LibGuides: Palliative Care: Grief & Bereavement Support

Health Care Provider Resources

Grieving Loss Honouring Anniversaries: A Tool for Leaders
Resource for health leaders to use to support teams leading up to, during and beyond death and traumatic event anniversaries.

Grief Practice Support Program (GPSP)
Aims to provide Nova Scotia Health staff, physicians and volunteers with education, training, and resources to enhance their knowledge, skills, and confidence in providing high quality grief and bereavement care.

Learning Hub

The Learning Hub from Canadian Virtual Hospice offers free learning modules to help improve your skills to support your practice. NOTE You must create an account to receive credit for these modules or choose to "Continue as a guest".

The Learning Hub
Canadian Virtual Hospice

Modules available on The Learning Hub

Supporting a patient who is grieving

Handling grief as a health care professional

Patient & Family Resources

Approaches to death and dying, grief and healing in First Nation communities [Video]
Dying With Dignity Canada
Let's Talk About Grief
Nova Scotia Health
Life Changes
Grief, bereavement, trauma and resiliency supports from Nova Scotia Health and partner organizations.
KidsGrief.ca
Grief support for children and teens
MyGrief.ca
Canadian Virtual Hospice
The Grief Library - Valley Hospice Foundation
An online and physical collection of grief resources curated by Palliative Care nurses, grief counsellors, music therapists, and a death doula.
Ten Things to Know About Grief
WD85-0975 -- Victoria Hospice and NSHA Palliative Care (2020) -- French version: FF85-2102
Life is a Journey - Grieving the Loss of a Loved One
WD85-0511 -- Palliative Care (2022) -- French version: FF85-1961
Grief & Bereavement Resources
Caregivers Nova Scotia