Living & Dying Well Resources

Preparing for Death

Checklist- Preparing for End of Life

Differences Between Hospice and Palliative Care

Considerations for Difficult Conversations About Dying

Preparing to Make End of Life Care Decisions

The Life of Death – Short Film

Dying Well

Talking with Children and Youth About Death

How to Talk to Your Kids About Death: Age-By-Age Guide

Guide to Death Care in Ontario

Guide to Decisions on Resuscitation

Requesting a Do Not Resuscitate Form

Understanding the Terminology of End of Life Care

Sharing Your Wishes Through End of Life

Requesting a “Do Not Resuscitate” Form

Understanding the Terminology of End of Life Care

Sharing Your Wishes Through End of Life

Passing on your Wealth – What you Need to Consider

Home Support Services- LOCAL (Haliburton County)

Palliative Care Community Team and Hospice Palliative Care (Community Support Services)

Palliative Care Community Team & Hospice Palliative Care

Hospice Palliative Care Options (Haliburton Highlands Health Services)

Central East – Home & Community Care Support Services

Paramed Home Health Care Services

Comfort Keepers

Other Home Support Services

Home and Community Care

Health Care in Ontario: Finding Home Care

Canadian Red Cross

Victorian Order of Nurses

Home Care Ontario

Hospice and Death Doula Services Haliburton County

Death Doula – Nancy Gosse

Death Doula Ontario Network

Hospice and Death Doula Services- LOCAL (Haliburton County)

Palliative Care Community Team and Hospice Palliative Care (Community Support Services)

Death Doula – Nancy Gosse

Other Hospice and Death Doula Services

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Ontario Palliative Care Network (OPCN)

Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO)

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA)

End of Life Doula Association

Practical and legal matters

Passing on your Wealth – What you Need to Consider

Advanced Care Planning Ontario

Advanced Care Planning

Advanced Care Planning – Compassionate Ottawa

A Guide to Death Care in Ontario

Administering Estates Ontario

Ontario Government – End of Life Senior Care

Steps to Justice: Your Guide to Estate Law in Ontario

Pre-Planning and Pre-Paying Funerals Ontario

Wills and Estate Lawyers- LOCAL (Haliburton County)

Devry Smith Frank

Lebo Law (Bram Lebo)

Selbie Louch

David A. Shapiera

Wylaw Muskoka

Preparing for Dying at Home

Preparing for an Expected Death at Home

Expected Death in Home Protocol (CCAC)

Expected Death in Home Protocol

When Death Occurs: Ontario Cremation Services

Checklist for Planning an Expected Death

Medical Assistance in Dying

Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) Law

MAID (Virtual Hospice)

CBC Report: Personal Story MAID

Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) Support Services

Dying with Dignity

MAiD House

MAID Information: Government of Canada

Bridge C-14: A Network of Peer-to-Peer Connections

The Dying Person’s Rights

Patient’s Rights Guide

The Dying Person’s Bill of Rights

Final Stages

What to Expect When Someone is Dying

Video: Living Well Until the End—The Role of Community

What to Expect in the Last Hours of Life

Signs of Approaching Death: Hospice Foundation of America

Government of Canada: End of Life Care

After Death – emotional & practical impact

Funeral Homes and Memorial Services- LOCAL (Haliburton County)

Haliburton Highlands Green Burial Society

Community Funeral Homes

Monk Funeral Home

When someone has died

Preparing Tax Returns for someone who has died

Grief and Bereavement- LOCAL (Haliburton County)

Grief Support Group: HHHS

Curve Lake Indigenous Health Services

Other Grief and Bereavement

Canadian Virtual Hospice

Kids’ Grief

Resources on Death for Children, Families & Educators

Grief & Bereavement: North Simcoe Muskoka

Children’s Grief Foundation: Our Favourite Books

Compassionate Friends of Canada

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association