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.
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:
- Anderson, Anna
Community representative
- Bretzlaff, Anne-Marie
Registered Nurse - Residential Centre
- Castonguay, Pascale
Human relations officer
- Costello, Michael (Révérend)
Pastoral
- Daoust, Gilbert
Manager of General Care
- Green, Shirley
Volunteer
- Horner, James
Community Representative
- Lance, Léon
Primary Registered Nurse - Oncology
- Mageau, Anne
Human relations officer – adult
- Malenfant, Linda
Human relations officer – youth
- Nadeau, Shirley
Manager of Residential Centre and Volunteers
- Ringrose, Pauline
Registered Nurse – Residential Centre
- Ryan, Gail
Director of Physical Health and Nursing Care programs
- Wootton, John
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
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