COVID-Response: Palliative Care Resources
To contribute toward health care professional preparedness during this pandemic, Pallium is collaborating with partners and subject matter experts from across Canada to create and compile COVID-19 and palliative care resources.

Webinars
Pallium, in collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd., is hosting a series of webinars focused on topics that are relevant to our health care teams who are leading the response to COVID-19. Register now, space is limited.
Upcoming webinars
Les derniers jours : sédation et soulagement des symptômes (in French)
Tuesday March 9, 2021 @ 4 pm ET
Prendre en charge l’insuffisance hépatique à domicile en pandémie (in French)
Wednesday March 10, 2021 @ 4 pm ET
Past webinars
Managing Dyspnea in Patients with COVID-19
Tuesday April 14, 2020 @ 4 pm ET
Shortage of Palliative Medications during COVID-19: Options
Wednesday April 15, 2020 @ 2 pm ET
Role of Grief and Bereavement in the Care of Health Care Providers and their Families during COVID-19
Wednesday April 22, 2020 @ 1 pm ET
Essential Conversations: Utilizing Advance Care Planning and Serious Illness Tools During COVID-19 and Throughout the Patient Journey
Wednesday May 13 @ 6 pm ET
The Psychological Impact of COVID on Health Care Professionals
Friday May 29, 2020 @ 11 am ET
Approche palliative et personnes âgées en milieu hospitalier dans le contexte du Covid 19 (in French)
Thursday June 4, 2020 @ 3 pm ET
The State of Palliative Care in Hospitals: Insights from the COVID Pandemic
Friday June 5, 2020 @ 4 pm ET
Palliative Care in the Home: Lessons From COVID
Monday June 15, 2020 @ 3 pm ET
Childcare and Caregiving during COVID: Challenges for Palliative Care Health Care Workers
Tuesday June 23, 2020 @ 3 pm ET
Trauma Informed Palliative Care
Friday July 10, 2020 @ 11 am ET
Shortage of Palliative Care Medications during COVID-19 – Part 2
Wednesday July 29 @ 4 pm ET
Exploring Trauma Informed Palliative Care for Populations Experiencing Structural Vulnerability
Friday August 14 @ 4 pm ET
L’impact de la COVID-19 sur les soins palliatifs au Québec (in French)
September 23, 2020 @ 4 pm ET
Les soins palliatifs et la COVID en CHSLD (in French)
Wednesday November 18, 2020
@ 4 pm ET
Prendre en charge l’insuffisance cardiaque sévère à domicile en pandémie (in French)
Wednesday December 16, 2020
Télémédecine en soins palliatifs en temps de pandémie (in French)
Wednesday January 13, 2021
Prendre en charge l’insuffisance rénale à domicile en pandémie (in French)
Wednesday February 10, 2021
Organisation des soins médicaux à domicile en dehors des acronymes : SAD, SIAD, SAD aigu (in French)
Wednesday December 24, 2020
Additional COVID-related palliative care resources
The Canadian Palliative Care (CPC) Exchange supports interactive, online national dialogue between health care professionals across Canada regarding the most relevant COVID-related topics in palliative care. The CPC Exchange is a professional learning site, moderated by members of the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians, and open to all health care professionals including physicians, nurses, social workers, and pharmacists. There is no cost to participate.
Join the CPC Exchange now to:
- Ask questions about palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Share your experiences
- Teach and learn with colleagues from across Canada
Join now: www.cpcexchange.ca
Pallium, in collaboration with several health care professionals from across Canada, has created a guide to managing potential palliative care medication shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic. Access the guide now.
Pallium has partnered with physicians in British Columbia to help develop a video to support conversations around advance care planning during the pandemic. This video is intended as a clinical resource that health care providers can use with patients and their families to initiate a talk about advance care planning amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch the video now.
Pallium has compiled a list of additional COVID-19 related resources, such as symptom management protocols and discussion guides, that have been developed by others (e.g. Fraser Health, McMaster University) and we’ll continue to add to the list as we become aware of them. Access these resources by logging into Pallium Central and clicking on the COVID-19 palliative care resources icon.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our partners have responded by compiling a series of tools and resources for health care teams across Canada.
- Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians – CSPCP has a recorded webinar about providing palliative care in the time of COVID-19.
- Canadian Virtual Hospice – CVH has compiled a list of tools and resources that is continuously updated and includes information related to symptom management, communication, free online learning, and more.
- The College of Family Physicians of Canada – CFPC has centralized its resources and information for family physicians and patients on COVID, including webinars, podcasts, and blogs.
- McMaster University, Division of Palliative Care – The Division of Palliative Care has compiled a list of COVID-19 resources for health care professionals including podcasts, protocols, and guidelines.
- The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – To support health care professionals who are providing high quality patient care during the pandemic, the Royal College has compiled evidence-based information and resources about COVID-19.
Additional resources for health care providers, teams, and workplaces
A practical, peer-reviewed, and fully referenced one-stop resource that is intended to support safe, ethical, effective, and accountable palliative clinical service. The Pocketbook is a practical, interprofessional just-in-time clinical resource that can be referenced in a health care professional’s daily practice. Purchase the hard copy or e-book now.
If you are looking for more information beyond the 10 palliative care modules above, consider registering for LEAP Online, a facilitated online learning program that consists of self-directed, interactive modules and facilitated webinars. LEAP Online provides an in-depth learning experience on essential skills and competencies of the palliative care approach. Register for LEAP Online now.
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