Palliative Care Committee

What is palliative Care:

Palliative Care is the active and compassionate care of the terminally ill when their disease is no longer responsive to measures aimed at a cure or a prolongation of life. The goal of palliative care is to provide the best quality of life for the critically or terminally ill be ensuring their comfort and dignity. The emphasis in palliative care is to meet not only the physical needs but also the psychological, social, cultural, emotional and spiritual needs of the ill person and his or her family.

Palliative Care Committee:

The Palliative Care Committee has been active within our establishment since June 2, 2004.

The members are:
Anna Anderson, Community representative
Lucille Bélair, Primary Registered Nurse-Oncology/Home Care Registered Nurse
Sylvie Boisvert, Home Care Registered Nurse
Nicole Boucher-Larivière, Manager of Residential Centre and Autonomy Support Services
Anne-Marie Bretzlaff, Registered Nurse-Residential Centre
Pascale Castonguay, Human Relations Officer
Michael Costello (Reverend), Pastoral
Gilbert Daoust, Manager of General Care
Jennifer Davis, Physiotherapist
James Horner, Community Representative
Dr Maurice Lamarche, Physician
Anne Mageau, Human Relations Officer - adult
Linda Malenfant, Human Relations Officer - youth
Mylène Poulin, Occupational therapist - Replaced by Véronique Tessier (maternity leave)
Pauline Ringrose, Registered Nurse - Residential Centre
Gail Ryan, Director of Physical Healtn and Nursing Care programs
Dr John Wootton, Physician

The Committee is developing a model of integrated care for the admitted, home care palliative patients as well as long term care patients. One part of our project involves the development of a palliative care area in the hospital centre.

In the CHSLD's, we have also worked on the procedures of lodging in order to identify a reserved space for the family of the resident in palliative care, to allow them to be present at all times with their loved one.

Various members of the committee have attended conferences and training sessions. In the Fall, we hope to organize in-service training for the health care providers

The Pontiac Community Hospital Foundation Inc, has already received donations for the Palliative Care and the community fundraisers are well under way.

The Rotary Club has accepted to be the primary sponsor. They have created "in memory of" cards for the Palliative Care Project which will be distributed in the local funeral homes.

For all questions, feel free to communicate with:
Mrs. Gail Ryan Project Coordinator (819) 647- 3851 ext 2141

Palliative Care Newsletter

If you want to be informed about the palliative care service (information and activities) at the CSSS du Pontiac

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Palliative Care is the active and compassionate care of the terminally ill when their disease is no longer responsive to measures aimed at a cure or a prolongation of life. We receive a financing of $ 92 000 from the Federal within the context of the services for english speaking people coming from the FASS-CHSSN for the integrated palliative care on the Pontiac territory.

FIRST DONATION OF $ 10 000 FROM THE ROTARY CLUB FOR THE PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT