The CPSC is dedicated to educating others about Palliative Care. Below you will find resources for your benefit.
Dementia Caregiver Guide
Caring for a loved one with dementia is a journey filled with challenges and emotional demands. This guide is designed to support caregivers by providing essential resources, practical tips, and compassionate strategies to navigate the different stages of dementia care. It offers insights on maintaining safety, fostering meaningful communication, and managing daily care needs, all while emphasizing the importance of self-care for the caregiver.
Whether you are new to caregiving or seeking additional support, this guide serves as a compassionate companion, offering valuable information and connections to helpful services, support groups, and crisis resources. Remember, you are not alone—there are communities and professionals ready to support you every step of the way.
Dementia Caregiver Brochure (English)
Dementia Caregiver Brochure (Spanish)
Meet My Loved One ©
Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the current restricted visitation policies, our expert team has created a form to be utilized by families in an effort to improve the communication with the healthcare team about their loved ones.
Request permission to use this tool.
The North Mississippi Medical Center created their own version of this tool, view it here.
Read the article in the Department of Medicine news here.
UAB Advanced Training Communication Guide
This is a pocket guide adaptation of the VITALtalk COVID Ready Communication Playbook, formatted to walk through a patient's clinical course from home to hospitalization to intensive care. It includes a new talking map (TIME) for discussing time-limited trials in the ICU setting.
Download here.
Palliative Symptom Management Tip Sheet for Providers
The attached tools were developed by members of the UAB Clinical team prior to the COVID- 19 pandemic and have now been modified. These are meant to provide guidance to providers wishing to give patients and caregivers specific instructions around symptom management at time of discharge, or at a clinic encounter. An additional spreadsheet of commonly used medications produced by the Center to Advance Palliative Care is also included. These are available as downloadable copies and through electronic medical record mechanisms at discharge for providers in any specialty to utilize.
Download Tip Sheet
Download Medication Chart
Additional External Resources
The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) has pulled together a toolkit of resources for COVID-19 responses.