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Non-cancer diseases

Psychosocial / spiritual care

NASW Standards for Social Work Practice with Family Caregivers of Older Adults Social work standards of practice.

Nursing Competencies for Nursing Home Culture Change In 2008 Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (HIGN) collaborated with the Coalition of Geriatric Nursing Organizations...

Palliative Care Guidelines – Part 3 (of 3): Grief and Bereavement This guideline found on BCguidelines. ca, “addresses the needs of adult patients with incurable cancer or advanced disease...

A Pan-Canadian Clinical Practice Guideline: Assessment of Psychosocial Health Care Needs of the Adult Cancer Patient This guideline provides professional health care providers with recommendations regarding the routine, systematic, and standardized...

Psychosocial Care One of many clinical practice guidelines developed by Fraser Health Hospice Palliative Care Program. Provides recommendations...

Screening for Distress, the 6th Vital Sign: A Guide to Implementing Best Practices in Person-Centred Care Building on the working draft released in 2009, this guide offers a series of modules providing the steps and considerations...

Senior's Mental Health: Canadian Guidelines The Canadian Coalition of Senior's Mental Health National Guideline Project was created in 2005 (with support from the Public...

The Sinclair Compassion Questionnaire (SCQ) This tool was developed to enable researchers, healthcare providers and system leaders to measure and improve compassion.

Social Work Competencies for Practice in Hospice Palliative Care The profession of social work brings a unique perspective to end-of-life care that reflects and supports the holistic philosophy...

Spiritual Care Recommendations for People from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Groups Receiving Palliative Care in the UK This report focuses on the spiritual and cultural dimensions of palliative care, providing recommendations for improving...

Symptoms

Pruritus - B.C. Inter-professional Palliative Symptom Management Guidelines These best practice guidelines are a result of a collaboration of the following organizations: The BC Centre for Palliative...

Respiratory Congestion - B.C. Inter-professional Palliative Symptom Management Guidelines These best practice guidelines are a result of a collaboration of the following organizations: The BC Centre for Palliative...

Sedation for Palliative Purposes – Evidence Informed Practice Tool This guideline provides recommendations for adult and pediatric clinical practice when Sedation for Palliative Purposes is...

Sedation for Palliative Purposes Guideline – PowerPoint Presentation This is the PowerPoint presentation that outlines details of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority guideline on Sedation...

Severe Bleeding - B.C. Inter-professional Palliative Symptom Management Guidelines These best practice guidelines are a result of a collaboration of the following organizations: The BC Centre for Palliative...

Twitching / Myoclonus / Seizures - B.C. Inter-professional Palliative Symptom Management Guidelines These best practice guidelines are a result of a collaboration of the following organizations: The BC Centre for Palliative...

Communication

Complementary therapies

Critical care

Culture

Diseases

Dying at home

Education

Ethics

Evidence databases

Grief and bereavement

Health care directives / Living wills - see Advanced care planning