Resources

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Assessment Tools
General Resources
County-specific Tools
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO)
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA)
Links

Assessment Tools

• Abbey Pain Tool
• Brief Pain Inventory Short Form
• Communication Worksheet for Pain Management Orders
• Pain Assessment Tool – see pages 109-115
• Doloplus Scale: Behavioral Pain Assessment in the Elderly
• Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS)
• Erie St. Clair Palliative Care Management Tool
• Facial Grimace & Behaviour Flow Charts
• FICA Spiritual assessment tool
• Key for the Use of the Pain Assessment Tool
• Mini-Mental State Examination
• Mini-Mental State Examination Key
• My Pain Diary
• PAINAD tool: Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia
• Palliative performance scale version two (PPSv2)
• Palliative performance scale suggested intervention markers
• Verbal Rating Scale (VRS) – see page 107
• World Health Organization 3 Step Analgesic Ladder

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General Resources

Palliative Pain and Symptom Management Consultation Program of Southwestern Ontario

• Equianalgesic Conversion
• Palliative Pain & Symptom Management: Pocket Reference Guide and Reference Material

Pearls

• Constipation
• Duragesic Conversion
• Equianalgesic Conversion
• Meperidine
• Mouth Care
• Nausea
• Naturopathic Medications
• Seizure Treatment & Control
• Spirituality

Physician's Bookmark

• Grey and Bruce Counties
• Lambton County
• Southwest LHIN

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County-specific Tools

Elgin and Oxford Counties

• Communication Worksheet for Pain Intervention
• Guidelines for Developing a Pain Management Program
  • Appendix A: RNAO BPG References
  • Appendix B: Pain Management Program GAP Analysis
  • Appendix C: PPS
  • Appendix D: ESAS & Description
  • Appendix E: Screening for Presence of Pain
  • Appendix F: Pain Assessment Tool
  • Appendix G: Brief Pain Inventory
  • Appendix H: PAINAD
  • Appendix I: Abbey Pain Scale
  • Appendix J: Doloplus Pain Scale
  • Appendix K: Pain Descriptors
  • Appendix L: FICA Spiritual Assessment Tool
  • Appendix M: Geriatric Depression Scale
  • Appendix N: FAST
  • Appendix O: SBAR Communication Tool
  • Appendix P: WHO Ladder
  • Appendix Q: Opioid Equianalgesic Dosing Chart
  • Appendix R: Opioids Frequently Used in Palliative Care
  • Appendix S: ISMP Canadian Safety Bulletin
  • Appendix T: Facial Grimace Behaviour Checklist
  • Appendix U: Pain Flow Record Guidelines for Use

Grey and Bruce Counties

• End of Life Algorithm
• Daily Diary Community
• Pain Assessment & Management Documentation Tool & User Guide
• Pain Flow Sheet & User Guide
• Physician Bookmark - Grey and Bruce Counties

Huron and Perth Counties

• CAPCE Resource Nurse Team
• Communication Worksheet for Pain Interventions
• Pain Assessment Flow Sheet
• Pain Assessment for the Cognitively Impaired

Lambton and Kent Counties

• Assessment Tool Descriptors
• Assessment Tool Key
• Guidelines for Developing a Pain Management Program
  • Appendix A: RNAO BPG References
  • Appendix B: Pain Management Program GAP Analysis
  • Appendix C: PPS
  • Appendix D: ESAS & Description
  • Appendix E: Screening for Presence of Pain
  • Appendix F: Pain Assessment Tool
  • Appendix G: Brief Pain Inventory
  • Appendix H: PAINAD
  • Appendix I: Abbey Pain Scale
  • Appendix J: Doloplus Pain Scale
  • Appendix K: Pain Descriptors
  • Appendix L: FICA Spiritual Assessment Tool
  • Appendix M: Geriatric Depression Scale
  • Appendix N: FAST
  • Appendix O: SBAR Communication Tool
  • Appendix P: WHO Ladder
  • Appendix Q: Opioid Equianalgesic Dosing Chart
  • Appendix R: Opioids Frequently Used in Palliative Care
  • Appendix S: ISMP Canadian Safety Bulletin
  • Appendix T: Facial Grimace Behaviour Checklist
  • Appendix U: Pain Flow Record Guidelines for Use
• Physician's Bookmark
• The Erie St. Clair Palliative Care Management Tool

London and Middlesex

• Primary Care Resources
  • Appendix A: Pain Assessment Algorithm
  • Appendix B: ESAS
  • Appendix C: Chronic Pain Assessment
  • Appendix D: Geriatric Pain Measure
  • Appendix E: Geriatric Depression Scale
  • Appendix F: Opioid Risk Tool
  • Appendix G: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Score
  • Appendix H: The Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs
  • Appendix I: Pain Catastrophizing Scale

Windsor and Essex

• End-of-Life Care Nursing Guidelines for Long-Term Care
• Care Plan: Alteration in Family and Individual Copying - Sexuality and Intimacy
• Care Plan: Alteration in Physical Status
• Care Plan: Resident Death and Anxiety
• Care Plan: Family Coping Ineffective
• Care Plan: Family Grief Related to Deterioration of Patient's Condition
• Care Plan: Family Grief Related to Preparing for Death of Loved One
• Care Plan: Resident Grieving Related to Changes in Physical Condition
• Care Plan: Resident Grieving Related to Bereavement and Saying Goodbye
• Care Plan: Spiritual Distress
• The Erie St. Clair Palliative Care Management Tool

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Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO)

• Nursing Best Practice Guidelines

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Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA)

• A Model to Guide Hospice Palliative Care: Based on National Principles and Norms of Practice 2002
• Advance Care Planning
• Domains of Issues Associated with Illness and Bereavement
• Norms of Practice – Essential and Basic Steps During a Therapeutic Encounter
• Square of Care and Organization

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Links

• Advance Care Planning
  • Calgary Health Region
  • Fraser Health
  • Respecting Choices
• Bereavement - from a bereaved person's point of view
• Canadian Palliative Care Association (The)
• Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
• Compassion Books - carefully selected resources related to loss and grief.
• Canadian Nurses Association: Nursing Certificate in Hospice Palliative Care
• Community Care Access Centre
• First Nations and Inuit Home & Community Care Program
• Health Canada
• Hospice Association of Ontario
• Ian Anderson Education Program in End of LIfe Care
• Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs)
  • 1: Kent, Lambton, and Essex Counties
  • 2: Elgin, Oxford, Grey, Bruce, Huron, Perth, and Middlesex
• London Regional Cancer Program
• Ontario Palliative Care Association
• Palliative Drugs
• Pallium
• The Healthline: Southwest End-of-Life Care Network
• Virtual Hospice
• Voices in the Night - a cancer companion
• Wellspring - a network of support centres for people with cancer and their loved ones.
• Windsor Regional Cancer Centre

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