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"The only person who gets to decide what grief looks like is the person experiencing it."


Megan Devine

Useful Education & Resources

Advance Directives & Pre-Planning

Advance Care Planning

https://myhealth.alberta.ca/HealthTopics/Advance-Care-Planning


Decision Making Advance Planning

https://www.alberta.ca/decision-making-advance-planning


My Plan Advance Care Planning

https://www.advancecareplanning.ca/my-plan/


Home & Community Care Alberta

https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/Page14907.aspx


Finding Healthcare Alberta

https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/findhealth/service.aspx?id=1000654


Hospice Care Alberta

https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/Page13766.aspx


Symptom Management

https://myhealth.alberta.ca/palliative-care/resources/symptom-management


Funeral Provider Directory

https://www.afsa.ca/funeral-provider-directory


Fatal Accident Information Alberta

https://www.afsa.ca/fatal-accident-information-alberta





Books & Reading Material

Amazon Links:


 It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand https://a.co/d/hfPE8rq


Finding Peace at the End of Life:... https://www.amazon.ca/dp/159003502X?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share


The Needs of the Dying: A Guide for Bringing Hope, Comfort, and Love to Life's Final Chapter https://a.co/d/aBHWRzE

Holding Space: On Loving, Dying,... https://www.amazon.ca/dp/194152978X?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

The Dying Process: Your Essential Guide To Understanding Signs, Symptoms & Changes At The End Of Life https://a.co/d/6FNtmJA

End of Life Guideline Series: A Compilation of Barbara Karnes Booklets https://a.co/d/iiFfKO4

Stay for the Cup of Coffee: How to Support Others in Grief https://a.co/d/8nbFMnx

The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief https://a.co/d/3XR239u

Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage... https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1501192744?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief https://a.co/d/7odurmU

A Beginner's Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death https://a.co/d/6Ux7WVz

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End https://a.co/d/i30oHp3

Good Mourning: Honest conversations about grief and loss https://a.co/d/irryToK

Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying https://a.co/d/cqgrwgU

This Is Assisted Dying: A Doctor's Story of Empowering Patients at the End of Life https://a.co/d/g22SHLd

Grief Ally: Helping People You Love Cope with Death, Loss, and Grief https://a.co/d/0UGqlDV

Sacred Dying: Creating Rituals for Embracing the End of Life https://a.co/d/hYqWaIh


Your Digital Undertaker: Exploring Death in the Digital Age in Canada https://a.co/d/d0aYazq

The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life https://a.co/d/0J5iURH

https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/cancer/cancer.aspx
 



Websites

https://www.virtualhospice.ca/MAiD


https://www.virtualhospice.ca/en_US/Main+Site+Navigation/Home.aspx


https://myhealth.alberta.ca/HealthTopics/Palliative-Care


https://informalberta.ca/public/results/relatedSubjects.do?taxonomyQueryId=5766


https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/Page14899.aspx


Grief Resources

https://mygrief.ca/


https://kidsgrief.ca/


https://grief.com/


https://www.thegriefwell.ca/



Government of Canada Resources

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-services-benefits/medical-assistance-dying.html


https://srv138.services.gc.ca/daf/q?id=13125fc8-97bd-474c-8987-163304923d1f&goctemplateculture=en-ca




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