Helpful Links

Helpful Links

Being diagnosed with a life-limiting illness raises questions for caregivers, friends, family and patients. Some of these links will offer current resources which may help to answer some of your questions.

Information About Grief

BC Bereavement Helpline
Or call 1-877-779-2223
MyGrief.ca
Supporting Children with Grief & Loss
Dallas Shirley is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and BC Registered Play Therapist. She is also the part time Children’s Services Coordinator at Kamloops Hospice Association. Dallas runs a blog through her private business which supports children with grief and loss.

Topics include:
- How to Help Support Children with Grief Dreams
- Supporting Children with Sudden and Traumatic Loss
- Behaviours are an Expression of Feelings
- Try to Use the Words Dead, Died, and Dying
- Bring Them Up
- Making Time for Memories
- Showing Your Grief (and other feelings too)
Click here to link to her page.
KidsGrief.ca
Cancer.ca
BC Children’s Hospital
Canadian Virtual Hospice
Information and support on End of Live Care, Loss and Grief
Dr. Alan Wolfelt
Centre for Loss & Life Transition

Hospice and Palliative Care

Canadian Virtual Hospice
Information and support on End of Live Care, Loss and Grief

Also view Canadian Virtual Hospice’s video library on Youtube
Interior Health Kamloops
Your Care (top banner) Palliative Care and numerous other related supportive links
BC Government Website
A Caregiver’s Guide: A Handbook About End of Life Care
Published by The Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, In association with The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association