What a privilege and gift I have been handed… to walk with those whose life has changed due to a life threatening diagnosis. Thank you for allowing me the privilege and honour to share and walk with you. I endeavor not to take this role/job/opportunity for granted
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Working in hospice palliative care came to me as a second career. In it I have found incredible depth and a new perspective … allowing me to really live every day to its fullest.
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To All I care for at hospice Thank you for being a teacher, a friends, and most of all a leader. You teach me each and every day what matters in life. You help me choose quality over quantity and moments over possessions. You teach me to
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After a 30 year nursing career in Critical Care I am honoured to accompany those who are experiencing a natural death. I am thankful for the peaceful environment of hospice and my superbly competent and compassionate colleagues. It is a privilege to help individuals and families to
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I’m so grateful to all the people I’ve had the privilege to care for; my greatest teachers.
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I remember, as a coordinator, talking to one of my palliative nurses that morning. She had a 13 hour day and was exhausted because she spent all night at a client’s house, sitting with him and his family as he slipped away. This time was not billed
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Dear Dad, I want to thank you for allowing us, your family, to care for you at what we didn’t understand then, was your end of life journey. We struggled watching you struggle to breathe and watching you retreat from us as you curled up in the
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Caring for my family was the hardest “job” I had at their end of life, but I am forever grateful for the privilege of being there and the opportunity to share life moments, memories, joyful, and sorrow. It wasn’t easy, but somehow we made it, and accomplished
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I have been asked many times how I could work at Hospice… because everyone dies – no one ever gets better. My answer is: It is an honour and a privilege to care and comfort someone in the last days of their lives. We help them to
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I remember taking a moment to offer a hug and tear for a grieving parent who’s child just died moments ago. I held that mother in my arms and felt every part of my heart extend to her for a moment, it was a real physical feelings.
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