Mission Statement
Providing practical, emotional and spiritual support to individuals and their loved ones through the stages of dying, death and bereavement.
Hospice palliative care aims to make the last months of life comfortable, peaceful and dignified for patients and their caregivers by providing care, support, respite and advocacy. Our trained Hospice volunteers work as part of a caregiving team that could include community home nursing, doctors, hospital and facility staff, social workers and spiritual leaders.
Alison Gozna, a Nelson resident and the daughter of the patient at the heart of this story, shared this with us and we want to share it with our network. The story gives a very common example of how MAID’s requirements can make the decision around timing of one’s assisted death a challenging one. As was pointed out in the news segment, more discussion around MAID is needed. What do you think?
Three-quarters of Atlantic Canadians echo dying wish of N.B. woman: poll
It was important to Eric Gozna’s wife, Ellen, that she have a choice of when and where she wanted to die.
atlantic.ctvnews.ca
This is a view of some of the wonderful work our Hospice Volunteers did at their monthly gathering, facilitated by Amelia from Kutenai Art Therapy Institute. It's a look at how the work of "caring" impacts us ... using the lifecycle of the Salmon as our metaphor.
A great showing from
Nelson & District Credit Union
as a Champion Sponsor of this year's Work-a-Thon!
Nelson & District Credit Union
as a Champion Sponsor of this year's Work-a-Thon!
Thanks to everyone who raked, took away leaves and fruit, and put gardens to bed today for our annual Workathon fundraiser... what a gorgeous day and what hardworking volunteers!
