Squamish Hospice Society

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Name :

Squamish Hospice Society

Address  :

38140 Behrner Drive

Town  :

Squamish

State  :

British Columbia

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

V8B 0J3

Phone  :

604 848 5751

Fax  :

604 892 9417

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

hospice.seatosky@vch.ca
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Mission Statement
quotThe Squamish Hospice Society actively promotes compassionate care and support directed toward improving the quality of life for the dying and their loved ones

Goal To establish maintain and srengthen hospice and bereavement support in all the communities of the Sea to Sky corridor

Our dream To provide an alternative facility for the dying who do not require hospital care but are unable to be cared for at home until their death

History
History of Hospice
Medieval Hospices provided a resting place on a journey where care was given to both the body and the spirit of travellers 1967 Dr Cicely Saunders founded St Christophers Hospice in London England and started the modern hospice movement

1974 The first Hospice established in Canada in Winnipeg Manitoba
Hospice is a quotphilosophy of carequot quotYou matter because you are you matter to the last moment of your life and we will do everything we can not only to help you die peacefully but to help you to LIVE until you diequot

1974 The first Hospice established in Canada in Winnipeg Manitoba

Hospice is a quotphilosophy of carequot
quotYou matter because you are you matter to the last moment of your life and we will do everything we can not only to help you die peacefully but to help you to LIVE until you diequot

Early History of Squamish Hospice

The Squamish Hospice Society began with a public meeting in the Squamish United Church on Oct 29th1986 and a call for volunteers interested in Hospice and its work

Mary Ellen De Grace spoke at that first and subsequent meetings lending her experience and expertise to a community effort aimed at providing coordinated support for dying people and their familiesThe group was spearheaded by Rev Chris Burnett and Sherri Ganderton a Licensed Practical Nurse at Squamish General Hospital This vigorous and active group of volunteers served this community well for many years amp in Feb 1991 Squamish Hospice became an Incorporated Society Volunteer attrition and a variable need for Hospice volunteers led to the disbanding of the Society in Dec2003

In 2006 a vital and growing Palliative Care Program in the Sea to Sky Corridor once again sought the support of Hospice Volunteers
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