Creating a Plan
This section focuses on planning ahead and finding support.
You will find resources to help you organize care, understand available services, and make decisions together. These tools can help you feel more confident navigating the health system and coordinating care.
Looking for more support? Explore the Resource Library for the full collection of Walking Alongside tools and resources, or follow the Caregiver Pathway to guide your next steps.
Resources for this section
| Section | Title | Description | Resource Type | Details | Keywords & tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creating a Plan | Not Deciding Alone - You Are Not Alone (Vimeo) | A pocket guide (in Inuktitut and English) with reflective questions to help you prepare for healthcare visits, express concerns, consider traditional healing, and make informed health decisions. | Video | https://vimeo.com/336452547?p=1s | Inuit health, health system navigation, advocacy, seld-determination, interpreters, cultural interpreters, navigation, travelling for care, emotional wellness, spiritual wellness, mental wellness |
| Creating a Plan | Not Deciding Alone Booklet | A pocket guide (in Inuktitut and English) with reflective questions to help you prepare for healthcare visits, ask questions, share your worries and hopes, and and bring your cultural and traditional values into healthcare conversations. | Booklet | https://notdecidingalone.com/nda-resources/ | Appointment preparation, Inuit, questions for providers, advocacy, planning, decision making, care planning, health care visit, mental wellness, spiritual wellness |
| Creating a Plan | Developing a Care Plan | A presentation outlining how to build a care plan, identify your Community Care Team, organize support, and prepare for expected death in the home. | Slide Deck | # | care plan, coordination, community, teamwork, caregiving, circle of care, home death, end-of-life planning, expected death in the home, protocol, organizing support, team coordination, spiritual wellness, emotional wellness, physical wellness |
| Creating a Plan | Developing a Care Plan | Speaker's Notes accompanying the Developing a Care Plan presentation outlining how to build a care plan, identify your Community Care Team, organize support, and prepare for expected death in the home. | Slide Deck Speaker's Notes | # | care plan, coordination, community, teamwork, caregiving, circle of care, home death, end-of-life planning, expected death in the home, protocol, organizing support, team coordination, spiritual wellness, emotional wellness, physical wellness |
| Creating a Plan | Developing a Care Plan Worksheet | A fillable care plan tool to help families and community care teams organize support, clarify wishes, and document who will provide care and how. | Activity | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1akiBTJpMFgvqXFNvOXqVyFyptYyDPxQI/view?usp=drive_link | care plan, activity, worksheet, team, caregiving |
| Creating a Plan | Symptom Diary (CVH) | A symptom tracking tool to help you track symptoms, pain, and changes and share important information with the health care team. | Handout | https://www.virtualhospice.ca/Assets/cvh%20symptom%20diary_20090429144800.pdf | Symptom tracking, journal, diary, chart, monitoring symptoms, home care, care planning, pain tracking, communication, health care visis, appointment preparation, physical wellness |
| Creating a Plan | Healthcare Journey Binder | A comprehensive binder to organize health information, appointments, contacts, and care plans, helping individuals and caregivers navigate the healthcare journey. | Booklet | https://ontariocaregiver.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Healthcare-Journey-Binder-ENGLISH_FINAL-es.pdf | creating a plan, planning, tracking, writing, organization, care coordination, binder, navigation, fillable, activity |
| Creating a Plan | Healthcare Journey Binder Webpage | A webpage offering a how-to video and downloadable and customizable sections of the Healthcare Journey Binder to support building a personalized healthcare binder for organizing care and planning needs. | Webpage | https://caregivershuronperth.ca/3/My_Healthcare_Journey_Binder/ | creating a plan, organization, care planning, documenting, reporting, recording, tracking, writing, navigation, activity, video |
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