For Health Care Professionals

Referral Information

South Zone

Home Care Services

For inquiries call 403-388-6380 or 1-866-388-6380.

Palliative Care Team

Referral process: A physician’s referral is required to access this service.

Symptom Control & Palliative Care Community Liaison Program

Referral process: A physician’s referral is required to access this service.
For inquiries call 403-432-8350 or Community Liaison 403-432-8887.

Calgary Zone

Palliative care in Calgary can be provided in any setting; home, hospice, care centre or hospital. Palliative Care also provides psychosocial and spiritual support to assist with grief and bereavement.

For more information, visit Palliative / End of Life Care (PEOLC) - Information for the Public.

Palliative Care Consult Service

Palliative Care Consult Teams are available to give expert advice for complex issues in all settings of care in the Calgary Zone. Doctor and nurse specialists, and sometimes other health care professionals such as social workers, are members of these teams.

In the City of Calgary, there is a Palliative Care Consult Team that serves:

each hospital
Tom Baker Cancer Center
Home Care
Continuing Care and Supportive Living sites

Outside the City of Calgary, a Rural Palliative Care Consult Team serves patients, families, and staff in all care settings in the rural areas. In addition, at each Calgary Zone hospice there is a palliative care doctor who provides consultation as needed.

Learn more about the Palliative Care Consult Service

Palliative Home Care

Referral process: Community Care Access will determine eligibility for Palliative Home Care at 403-943-1920.

Clients that are in acute care can be referred through Transition Services. Home Care clients can be referred by their primary provider.

Learn more about Palliative Home Care

Hospice

The Calgary Zone has 7 community residential hospices.

Patients require a referral from the Palliative Care Consult Service (403-944-2304) or the Palliative Home Care team to be admitted to a Calgary Zone hospice.

Grief Support

The AHS Calgary Zone Grief Support Program offers grief counselling to adults 18 years and older who are grieving the death of someone in their life. The program offers individual or group education sessions. You can call the program at 403-955-8011.

Learn more about Grief Support

Central Zone

Palliative Care

Palliative Care Information

Referral process:New clients need to call the toll free intake line at: 1-855-371-4122 weekdays from 8:15 a.m.to 9:30 p.m. and weekends from 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Existing clients should contact their local office as normal.

Psychological Services

This service is located at the Central Alberta Cancer Centre or Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. People dealing with end-of-life issues, grief, and loss of a loved one can request support and counselling. Call 403-343-4832.

Edmonton Zone

Overall Summary: Palliative Care Program

North Zone

Referrals can be sent to Continuing Care Access. Call 1-855-371-4122 or fax 1-855-776-3805.

For after-hours questions call Edmonton Palliative Care Consultant at 780-496-1300.

Current as of: April 24, 2015

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