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Palliative / End of Life Care - Consultation Support
This service offers supportive palliative care to terminally ill patients and their families. Services provided may include:
- management of symptoms (e.g. pain, breathing difficulties, nausea etc.);
- maintenance of optimal physical and cognitive function;
- psychological and spiritual support;
- patient/family education regarding disease progression and the end of life;
- prognosis and goals of care;
- discharge planning and coordination of palliative care services;
- transitioning to hospice;
- grief counseling;
Services can be accessed through:
- Acute care hospitals;
- Foothills Medical Centre;
- Rockyview General Hospital;
- Peter Lougheed Centre. - Integrated Home Care – including Palliative Home Care;
- Long Term Care & Supported Living;
- Rural area including hospitals and home care;
- Selected outpatient clinics;
- Hospices:
- Agape hospice;
- Chinook hospice;
- Foothills Country hospice;
- Rosedale hospice;
- Santuari hospice;
- Sarcee hospice;
- Southwood hospice.
Further information available through the Palliative Care Central Office at 403-944-2304.
Address
Oilfields General Hospital
717 Government Road
Black Diamond, Alberta
T0L 0H0
Telephone
403-933-2222
Fax
403-933-2031
Wheelchair accessible
For more information please contact the service at this facility.
Getting there
Free parking available on site.
Hours of Operation
24 hour service
Referral needed
Physician or nursing staff referral through Central Access and Triage
