By Cheryl Jahn

Hospice looks to expand into palliative care

Apr 25, 2024 | 3:34 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – The Rotary Hospice House is home to those for whom death is imminent. The average stay for a client is 21 days. But the Society that runs the Hospice House is now looking at a palliative care centre.

“A palliative patient or someone that has a palliative illness that starts a diagnosis. So it could be someone with congestive heart failure. They’re not imminently dying, but they’re living with a life or a serious illness that can impact them and can create burden on their lives,” explains Donna Flood, executive director of the society.

That individual may simply need some support. And the same can be said for the caregiver, who may need to leave that caregiver role.

“I’ve been through it with many friends,” says City Councillor Susan Scott. “It’s one of the realities of life and having a place like hospice where people can experience what they need to experience, be treated with love and respect is like gold.”

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The Hospice Society will be conducting a feasibility study in the near future to determine what the needs are exactly.

“We don’t know for sure what that will be. We know that there’s similar things that are out there in the Lower Mainland. There’s a family wellness center.

Flood is looking to set aside a million dollars to get a better look at what such a palliative care facility would look like in the north.