Covenant Health provides quality health care to all Albertans. Their mission calls them to serve with compassion, uphold the sanctity of life at all stages and serve the whole person body, mind and spirit. They are proud to be a valued service provider in Alberta's integrated health system.
Covenant heath provides a full spectrum of care from birth to end-of-life, their unique focus is on four of the most vulnerable populations; seniors, mental health and addictions, palliative end-of-life and rural care.
Palliative care is an approach that Covenant Health takes that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relieve of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual. (World Heath Organization, 2022)
There is an assortment of information on this website that may help you or loved ones.
If you wish to learn more about this program, please "right-click" the link below and click on "open in new window" to access their website. This way, you will remain on this website and have a new web page open to Covenant Health. Once you close that, you will still remain logged onto this website.
Once you are on the "Home Page of Covenant Heath, look at the top headings and hover your cursor over the heading entitled, "Innovations." There will be a drop-down menu. Click on the heading, "Palliative Institute." This will take you to a new page.
Once you are on this new page, look at the top headings and click on "Advance Care Planning." This will provide you with information as well as hyperlinks to other organizations.
https://www.covenanthealth.ca/