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End-of-Life Care

The following resource is designed to assist Long-Term Care (LTC) homes with the implementation of the End-of-Life Care During the Last Days and Hours Best Practice Guideline. Documents found in this resource are evidence-based, but it is not a program plan. Each LTC home is unique and each home is in various stages of guideline implementation. LTC homes are advised to use the resource at their discretion. For those resources that have copyright notations, it is recommended that LTC homes obtain permission from the primary author prior to implementing them within their setting. The Toolkit is a dynamic resource, and is being updated and revised on a regular basis by the LTC Best Practices Program team. Visit this site often to see what's new!

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A Model to Guide Hospice Palliative Care: Based on National Principles and Norms of Practice

This model guides all activities related to hospice palliative care, and develop local standards of practice.  The model is built on an understanding of health, the illness and bereavement experiences, and the role hospice palliative care plays in relieving suffering and improving quality of life. 

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association. (March 2002). A Model to Guide Hospice Palliative Care: Based on National Principles and Norms of Practice.  Ottawa, ON: Author.  Retrieved from https://www.chpca.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/norms-of-practice-eng-web.pdf
 

Copyright © 2002, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association. All Rights Reserved.

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Pain Assessment Checklist for Seniors with Limited Ability to Communicate (PACSLAC)

PACSLAC is a tool to observe and assess both common and subtle pain behaviours. Copyright © Shannon Fuchs-Lacelle and Thomas Hadjistavropoulos. The PACSLAC may not be reproduced without permission. For permission to reproduce the PACSLAC, please contact the copyright holders (Thomas.Hadjistavropoulos@uregina.ca).

Retrieved from http://www.geriatricpain.org/content/Assessment/Impaired/Pages/default.aspx

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Brief Pain Inventory (BPI)

Purpose of the BPI tool is to assess the severity of pain and the impact of pain on daily functions. The tool can be used for patients with pain from chronic diseases or conditions such as cancer, osteoarthritis and low back pain, or with pain from acute conditions such as postoperative pain.

Assessment areas included are severity of pain, impact of pain on daily function, location of pain, pain medications and amount of pain relief in the past 24 hours or the past week.

The BPI copyright is held by Dr Charles S. Cleeland (1991). The copyright applies to the BPI and all it's derivatives in any language.

Retrieved from http://www.npcrc.org/files/news/briefpain_short.pdf 

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