It is the Mission of the 100 Mile District Hospice Palliative Care Society to provide a volunteer service dedicated to the compassionate care of persons in the community, with life threatening or terminal illness and to their families.
This support is based on the philosophy, norms and standards of the BC Palliative Care Association and embraces the concept of compassionate, physical, emotional, spiritual and social care for the whole person.
GOALS
The purposes of the Society (as per the Constitution) shall be to:
PROVIDE
Information, education and bereavement support to terminally ill patients and their families
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MAINTAIN
To maintain a volunteer program, as part of an interdisciplinary team approach, for the visitation of terminally ill patients in their homes, in the hospital or in long-term residential care facilities
TRAINING
To provide training and support volunteers in palliative care related activities. New Volunteers are trained once a year, usually in the fall
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DONATIONS
To receive donation, grants and funds and administer the same in consistence with the objectives of the 100 Mile District Hospice Society
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WORK AS A PARTNERSHIP
In conjunction and in cooperation with governmental agencies and private organization which have interest in common with the Society;
Provide leadership, encourage community awareness and stimulate citizen participation in the study, assessment and improvement of palliative care in the area;
Develop a system of ongoing evaluation of the Society’s function.
Hospice focuses on quality of living when cure is no longer an option
When physical and emotional needs are sensitively met, the journey toward death – though always difficult, can be a rich experience that gives meaning and completeness to life.
We are a community based non-profit Volunteer Society that provides trained volunteers to offer social, emotional and spiritual support to people living with or dying with an advanced illness and their family.
Services of support are also offered to family members through their grief. There is no cost for Hospice services.
Hospice volunteer services began in the fall of 1985.
Hospice services the 100 Mile District, including Lac La Hache, Bridge Lake and other districts.
We are a proud member of the Canadian and B.C. Hospice Palliative Care Associations. We adhere to the norms and standards of care of the national and provincial organizations.
In partnership with the 100 Mile House Palliative Care team, we are committed to “Helping people with a terminal illness live to the fullest until they die and to help their loved one to be supported in their grief”.
THE 100 MILE DISTRICT HOSPICE PALLIATIVE CARE SOCIETY
The Board of Directors is responsible for the Governance of the Society. Elections for board members are held once a year at the Annual General Meeting in June. The Board meets on a regular basis and more meetings are scheduled when the need arises.
“Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business.”
“Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.”
“Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is life.”
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”
“You matter because you are. You matter to the last moment of your life. We will do all we can not only to help you die peacefully. But also to live until you die.”