Palliative and End-of-Life Care - North West

Support is available to meet physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and practical needs of people as they near the ends of their lives.

See also Home and Community Care.

	Advance Care Planning
	Bereavement Support
	Caregiver Support Services
	Consent, Capacity, and Substitute Decision Making
	End-of-Life Care Information Resources
	Hospice Palliative Care - In-Home
	Hospice Palliative Care Residences
	In-Home Nursing
	Inpatient Hospice Palliative Care Units
	Long-Term Care Homes
	Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)
	Ontario Health atHome
	Palliative Pain and Symptom Management Consultation Programs
	Survivor Benefits
	Wish Granting Programs

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

For the most current information visit the Ministry of Health's Coronavirus (COVID-19) website.

Contact your primary care provider or Telehealth Ontario at 1-866-797-0000 if you’re experiencing symptoms of the 2019 novel coronavirus.

Do not call 911 unless it is an emergency.

Ministry of Health's online self-assessment tool is available.

COVID-19 Testing Locations

Anyone who needs a test can get one and does not need an OHIP card. Tests are available by appointment only at assessment centres and at pharmacies.

Find a testing location near you.

Ontario is taking the next steps in its plan to better integrate the province’s health care system to help end hallway health care

You will continue to have access to the care you need and the health care providers you have built relationships with. Home care continues as before and there are no changes to long-term care home placement.

Patient services and contacts will remain unchanged until further notice.

For more information about how Ontario is improving the health care system, visit ontario.ca/connectedcare or contact Service Ontario Health INFOline at 1-866-532-3161 (TTY 1-800-387-5559).