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FOR IMMEDIATE HELP 

Crisis Services Canada

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Kid's Help Line
24-hour crisis line: 1-800-688-6868

In Canada TEXT "CONNECT" to 686868

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Call 911

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Go To Your Nearest Emergency Department

Advance Care Planning and Palliative Resources

See Also 
End-Of-Life Resources

Advance Care Planning

Paper Diary

*** ARE MY GO TO ITEMS
 

Advance Care Planning Personal & Health Care Professionals
 

Advance Care Planning Canada

*** Powers of Attorney (POA) Forms - for Property and Personal Care (Ontario)

Advance Care Planning Workbook 
Speak Up Canada - Smaller Guide

Comfort Care Book - A Guide for Care Givers
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association)

** Living Well, Planning Well. Advance Care Planning Resource - Workbook (Speak Up)

Government of Canada - Options & decisions at end of life

Ready When - Digital legacy management solution. All of your information in one place

*** Will & Estate Planning Blog
Topics Includes;
Guardianship
Trusts
Wills
& SO MUCH MORE

Serious Illness Conversations  Adult

*** The Conversation Projects
Free Conversation Guides for Professional and Personal

Dying with Dignity Canada

Navigating the Healthcare System Checklist
Champlain Hospice Palliative Care

Journey Through End of Life booklet ***

Government of Canada - Financial Estate Planning Check list

Canada Free Legal Will 

*** EstateExec Canada
Free Estate Checklists Etc 
Help for Executors (and planning)

Death Doula Ontario Network

For Professionals - Ariadne Labs - Serious Illness Conversations, Resources, Tools

For Professionals - Serious Illness Conversations with Parents

PlanWell
Online advance serious Illness planning guide**

My ICU 
A guide for families of critically ill patients.
Things to know before ICU (virtual reality video)

Five Steps of Advance Care Planning

How to Decide on a Substitute Decision Maker 

LGBTQIA2S+

Queer Community Deathcare
 

Home Hospice Association 2SLGBTQ+ Death Cafes

LGBTQ Life Centre - Understanding Pronouns

Sage National Resource Centre for LGBTQ+ Aging - EOL Decisions Resources

BOOK LIST
The Care We Dream of: Liberatory and Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ_ Health 

Palliative& Terminal Diagnosis Resources

Home and Community Care Support Services - Palliative Care (Formely LIHN)

Hospice Palliative Care Ontario

I don't know what to do .. My loved one isn't eating or drinking (HPC))

Ontario Palliative Care Network

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Asssociation

Book List - for both individuals
and family/caregivers

WHAT IS PALLIATIVE CARE?

Podcast List

The Conversation Project - List of podcasts and episodes

6 Months or Less

So Now You Are Dying What Are You Doing To Live?

Still Jill

The Unchosen Fork

Things I Like To Share

The Last Few Months With Chris Barker

Living With Hospice

Individual Episodes (click box to go to episode)

MAiD Resources
(Medical Assistance in Dying)

MAiD - Ontario Government Information for Clients

MAiD - Ontario Patient Request for MAiD Form

Bridge - C14
Network of Peer-to-Peer Connections and Community Supports through all sages of  (Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)

Government Reports & Information

Health Connect Ontario
- To ask questions to someone in the health field
CALL 811 

3rd Annual Report 2021
Canadian Government 

MAiD & End-of-Life Decisions
Ontario Government

Books
​Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) in Canada: Key Multidisciplinary Perspectives by Jaro Kotalik (Author), David W. Shannon (Editor)

This is Assisted Dying by Dr Stefanie Green

The Last Doctor: Lessons in Living from the Front Lines of Medical Assistance in Dying by Jean Marmoreo, Johanna Schneller

The Many Faces of MAiD: What to Expect When Someone You Know Chooses Medical Assistance in Dying by Cynthia Clarke & Carol Cram
 

Resources: About Me

Holding Space - The Art of Helping

I am sure you have heard the words "holding space" but what does it mean? Holding space for someone is to be supportive and present, without judgment or opinion. It is something easier said than done. It means listening. Allowing the person to share their feelings and thoughts without fixing or the need to respond. It includes practicing empathy and compassion accepting someone's truths, no matter what they may be. Putting your needs and opinions aside, and allowing them to just be. And remember... it takes practice.

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