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Enhance Your Palliative Care Skills: Resources for Healthcare Providers

Every day, you make a difference in the lives of people experiencing serious illness. Life and Death Matters provides practical, engaging education resources to support you in delivering excellent palliative care with confidence and compassion—whether you’re a Personal Support Worker or Nurse.

Student Resources

Resources That Support Your Real-World Needs ​

Developed by experienced healthcare professionals who understand your daily challenges, our materials help you:

  • Deliver confident, competent care at every stage of illness
  • Navigate sensitive conversations with patients and families
  • Stay current with best practices while managing your busy schedule
  • Build emotional resilience and self-care strategies

Flexible Learning Tools That Work for You

Join thousands of healthcare providers across Canada who trust Life and Death Matters to support them as they support people on their journey. Invest in your professional growth and enhance the care you provide.
 
  • Practical Resources: Textbooks, workbooks, podcasts and videos designed for real-world application
  • Accessible Learning: Access to materials when and where you need them – available in both print and digital formats
  • Evidence-Based Content: Current best practices shaped by experienced healthcare professionals
  • Professional Development: Resources that support career growth and competency requirements

Personal Support Worker Resources

INTEGRATING A PALLIATIVE APPROACH: ESSENTIALS FOR PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKERS

Master the skills you need to provide exceptional care with confidence. Our engaging resources help you:

  • Apply practical strategies to promote comfort and support to individuals and their family
  • Participate in challenging conversations and respond to difficult questions
  • Confidently participate as a full member of the team, gathering information and communicating effectively
  • Build resilience and develop a self-care plan for times of crisis
  • Access diverse learning materials in print and digital format, podcasts and videos
  • Explore our ONLINE learning program, a ten-course online program specifically designed for PSWs. Available in both French and English
  • Receive a national certificate from the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, Hospice Palliative Care Ontario, and Life and Death Matters

Join thousands of healthcare providers across Canada who trust Life and Death Matters to support them as they support people on their journey. Invest in your professional growth and enhance the care you provide.

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Online textbook – Integrating a Palliative Approach: Essentials for Personal Support Workers
$69.00
Integrating a palliative approach
Integrating a Palliative Approach: Essentials for Personal Support Workers – Textbook 2nd ed
$85.00
Integrating a Palliative Approach: Essentials for Personal Support Workers – Workbook 2nd Edition, Revised
$35.00
PSWs Essentials Package 2nd ed:

Text, Workbook, Podcasts, Videos

$149.00
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PSWs Essentials Online Package 2nd Ed: Digital text, workbook, podcasts, videos
$111.00

Nursing Resources

ESSENTIALS IN HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE

Elevate your practice through resources that blend clinical excellence with compassionate care:

  • Strengthen your assessment and symptom management skills
  • Support patients and families through difficult transitions
  • Build competencies in palliative care
  • Develop strategies for self-care and professional growth
  • Use materials that align with national competencies
  • Access diverse learning materials including podcasts, videos, and printed or digital text in English or adapted and translated into Spanish
Nurse’s Essential Package | (CAD)

Text, Workbook, Podcasts, Videos

$209.00
Nurses Essentials Online Package
Nurse’s Essential Online Package

Online text, Learning Activities book, podcasts & videos

(CAD)
$141.00
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Nurse’s Basic Online Package

Online text, podcasts & videos

(CAD)
$118.00
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Nurse’s Online Text |

Essentials in Hospice and Palliative Care: A Practical Resource for Every Nurse

$90.00
Nurse's Basic Package includes the text, podcasts and videos
Nurse’s Basic Package | Text, Podcasts and Videos (CAD)
$170.00
Essentials in Hospice and Palliative Care: A Practical Resource for Every Nurse – Textbook
$130.00
Essentials in Hospice and Palliative Care: A Practical Resource for Every Nurse – Workbook
Essentials in Hospice and Palliative Care: A Practical Resource for Every Nurse – Workbook
$39.95

Recursos de enfermería - Español | Nursing Resources in Spanish

Estos recursos son su guía para integrar un enfoque paliativo en su práctica. La calidad de vida de las personas con una enfermedad terminal se puede mejorar integrando un enfoque paliativo en su atención.

Este libro, cuaderno de trabajo y videos serán de gran ayuda para todos los profesionales de enfermería que brindan atención tanto a personas moribundas como a sus familias, ya sea en un centro de atención a largo plazo, cuidados intensivos, sala de emergencias o cuidados intensivos. en una unidad de cuidados paliativos o en casa.

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Paquete Esencial para Enfermería de Cuidados Paliativos
$209.00
Paquete Esencial para Enfermería de Cuidados Paliativos | en Línea
Paquete Esencial para Enfermería de Cuidados Paliativos | en Línea
$141.00
Paquete Básico de Enfermería en Cuidados Paliativos
Paquete Básico de Enfermería en Cuidados Paliativos
$170.00
Paquete Básico de Enfermería en Cuidados Paliativos | en Línea
Paquete Básico de Enfermería en Cuidados Paliativos | en Línea
$118.00
Lo Esencial en Cuidados Paliativos
Lo Ecencial en Cuidados Paliativos – Un Recurso Paractico en Enfermeria
$130.00
Front cover of the nurse's palliative care textbook, written and adapted for Spanish nurses
Lo Esencial en Cuidados Paliativos – Un Recurso Paractico en Enfermeria | en Línea
$90.00

Foundation for PSW Texts and Companion Resources

The text Integrating a Palliative Approach: Essentials for Personal Support Workers and companion resources are based on, and incorporate the principles, practices, and standards from the following organization and documents:

Alberta Health Care Aides Palliative Care Competency Framework, 2020

British Columbia Centre Interprofessional Palliative Competency Framework, Health Care Assistants, 2019

Canadian Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Framework, 2021

Canadian Association of Continuing Care Educators, 2012 Education Standards

Ministry of Ontario, Training, and Universities, 2014 Learning Outcomes for PSWs

Nova Scotia Palliative Care Competency Framework, 2017

Ontario Palliative Care Competency Framework, 2019

The Way Forward: An Integrated Palliative Approach to Care | Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association 

Foundation for Nurses Texts and Companion Resources

The text, Essentials in Hospice and Palliative Care: A Practical Resource for Nurses, and companion resources are based on, and incorporate the principles, practices and standards from the following documents:

Alberta Nurses’ Palliative Care Competency Framework, 2020

British Columbia Centre Interprofessional Palliative Competency Framework, 2019

Canadian Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Framework, 2021

Nova Scotia Palliative Care Competency Framework, 2017

Ontario Palliative Care Competency Framework, 2019

Standards of Practice for Licensed Practical Nurses in Canada

Standards and Principles of Practice for Nurses in the United States

Codes of Ethics

International Council of Nurses Code of Ethics

Canadian Nurses Association’s Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses

Code of Ethics for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) in Canada

American Nurses Association Code of Ethics

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Courtney Murrell is a PSW who works in hospice palliative care.

When she is not at work, she is spending time with her family, going on hikes or writing. Courtney is a lifelong learner and loves to share her passion for writing as a wellness practice.

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