by Patricia Filiatrault | Mar 11, 2024
For: those considering/pursuing Medical Aid in Dying (MAID), those supporting someone pursuing MAID, those grieving a MAID loss
Offers: 1:1 Peer support (intake form can be filled directly on the website), Drop-in sessions (1h on zoom, see schedule on the website), Facebook groups, 10-week grief support group (90min sessions, offered seasonally -see schedule on the website, currently separated between parent and spouse loss), Mouvement group sessions (2nd friday of the month), writing workshops (registrations currently closed), End of life consultants and Death doulas (email for contact), Private counselling for MAID-specific grief and bereavement support (see each provider for eligible provinces of residence, free 20-min consults, in-person sessions possible in Toronto, Waterloo and Calgary)
No cost but suggested donations for each activity (see on website), except for private counselling (after the first free 20min consult)
by Patricia Filiatrault | Mar 11, 2024
Maison Victor-Gadbois offers virtual bereavement support for adults and childrem regardless of the time or cause of death. In French.
by Patricia Filiatrault | Mar 11, 2024
Canadian Virtual Hospice provides support and personalized information about advanced illness, palliative care, loss and grief, to people living with illness, family members, people working in healthcare, educators, and researchers.
Canadian Virtual Hospice also offers e-learning modules on grief and bereavement, including understanding and managing grief. Additional modules are provided based on the relationship with the deceased and different causes of death.
Consult their website https://www.mygrief.ca/
by Patricia Filiatrault | Mar 11, 2024
Booklets on various topics related to grief prepared by the McGill University Health Centre.
by Patricia Filiatrault | Mar 11, 2024
Information for parents on talking with Kids and Teens about Serious Illness, Dying and Death
