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.
Thanks Castelgar Hospice for sharing this infographic on carers. The huge burden they bear is why we made sure to include a separate caregivers support plan as part of the Kalein Day Hospice Program.
The next series of the Kalein Day Hospice Program, in partnership with Nelson Hospice, begins Thursday, July 20. We know that many in our community missed our Open House in May so we're opening up the doors of the Day Hospice program again on July 20, from 11:30 - 1:30. Please come and enjoy our morning activity period, or enjoy lunch with us from 12:30 - 1:30. All information is on the poster ... take a look. Looking forward to sharing the gifts of the Day Hospice program with our community!
We all deserve the opportunity to be loved right up to our dying moment and for our bodies to be cared for beyond death. So glad that this kind of practice is becoming more commonplace and is supported by professionals who can help.
Caring for my beautiful husband as he died and through the days that followed - Palliative Care
Who is the best person to care for someone who has died? Sometimes, a person who loved them when they were living. Dr Fiona Reid shares her experience caring for her husband Morgan throughout his illness and in the days after his death.
palliativecare.org.au
What a wonderful service! Hey BC Ministry of Health, Interior Health Authority, Ambulance Paramedics of BC, Michelle Mungall ... can we get this in B.C.? It would go so far in helping relieve the anxiety of folks who are wishing to stay at home when they are dying. I can imagine how it helps to avoid emerg visits when a family can get a live person to help them manage new symptoms on an emergency basis.
Canadian Virtual Hospice
Did you know all 1,400 ground-ambulance paramedics in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island have received training to manage palliative care symptoms at home– such as pain, breathlessness, fear and anxiety?
On mother's day, rituals can help us honour and grieve our Mothers who have died. Here are some simple suggestions for how to face that grief today.
VERY EXCITED to share our Community Open House day for the Kalein Day Hospice Program with you all. Come to the Kalein Centre on Thursday, May 11, and receive a glimpse of what we will be doing every week with our Day Hospice guests. RSVP if you plan to attend for lunch. Massages, art activities, and some Q&A with the program coordinator and our local IH Nurse partner will be available.
