SEOL CARE Special End of Life Care for People with a Disability

08/30/2026

Share Your Story CHPCA wants to build a future for Palliative Care Everywhere in Canada. To get there, we need policymakers and health care leaders to understand why investing in accessible and

08/30/2026

WHAT YOU ARE TO EXPECT FROM OUR CANADIAN HOSPITALS AT END OF LIFE....

HOSPITALS OFFER:
● Family Support/ Bereavement staff offer continuous communication with loved ones and connect them with post death bereavement resources.
●Medical Assistance in dying. Where requested by an eligible patient and permitted under federal and provincial laws hospitals must facilitate or provide assessments and administration for MAID,the medical procedure to end life.
● Psychosocial/ spiritual care hospitals provide emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to help patients and their families cope with grief. Closure, and the dying process.
●Advance care planning care teams review or establish advance care directives ,your written instructions regarding future medical treatments and identify a substitute decision maker, the person chosen to make medical decisions if the patient cannot
●symptom management doctors and nurses actively control physical discomfort such as pain. nausea, anxiety, trouble breathing using medications and comfort measures.

WHAT HAS BEEN THE EXPERIENCES OF THE MANY FAMILIES THAT ARE IN CONTACT WITH SEOL CARE..

HAD NOT RECEIVED
Conversations on advance care planning
The psychsocial/ Spiritual care
Familt support/ bereavement

There continues to be a wide gap between what is expected and what is in fact received.

Seol Care works towards changing such a gap.

08/29/2026

Trainings offered by Seol Care

Disability Awareness

Create your pain profile

Create your disability informed end of life plan

Learn about a disability informed approach to end of life care

Learn how to provide disability informed grief supports

www.seolcare.ca for details

ABOUT SEOL CARE Conversations about end of life care and disability are far too limited and infrequent. These are delicate conversations for families, service providers and disability communities to have. In the current social climate, the disability representation within our death and healthcare sy...

08/26/2026

People with autism, non-speaking individuals, and people with intellectual or developmental disabilities can face immediate, life-threatening risk when they go missing. Please consider signing the petition!

08/25/2026

Whether you’re navigating a serious illness, caring for a loved one or coping with grief, you’re not alone.

Find compassionate care providers near you through the CHPCA Online Directory of Services: www.chpca.ca/directory-listing.

Need more personalized assistance? Email [email protected] to connect with our team.

08/25/2026

What exactly is palliative care? Simply put, it’s care that improves quality of life and reduces suffering for people living with a serious illness. It supports your body, mind, emotions, and practical daily needs.

Learn more in our easy-to-read Info Sheet: https://loom.ly/Ttp5Zf4

08/25/2026

08/25/2026

Introducing the third edition of the Pallium Palliative Pocketbook! 📘

After 10 years of learning, practice, and progress, the next chapter of this trusted resource is here.

The third edition represents the most significant update to the Pocketbook to date, bringing together expanded content, updated evidence, and new guidance to reflect the realities of today’s palliative care practice.

Trusted by thousands of health care professionals across Canada, the Pocketbook continues to support clinicians in providing safe, ethical, effective, and accountable palliative care.

Thank you to the authors, Dr. José L. Pereira, Dr. Leonie Herx, and Dr. Aynharan Sinnarajah, along with the many contributors and reviewers who helped bring this edition to life.

Learn more and order your copy: https://buff.ly/exAo9im

08/25/2026

Did you know that the earlier you receive a palliative approach to care, the more it can help you live well throughout your illness?

Download our quick Info Sheet to see if it's the right time to ask your healthcare provider about it: https://loom.ly/L1tELog.

08/25/2026

Can Ontario plan for palliative care delivery it can't fully see?

The Ontario Edition of the Canadian Atlas of Palliative Care found major gaps in how palliative care unit (PCU) beds are defined and tracked across the province. Inconsistent definitions for PCU beds and gaps between publicly reported data and actual bed availability make it hard for health planners make it hard to coordinate and allocate resources.

Stronger data and shared definitions are essential to building a palliative care system that can be measured, understood, and improved.

Discover more insights on palliative care access across Ontario: https://buff.ly/Xsmyzpx