COVID Tools/Resources:
- Centre for Effective Practice – https://tools.cep.health/tool/covid-19/
Public Health:
- Health Canada Coronavirus Information Service:
- WHO Advice for the Public:
- Includes myth-busters about coronavirus, instructions on when and how to use surgical masks, basic prevention strategies.
- Health Canada Coronavirus Website:
- Information about Coronavirus in Canada, Canada’s response, and travel advice for those planning or returning from travel:
- Ontario Ministry of Health Novel Coronavirus website:
- Guidance for Ontarians about COVID-19, provincial-level public health response, and testing. Coronavirus information sheet about coronavirus in many languages:
https://www.ontario.ca/page/2019-novel-coronavirus
- Guidance for Ontarians about COVID-19, provincial-level public health response, and testing. Coronavirus information sheet about coronavirus in many languages:
- Public Health Ontario Website:
- Instructions for how to self-monitor, self-isolate, how caregivers should self-isolate, how to clean surfaces, etc. Available in multiple priority languages
- https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/diseases-and-conditions/infectious-diseases/respiratory-diseases/novel-coronavirus/public-resources
- Ontario Ministry of Health:
- Includes guidance for In-Person Care for Essential Visits, and advice on when symptomatic patients can discontinue isolation
- COVID-19 Guidance: Primary Care Providers in a Community Setting
- Ministry of Health (June 25, 2020)
- Includes criteria for when to discharge someone with probable or confirmed COVID-19 from isolation and consider ‘resolved’.
- COVID-19 Quick Reference Public Health Guidance on Testing and Clearance
- Ministry of the Attorney General
- This booklet contains forms for Continuing Power of Attorney for Property and Power of Attorney for Personal Care
- https://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/family/pgt/poa.pdf
Social Services
- Employment Insurance Benefits for individuals unable to work due to illness or quarantine. https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei/ei-sickness.html
Crisis Lines/Mental Health Services
- Senior Safety Line
- 1-866-299-1011
- assists abused and at risk seniors
- Connex Ontario Mental Health Helpline
- 1-866-531-2600
- www.connexontario.ca
- otn.ca/bigwhitewall
- online mental health supports
- Bounce Back Ontario
- assistance for adults and youth 15+ to manage symptoms of anxiety and depression; offers telephone coaching sessions
- bouncebackontario.ca
- 1-866-345-0224
- Mood Disorders Association of Ontario
- 416-486-8046/1-888-486-8236
- Telephone Support Line-1-866-363-MOOD
- Anxiety Disorders Association– 1-888-223-2252
- Drug and Alcohol Helpline
- 1-800-565-8603
- drugandalcoholhelpline.ca
- confidential information about drug and alcohol addiction and treatment programs
- Detox and Withdrawal Central Access
- 866-366-9513
- information and referral to a detox or withdrawal management program
- Mental Health Helpline
- 1-866-531-2600
- mentalhealthhelpline.ca
- information and referrals on mental health services and supports
- interpreters available
- Centre for addiction and mental health(camh)
Mindfulness Resources
- Mindful Magazine
- Website: www.mindful.org
- Currently offering free guided meditations
- Meditation Oasis
- Website: www.meditationoasis.com – Click on “Podcast”.
- There are many free guided meditation tracks that you can stream online, as well as some tracks and apps that are for sale.
- Calm
- Website: https://www.calm.com/
- Soothing and relaxing images and sounds
- Has both free guided meditations and paid subscription options
- Has app versions as well
- Smiling Mind
- Website: http://smilingmind.com.au/
- Free meditation resources for children, teens, and adults
- Has app versions as well
- Headspace
- Available on Google Play or Apple Store
- Has both free meditations and paid subscription options
Vitamin D and Covid-19
- Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Service Team
- Vitamin D: A rapid review of the evidence for treatment or prevention in COVID-19 Lee J, van Hecke O, Roberts N.
Palliative Care and COVID-19
- Palliative care planning needed for 2 populations:
- Patients with progressive life limiting conditions
- Patients who become rapidly and terminally illness due to COVID 19
- https://www.who.int/cancer/palliative/definition/en/
- Ontario Palliative Care Network. (2020). Planning for Palliative Care Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- https://www.virtualhospice.ca/Assets/Planning%20for%20Palliative%20Care%20During%20the%20COVID%2019%20Pandemic%20Mar%2026%202020_20200327182537.pdf. Accessed on 27 July 2020.
- COVID-19 Response – Free, online Palliative Care Modules
- Basic pall care training for all medical and nursing students Free online training courses from reputable organizations like Pallium Canada (national, non-profit organization focused on building professional and community capacity to help improve the quality and accessibility of palliative care in Canada.)
- https://www.pallium.ca/course/covid-19-response-free-online-modules/
- Access to Medications and Equipment
- Establish a list of critical equipment and supply needs and ensure adequate supply Ensure adequate supply of medication needs to manage EOL symptoms
- https://www.ontariopalliativecarenetwork.ca/sites/opcn/files/StrategiesForManagingShortagesInPCMedicationsDuringCOVID19.pdf
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
- COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing symptoms (including at the end of life) in the community (2020)
- https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng163
- Advance Care Planning
- https://www.ontariopalliativecarenetwork.ca/sites/opcn/files/OPCNGocFAQ.pdf
- COVID-19 Resources
- https://www.speakupontario.ca/
- COVID Ready Communication Playbook
- https://www.vitaltalk.org/guides/covid-19-communication-skills/
- COVID-19 Symptoms Management
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in collaboration with NHS England and NHS Improvement. (2020). Managing COVID-19 symptoms (including at the end of life) in the community: summary of NICE guidelines
- https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus#tab=tab_3
- COVID-19 End of Life Symptoms
- https://bc-cpc.ca/cpc/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-19-End-of-Life-Symptom-Management.pdf
- Provider Support
- https://www.virtualhospice.ca/Assets/CVH%2022157%20Infographic%20for%20Health%20Care%20Providers-FIN_20200506181833.pdf
- Balint groups
- could be one way to prevent burnout during covid-19
- https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/05/01/balint-groups-could-be-one-way-to-prevent-burnout-during-covid-19/
- Progressive muscle relaxation
- https://www.anxietycanada.com/sites/default/files/MuscleRelaxation.pdf