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NACF PALLIATIVE CARE RESOURCE LIST

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The Never Alone Cancer Foundation Palliative Program supports the Principles of Palliative Care for the patient, their family and caregivers. In addition to the emotional, financial, social and information support we provide, the following palliative programs and services are available.

Principles of Palliative Care:

  • Affirms life and regards dying as a normal process.
  • Neither hastens nor postpones death
  • Provides relief from pain and other distressing
    symptoms.
  • Integrates the psychological and spiritual aspects
    of care.
  • Offers a support system to help patients live as
    actively as possible until death.

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority – WRHA Palliative Program – https://wrha.mb.ca/palliative-care

Overview of palliative services offered by WRHA including:

  • WRHA Palliative Care Program phone: 204-237-2400
  • How to Access Palliative Care Services and where palliative care services are delivered
  • Information for Patient and Families
  • Forms and Contact Information including WRHA Palliative Care Program application & Manitoba Palliative Care Drug Access Program Form, Palliative Care Consultation
  • No One Dies Alone booklet  (pdf)
  • WRHA Palliative Care brochure (pdf)

Palliative Manitoba –  http://palliativemanitoba.ca

Palliative Manitoba is focused on helping individuals live as fully as possible until the end of life

Government Manitoba – https://www.gov.mb.ca/health/palliative_care.html

  • Where can I access palliative care?
  • Where can I get more information about hospice and palliative care beds?
  • How can I get assistance paying for the cost of my medications?
  • Who is eligible for the Palliative Care Drug Access Program?
  • Advanced Care Planning
  • Health Care Directives
  • Mental Health and Spiritual Care
  • Financial assistance programs offered by the Government of Canada
  • Legal Guide (pdf) – Wills, Power of Attorney & Health Care Directives

Canadian Virtual Hospice – https://www.virtualhospice.ca

The Canadian Virtual Hospice provides support and personalized information about palliative and end-of-life care to patients, family members, health care providers, researchers, and educators.

    • Bereavement services
    • Cancer agency
    • Home care programs
    • Local palliative care programs/services
    • Caregiver Support
    • Palliative care association
    • Palliative care drug/benefit program
    • Programs and Services for Adolescents and Young Adults
    • Programs, services, and hospice for children
    • Regional palliative care programs
    • Residential hospices

Living Smart Guides –  https://www.livingsmartguides.com/

LivingSmartGuides.com is a comprehensive and free resource center that provides the information and tools to assist you in dealing with illness, disability, maintaining your independence as you age, care giving, memory problems, end of life planning, and more.

Cancer Chat Canada – https://cancerchat.desouzainstitute.com

Professionally-led online support groups for Canadians affected by cancer

 

PALLIATIVE CARE FACILITIES

For facilities outside the city of Winnipeg, please refer to the Manitoba Regional Contact section.

 

Winnipeg Palliative Care Program -WRHA Palliative Care Program – http://www.wrha.mb.ca/prog/palliative

Specialized palliative care units and hospice settings exist for patients whose needs cannot be met at home or in a hospital.

 

Grace Hospital Hospice – https://gracehospital.ca/hospice

Palliative care facility offering 12 spacious resident rooms

 

Jocelyn House Hospice – https//www.jocelynhouse.ca

For people who are living the end of their lives and can’t stay in their own home, but choose not to be in a hospital

 

Riverview Health Centre Palliative Care– https://rhc.mb.ca/patients-residents/areas-of-specialized-care/palliative-care/

Palliative care facility offering a 30-bed specialty inpatient unit. 

 

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

In addition to the financial assistance programs offered by the Government of Canada:

 

Manitoba Funeral Service Association https://mfsa.mb.ca/Page/26252

The Manitoba Funeral Service Association is a non-profit association which serves Funeral Directors and funeral homes across the Province of Manitoba.

 

END OF LIFE ASSISTANCE

Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)

A provincial medical assistance in dying team is available to help patients access this service

 

Dying with Dignity Canada – https://www.dyingwithdignity.ca 

Dying with Dignity Canada is the national human-rights charity committed to improving quality of dying, protecting end-of-life rights, and helping Canadians avoid unwanted suffering

 

CAREGIVING SERVICES (Fee-based)

Nurse Next Door: https://www.nursenextdoor.com

Nurse Next Door provides senior home care that matches Mom or Dad with the perfect Caregiver.

 

Comfort Keepers: https://www.comfortkeepers.ca

Comfort Keepers provides award-winning in-home care for seniors and other adults in need of assistance

 

End of Life Doula – https://endoflifedoulaassociation.org

An end-of-life doula is a non-medical professional trained to care for a terminally ill person’s physical, emotional, and spiritual needs during the death process

MANITOBA REGIONAL CONTACTS

For palliative care and services outside of the City of Winnipeg, please contact:

Interlake-Eastern

Southern Health-Santé Sud

Northern Health

Prairie Mountain Health

 

READING & MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES

Resources about how to look at life, dying, death, and grief. 

  • Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
  • When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
  • Finding Peace at the End of Life: A Death Doula’s Guide For Families and Caregivers by Henry Fersko-Weiss
  • Art of Dying Well – A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life by Katy Butler
  • Saying Goodbye: A Guide to Coping with a Loved One’s Terminal Illness by Barbara Okun