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Managing Symptoms, Side Effects & Well-Being- Cancer Care Ontario

Cancer Care Ontario website links to best-practice tools from around the world to support primary care providers in the delivery of palliative care.  Tools are organized according to the 3-step model of best practice: Identify, Assess, and Plan.

For resources tailored to support First Nations, Métis and Inuit families and communities, please see Tools for the Journey: Palliative Care in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Communities , a Resource Toolkit, developed by the Aboriginal Cancer Control Unit at Cancer Care Ontario.

 

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Related resources

External link
Canadian Health Care Evaluation Project (CANHELP) questionnaire

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Document
Strategies for Helping Individuals Engage in Decision Making at the End of Life - RNAO Appendix J

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External link
Advance Care Planning - Speak Up Ontario

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RNAO coaches can help

Through collaborations with LTC homes, our team of coaches work towards improving resident care and promoting positive workplaces by implementing RNAO’s clinical and healthy work environment best practice guidelines.

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Identify where you can improve

Use RNAO's gap (opportunity) analysis tool to help identify where evidence-based best practice recommendations can improve your organization's current practice.

Gap (opportunity) analysis
From: End-of-Life Care During the Last Days and Hours
Gap (opportunity) analysis
From: A Palliative Approach to Care in the Last 12 Months of Life
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