland, Daajing Giids, Dawson Creek, Dease Lake, Deep Bay, Delta, Denman Island, Duncan, Edgewood, Elkford, Enderby, Fanny Bay, Fernie, Fort Langley, Fort Nelson, Fort St. James, Fort St. John, Fraser Lake, Fruitvale, Gabriola Island, Galiano Island, Gibsons, Golden, Gold River, Grand Forks, Granisle, Greenwood, Hanceville, Hazelton, Hope, Hornby Island, Horne Lake, Houston, Hudson's Hope, Invermere, Kamloops, Kaslo, Kelowna, Keremeos, Kimberley, Kitimat, Kyuquot, Ladner, Ladysmith, Lake Country, Lake Cowichan, Langford, Langley, Lantzville, Lethbridge, Lillooet, Lions Bay, Logan Lake, Long Beach, Lumby, Lytton, Mackenzie, Maple Ridge, Masset, Mayne Island, McBride, Merritt, Merville, Midway, Mill Bay, Mission, Nakusp, Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay, Nelson, New Aiyansh, New Denver, New Westminster, Nitinaht, North Delta, North Saanich, North Vancouver, Okanagan Falls, Oliver, Osoyoos, Oyama, Parksville, Peachland, Pemberton, Pender Harbour, Pender Island, Penelakut Island, Penticton, Pitt Meadows, Port Alberni, Port Alice, Port Coquitlam, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Port Moody, Powell River, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Princeton, Quadra Island, Qualicum Beach, Quathiaski Cove, Quesnel, Revelstoke, Richmond, Riske Creek, Rock Creek, Rossland, Saanich, Saanichton, Salmo, Salmon Arm, Salt Spring Island, Sardis, Saturna Island, Sayward, Scotch Creek, Sechelt, Shawnigan Lake, Sicamous, Sidney, Skidegate, Slocan, Smithers, Sointula, Sooke, Sorrento, South Surrey, Sparwood, Spences Bridge, Squamish, Stewart, Summerland, Sun Peaks, Surrey, Tahsis, Tatla Lake, Telkwa, Terrace, Tofino, Trail, Tsawwassen, Tumbler Ridge, Ucluelet, Valemount, Vancouver, Vanderhoof, Vernon, Victoria, West Kelowna, West Vancouver, Whistler, White Rock, Williams Lake, Winlaw, Witset, and Yale

Service Types Provided
Caregiver Support
Education
    End of Life Care / Palliative Care
    Seniors Services
    Ways to Access
    • Provided online: email / video / on-line
    • Search tool

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