COVID-19 Resources
- Planning for Palliative Care Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF)
- Palliative Care Resources to Support Frontline Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF)
- End-of-life symptom management guidance for Adults with COVID-19 Outside of the ICU (PDF)
- Managing Expected Death in the Home During COVID-19 (PDF)
- Strategies for Potential Shortages in Medications Relevant to Palliative Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF)
- Providing Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Residents in Long-Term Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF)
- Resources for Professionals Providing Grief and Bereavement Services During and Following the COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF)
- Strategies to Support Palliative Care in Long-Term Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF)
- Leveraging Virtual Care to Support Palliative Care (PDF)
Health System & Clinical Guidance
- Quality Standard Palliative Care: Care for Adults With a Progressive, Life-Limiting Illness Health Quality Ontario (now part of Ontario Health)
A description of what high-quality palliative care should look like, and evidence-based guidance for areas in palliative care provision with a high potential for improvement. - Palliative Care Health Services Delivery Framework
Our framework for optimizing the palliative care delivery model to make sure the right care is provided by the right provider at the right time - Ontario Palliative Care Competency Framework
Our framework outlining the knowledge, attributes and skills providers need to deliver high-quality palliative care in Ontario - Tools to Support Earlier Identification for Palliative Care
Suggested tools to help identify people who may benefit from palliative care - Palliative Care Toolkit
Best-practice tools from around the world to support primary care providers with palliative care delivery.
Reports
- Declaration of Partnership and Commitment to Action: Advancing High Quality, High Value Palliative Care in Ontario (December 2011) (PDF)
- 2014 Annual Report of the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario – Palliative Care Section (December 2014) (PDF)
- 2016 Annual Report of the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario - Follow-Up on 2014 Annual Report Palliative Care Section (November 2016) (PDF)
- Healthcare Consent, Advance Care Planning and Goals of Care Practice Tools: The Challenge to Get it Right – Law Commission of Ontario (December 2016) (PDF)
- Framework on Palliative Care in Canada (December 2018)