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Palliative and End-of-Life Care programs and services help adults and children who are diagnosed with an illness that is progressive, serious, or will shorten their lives. The palliative approach to care is to help those with a serious illness live their lives in the best way possible. Palliative programs and services focus on relieving symptoms, supporting decisions, options, and quality of life. This approach to care provides emotional and practical support to people, their families, and caregivers through all stages of illness from diagnosis, treatment, and bereavement.
Palliative care services can help people with conditions such as cancer, or lung, kidney, brain, and heart disease.
What is palliative and end-of-life care?
Learn about this type of care, who it's for, and if it's right for you.
Caregiver information and resources
Information on symptom management, final days, and grief and bereavement.
Videos and stories
Read and watch stories of how palliative and end-of-lifecare is making a difference for Albertans, from diagnosis to the time near death, to bereavement.
Newborn, child, and youth palliative care
Information about caregiver resources, managing your child’s diagnosis, planning your child’s end-of-life care, and grief and bereavement support.
Services include home and community care, hospice support, specialized palliative consult teams, pediatric palliative services, crisis response at home, and grief and bereavement resources.
Find services
Healthcare professionals
Assessment tools, clinical guidelines, training opportunities, and policy references to support your practice.
Volunteers
Learn how volunteers are an important part of the palliative and end-of-life care healthcare team.
Making sure your voice is heard when you can’t speak for yourself. Interactive guide about decisions and how we care for each other.
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To find more information about medical assistance in dying visit ahs.ca/MAID.
