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.
Hospice neither hastens nor postpones dying. Just as doctors and midwives lend support and expertise during the time of child birth, hospice provides its presence and specialized knowledge during the dying process, however that process comes to pass. The regulations around the provision of medically assisted dying (MAID) in Canada are changing and we feel it's important to be informed and to have a say. This survey is available until January 27th and we encourage everyone to participate.
Medical Assistance in Dying - Share Your Views Online
Department of Justice Canada's Internet site
justice.gc.ca
It's so wondnerful that the caring, trained professionals in our Paramedics services can now do this work. Our palliative clients in the more remote areas of our region are benefitting from visiting Paramedics right now!
Paramedics hope to help palliative patients stay at home longer | CBC News
A new collaboration between paramedics and extramural nurses is expected to help palliative care patients in New Brunswick stay at home, and out of the emergency room.
cbc.ca
This wonderful video describes the gifts that come with the kind of vulnerability that arises with a serious health crisis. And, as Frank Ostaseski always seems to be able to do, he finds an invaluable lesson in his experience as a stroke patient ... at the end you'll hear his really tender description of his shift from recovery to discovery.
Frank Ostaseski | The Paradox Of Vulnerability | End Well
Frank Ostaseski speaks about the loss of identity in the setting of illness and why he’s more interested in discovery, not recovery.
endwellproject.org