The COACH Program provides frail Island seniors with in-home support for their complex health needs. The program is led by a specialized team of health care professionals who support frail seniors to live at home longer and return home from hospital sooner. The team works with...
Information about the Provincial Home Care Program in Prince Edward Island.
This workbook provides an introduction to advance care planning and tips for having conversations with others about your wishes for future care should you not be able to speak for yourself.
This book contains information for parents and families. It includes information about parent care and family care, including topics such as postpartum care, mental health, family safety, eating for wellness, siblings, and childcare.
This brochure provides information about the Provincial Integrated Palliative Care Program.
What is Advance Care Planning? Advance Care Planning (ACP) is about having conversations with your close family, friends and health care provider(s) so that they know the health care treatment you wish to have, or refuse, if you become incapable of expressing your own decisions...
What is Palliative Care? Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and families facing life-limiting illnesses. This approach covers all stages of a life-limiting illness. It starts with diagnosis, through the disease journey and includes the...
Obstetrical and gynecological care is provided to Island residents from the surrounding areas of Charlottetown to the Eastern tip of the province. Physicians provide 24-hour on-call service seven days a week for obstetrical care, urgent gynecology issues, inpatient rounds and to...
Sexual Health, Options & Reproductive Services (SHORS) provides reproductive and sexual health care to Islanders of all genders, orientations and ages at various sites across PEI. To access safe, confidential, and supportive services, call 1-844-365-8258 (toll-free). What...
A colonoscopy is recommended to screen for colorectal cancer if you are at increased risk because of a personal and/or family history of colorectal cancer or high-risk polyps. For individuals with family history, screening is recommended to begin at age 40 or 10 years earlier than the youngest affected first degree relative. PEI residents without a primary care provider may self-refer for a colonoscopy through the Colorectal Cancer Screening Program. Do I qualify to self-refer for a colonoscopy? You are eligible to self-refer for a colonoscopy if: You have a personal history of colorectal...