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Coping With the End of Life

End-of-life care improves the quality of life of people at the end stages of a terminal illness or death.

• End-of-Life Care: Supportive and compassionate care provided where the client lives – at home, hospital, hospice, assisted living residence or residential care facility
• Home and Community Care: Services include home care nursing, home support, rehabilitation, assisted living, residential care, palliative care and hospice care 
• Palliative Care Benefits Program: Support for individuals of any age at the end stage of a life-threatening disease who wish to receive palliative care at home.  

Toll-free Information Line: Contacts for the Health and Seniors’ Information Line and other health-related helplines in BC