A Residential Hospice offers a specialized health care for individuals who are living with a life-limiting illness that is usually at an advanced stage. A residential hospice becomes home to the individual and their family and offers an alternative to dying at home or in the hospital.

• Provides support for not only the patient but the caregivers and loved ones
  • The goal of palliative care is to provide comfort and dignity for the person living with the illness as well as the best quality of life for both this person and his or her family. A“family” is whoever the person says his or her family is. It may include relatives, partners and friends
• Variety of supports available including physical, emotional, cultural and spiritual
  • An important objective of palliative care is relief of pain and other symptoms to improve the quality of life for residents and their family. Palliative care meets not only physical needs, but also psychological, social, cultural, emotional and spiritual needs of each person and family. Palliative care may be the main focus of care when a cure for the illness is no longer possible.
• Non-denominational, culturally sensitive
  • Residential Hospice care is available to anyone regardless of race, national origin, colour, political affiliation, religion, age, sexual orientation, economic circumstance or disability. Residents live out their final days with dignity in a way that honours their belief and value system.

There is no cost to residents or their loved ones for hospice care thanks to partial government funding and the generous donations we receive from the community.

However, some expenses may arise in relation to the care needs of the individual resident that are paid directly to the third party involved. These may include:

• Depending on the service you choose, medical transport to Hospice, paid directly to the transfer service upon pick up.

• Charges for medication that is not covered by the Ontario Drug Benefit or your third party insurance. The physicians will not order these medications unnecessarily and the pharmacy will seek permission if the expense is expected to be over the amount agreed upon on the pharmacy form (provided on admission).

• Familiar personal care items such as preferred brand toiletries which may bring comfort to the resident.