End-of-life Palliative Care Program (NHA)
Caregiver Support, End of Life Care / Palliative Care, Home Health Care, and Legal
Provided by Northern Health
The palliative care program provides services that helps to relieve suffering and improve quality of life for people with a life-limiting illness.
Palliative care is the care offered to a person whose disease is no longer curable. It is not offered with the intent to speed up or delay death. It's purpose is to provide comfort to the patient and family by addressing physical, emotional, social, spiritual and information needs. The Northern Health Palliative Care Program offers support to the health care team to help patients enjoy the best possible quality of life until death.
Whether a patient is at home, in hospital, a hospice bed or a residential care facility the health care team will provide:
A potential client must meet the Home and Community care eligibility requirements to receive services. To receive hospice palliative care services, a patient must:
- Care to help relieve symptoms such as pain, nausea, shortness of breath, fatigue, insomnia
- Information on services and care options, legal and financial matters
- Teaching for families on how to provide or assist with care
- Emotional support
- Referrals to available services, such as volunteers or counselling
A potential client must meet the Home and Community care eligibility requirements to receive services. To receive hospice palliative care services, a patient must:
- Have a life-threatening illness or be facing end of life issues
- Have a life expectancy of weeks or months rather than years
- Understand the primary goal of care/treatment is quality of life, not cure of disease
- Agree to the referral or to consultative support
Public email: palliative.care.consult.team@northernhealth.ca
Website: https://www.northernhealth.ca...
Service is available in English.
Referral options:
- Health professional referral
- Physician or nurse practitioner referral
Details: Contact your local Home and Community Care office to find out more
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by Northern Health:
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- Healthy Terrace Program - Chronic Disease
Availability
Service area: Northern Health Area + show cities
Service Types Provided
Caregiver Support
End of Life Care / Palliative Care
Legal
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided at home
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.