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Clinical Tools
Mississauga Halton Palliative Care Network offers the following resource links to valuable clinical tools to support you in the care and support of patients, their families, and caregivers.
In addition to resources listed below we encourage physicians to review the Academic Detailing: The Palliative Approach to Care in the Mississauga Halton LHIN. Developed by the Mississauga Halton Palliative Care Network, this resource brings together into one document palliative care best practices and local resources. Clinical tools referenced in this document can be found below.
Assessment Tools
Assessment Tools
- Clinical Frailty Scale
- Dementia and Palliative Care Toolkit for the Primary Care Practitioners
- Doloplus2 Scale - Pain Assessment for Cognitively Impaired
- Early Identification and Prognostic Indicator Guide
- Functional Independent Measure
- Glasgow Coma Scale
- Heart Failure Palliative Approach to Care
- Long-Term Care Best Practices Toolkit (2nd ed.)
- Modified Rankin Scale
- Palliative Care Toolkit for Aboriginal Communities
- Palliative Care Toolbox
- PPS v2 (Developed by the Victoria Hospice Society)
- Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS)
- Riker Sedation Scale
- RNAO Clinical Best Practice Guidelines
- Symptom Assessment and Management Tools – Cancer Care Ontario
Disease-Specific Services and Information
Disease-Specific Services and Information
- ALS Society Support Services in Ontario
- Alzheimer Society - Halton
- Alzheimer Society - Peel
- American Institute for Cancer Research
- Canadian AIDS Society
- Canadian Diabetes Association
- Canadian Geriatrics Society
- Canadian Thoracic Society
- Canadian Virtual Hospice
- Cancer Care Ontario
- Dementia and Palliative Care Toolkit for the Primary Care Practitioner
- Health Quality Ontario: Quality Standard for Heart Failure
- Huntington Society of Canada
- Muslim Cancer Support Organization (MCSO)
- Ontario Hemophilia Society
- Ontario Renal Network
- Support Services ALS Society in Ontario
- Wellspring (for cancer patients)
- Wellspring Oakville