Resources to help support caregivers and family members of people with advanced illness.
Resources from Hospice Calgary
- Family Conversations about MAID
- Life’s Last Chapter
- Living with Advanced Illness Brochure
- Should My Child Attend the Funeral?
- Talking to Children About Life-Threatening Illness
- Talking To Teens about Life-Threatening Illness
- The Grieving Colleague: 10 Do’s and Don’t’s
- Palliative Care Resources
- When the Holidays Hurt
Resources from Other Organizations
- A Guide for Caregivers
- AHPCA Alberta Events Calendar
- Alberta Cancer Exercise Brochure
- Alberta Healthy Living Program
- Canadian Virtual Hospice
- CareChannel Resource Library
- Caregiver Alberta: Programs & Services Brochure
- Caregiver Alberta: Community Programs
- Caregiver Centered Care (caregivercare.ca)
- Caregiver Coaching
- Caregiver Connect
- Caregivers Guide: A Handbook about End of Life Care
- Caregivers Lighthouse
- Calgary Seniors Volunteer Respite for Caregivers
- Caregivers: Put on Your Own Oxygen Mask First
- Caregiver Support Program Online Training
- Chinese Patients With Cancer at the End of Life
- Emotional Journey of Caregiving
- Good Grief Walking: Friends of Fish Creek, Calgary
- Grief in the Workplace
- MSKCC Advanced Illness Meditations
- PEOLC Resources
- Stories for Caregivers
- Support for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Caregivers
- Support for Caregivers (Caregivers Alberta)
- Video — Tips for Caregivers
Suggested Books for Caregivers and Family Members
The book titles below will link you to Goodreads. There, you’ll find reviews and information about the book. Most of these books can be borrowed from the Library or purchased from book stores.
Tuesdays with Morrie
by Mitch Albom
Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying
by Ram Dass, Mirabai Bush
It's Ok That You're Not Ok: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand
by Megan Devine
Being Mortal
by Atul Gawande
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi
Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief
by David Kessler
The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss
by Nancy L. Mace, Peter V. Rabins
The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying
by Nina Riggs
Hope for the Best Plan for the Rest
by Sammy Winemaker and Dr. Hsien Seow
The Grace in Dying: A Message of Hope, Comfort and Spiritual Transformation
by Kathleen Dowling Singh
Staring at the Sun: overcoming the Terror of Death
by Irvin Yalom
A Matter of Death and Life
by Irvin Yalom