Mental Wellness
This section focuses on supporting the mind. You will find resources to help with understanding changes in thinking, memory, and decision-making. These tools can also support you in responding to worry, confusion, or grief, and in helping the person you are caring for feel safe and supported.
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.
| Section | Title | Description | Resource Type | Details | Keywords & Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providing Care (Mental Wellness) | Understanding and Dealing with Grief | Learn the differences between loss, grief, bereavement, and mourning, and how grief how it affects mind, body, spirit, and emotions, with practical suggestions for coping. | Handout | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dBYe3TashoECI1F_8BYiyyUjQrDU_4qC/view?usp=drive_link | grief, loss, bereavement, caregiver grief, end-of-life, reflection, coping, caregiver, mental health, mental wellness, honouring the caregiver |
| Providing Care (Mental Wellness) | CVH Grief - First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Resources | - | Webpage | # | - |
| Providing Care (Mental Wellness) | Mental Wellness | A presentation exploring mental wellness during serious illness, including grief, stress, and self-care strategies for individuals and caregivers, with reflection activities to support learning. | Slide Deck | # | mental, wellness, coping, resilience, Indigenous, providing care, self-care, caregiver wellbeing, stress, education |
| Providing Care (Mental Wellness) | Mental Wellness | Speaker's notes accompanying the Mental Wellness presentation exploring mental wellness during serious illness, including grief, stress, and self-care strategies for individuals and caregivers, with reflection activities to support learning. | Slide Deck Speaker's Notes | # | mental, wellness, coping, resilience, Indigenous |
| Providing Care (Mental Wellness) | Hope for Wellness Helpline | A poster promoting a 24/7 helpline offering culturally competent mental health support for Indigenous people through phone and online chat in many languages including: English, Ojibway/Anishinaabemowin, Plains Cree, Inuinnaqtun, Nunavik Ungava, Aipaii Nutaaq, Nunatsiavut and North Baffin dialects. | Poster | https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1576092599338/1576092641234 | - |
| Providing Care (Mental Wellness) | Which Medicines will Support my Recovery from Opioid Addiction? | The purpose of this tool is to share knowledge about cultural activities and medications to support First Nations to recover from opioid addiction. You can use this tool with your health care provider to help decide what medicines might be right for you. It offers a harm reduction approach to promoting wellness and offers information to guide conversations and thoughts around incorporating culture-based activities to support wellbeing. Offered in English and French. | Booklet | https://thunderbirdpf.org/?resources=which-medicines-will-support-my-recovery-from-opioid-addiction | - |
| Providing Care (Mental Wellness) | How to Promote Independence | - | Video | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8UliXksHhI | - |
| Providing Care (Mental Wellness) | Gathering Our Knowledge Bundles: How to Support Guide Grief and Loss - Supporting Someone who is Grieving | A guide offering culturally grounded ways to support someone who is grieving, emphasizing connection, compassion, and community care. | Booklet | https://issuu.com/firstpeopleswellnesscircle/docs/gathering_our_knowledge_bundles_-_grief_and_loss_ | supporting the journey to the spirit world, spiritual wellness, mental wellnes, emotional wellness, grief, support, managing, coping, honouring the caregiver, self-care, hands-on, legacy, memory, long-term |
| Providing Care (Mental Wellness) | Gathering Our Knowledge Bundles: How to Support Guide Grief and Loss - Types of Grief | A guide explaining different types of grief, helping individuals and caregivers better understand their experiences and responses to loss. | Booklet | https://issuu.com/firstpeopleswellnesscircle/docs/gathering_our_knowledge_bundles_grief_types_of_ | grief, anticipatory, cumulative, masked, complicated, types of grief, grieving, emotional wellness, understanding illness, honouring the caregiver |
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