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Some of the ways you can help make a difference.

Share Memories, Hold a Hand, Writer a Letter, Make a Phone Call, Be a Friend, Sing a Song, Water Flowers, Read a Book, Say a Prayer…

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Compassionate Communities in Palliative Care

Community’s residents recognize that care for one another at times of crisis and loss is not simply a task solely for health and social services but is everyone’s responsibility.

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Caring and Dedicated

We are committed to establishing and maintaining expert end of life care for our community members with a terminal illness and providing support for their families.

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Specially-trained volunteers help improve the lives of people living with serious illness. Nav-CARE volunteers create connections to community services, resources, and provide caring, consistent emotional support.

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Comfort Care Bags

Helps make the person dying and their loved ones time together as comfortable as possible with reassurance that the community and care team are there to support them through this difficult time.

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Virtual Care

Smart devices (ipads, tables, smartwatches) are utilized to help persons with a life limiting illness stay at home longer and connect to their community and family.

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Grief, Loss, Bereavement, Aftercare Resources

Programs, resources, supports from time of diagnosis through to aftercare.

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Our Mission Statement.

“To establish and maintain expert end-of-life care and support for the community.”

What is Palliative Care

Palliative Care is specialized client-centered end-of-life care. It aims to relieve suffering and improve the quality of living and dying.

Palliative Care supports people living with life-threatening illnesses. It provides care for patients and their loved ones to meet each individual’s

Medical needs
Psychological needs
Social needs
Spiritual needs
Practical needs

Where is Care Provided?

Care can be provided at home, in hospitals, in nursing homes or in free-standing pieces.

Palliative care considers that dying is an important part of living and that it is essential to manage pain and other symptoms effectively so that those facing death, and their loved ones, can devote their energies not to fighting physical discomfort, but to embrace the time they have left together.

Palliative Care Providers

These people all work together with friends and family to ease difficult life passages.

Physicians

Nurses

Physio Therapists

Occupational Therapists

Volunteers

Counsellors

News

What is happening in our world.

Our Wish List

by gphospice | Jun 9, 2018 | Community | 0 Comments

Our Wish List We are in desperate need of items for Comfort Care Bags! We are seeking a donation of Crossword, Word-search, Sudoku, crib boards, bubbles, play-doe/clay and adult colouring books for our Comfort Care Bag Program. These items go into the Comfort Care...

Interested in Becoming a Volunteer?

by gphospice | Mar 16, 2018 | Community, Volunteerism | 0 Comments

We have a variety of volunteering opportunities: Volunteers for Events Memory Tree Volunteers at Festival of Trees – volunteers help create awareness about Palliative Care, help set up and take down display, assist visitors with hanging memory cards on the tree and...

Comfort Care Bags

by gphospice | May 16, 2017 | Community | 0 Comments

Comfort Care Bags What are Comfort Care Bags? In simplest terms the comfort care bag is made up of donated items to provide comfort to the palliative care person, their families and loved ones in this journey of their life and to let families know they are...

The Importance of talking about Death

by Hope McNally | Jun 20, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Palliative Care Doctor and author Kathryn Mannix argues that it's time to break the taboo that exists around deathplease watch link:https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/dying-is-not-as-bad-as-you-think/p062m0xt

Lake Saskatoon Community Club 1927-1985

by Hope McNally | Jun 6, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Lake Saskatoon Community Club 1927-1985 who’s motto is “To sow gladness of heart, to help one another and to promote the highest welfare of the community” generously donated the remainder of Frances Ramsden’s Legacy Fund to Grande Prairie Palliative Care Society for...

National Hospice Palliative Care Week May 5-11, 2019

by Hope McNally | May 6, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Mayor Bill Given proclaimed National Hospice Palliative Care Week 2019The Proclamation read as follows:89% of people with life-limiting illness, such as a progressive neurological illness, organ failure, or frailty could benefit from palliative care.Hospice palliative...

Kelsi McInnes- Featured Speaker for Palliative Care Conference “Doing Death Better”

by Hope McNally | Apr 16, 2019 | Community, Events | 0 Comments

Kelsi McInnes BMT, MTA Kelsi is an accredited music therapist, wife and mother of two. Music has been a part of her world since she was a little one and she finds joy and excitement in sharing it with a new generation of melody makers, while keeping it in the lives of...

Jody Walker- Featured Speaker for Palliative Care Conference “Doing Death Better”

by Hope McNally | Apr 16, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Jody Walker Mental Health Promotion Facilitator Alberta Health Services Grande Prairie, Alberta Jody Walker works as the Mental Health Promotion Facilitator with Alberta Health Services in Grande Prairie, AB and have been a MHFA (basic) instructor since March 2016....

Dr Wendy Duggleby- Featured Speaker for Palliative Care Conference “Doing Death Better”

by Hope McNally | Apr 16, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Wendy Duggleby, PhD, RN Associate Dean of Research, Professor, Endowed Nursing Research Chair in Aging and Quality of Life, Director of Innovations in Seniors' Care Research Unit Nursing About Me My areas of research interest include Gero-oncology, psychosocial...

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About Us

At Grande Prairie Hospice Palliative Care Society, our mission is to establish and maintain expert end-of-life care for community members with a terminal illness and to provide support for their families.

We are a voice for the community
We are an ear to public need
We are a hand in action

Grande Prairie Palliative Care Society advocates for, and is the connection in the community for end-life-care.

Thank You to our Sponsors

Grande Prairie Palliative Care Society is the connection and advocates in the community for end-life-care. We support multiple programs and community events to raise awareness.