Through our presence, advocacy, education, and leadership we offer compassionate and practical support during life-limiting illness, end of life care, and grieving.
Values:
Compassion - caring for each person and their loved ones during their unique journey with a life-limiting
illness or grief
•We offer kindness, warmth and caring for everyone we serve, and strive to promote comfort and reduce suffering. We believe the transition to end of life and through grief is a normal human experience. We foster hope.
Respect - valuing each person and their family’s approach to living, dying, and grieving
•We are mindful of the value and meaning of each life. We promote dignity by supporting each person’s values, choices and traditions. We actively listen to honor each one’s feelings, beliefs and wishes. We respect each person’s privacy and encourage autonomy and personal decision-making. •We seek to understand each person’s unique emotional, physical and spiritual needs. We believe in working together with clients and their families. We are accessible and available to help make choices about care over time.
Collaboration - supporting team-based care focused around individual, family, and community needs
•We achieve care through a team-based approach seeking to connect appropriate people, resources and agencies to meet identified and changing needs during a life-limiting illness, palliation and after death.•Our community includes clients, families, volunteers, medical professionals, sponsors, and donors. We support each other with compassion to improve and strengthen communication and collaboration. •We are leaders in advocating for hospice and the benefits of a co-ordinated approach to end of life care.
Integrity – living our values with honesty, openness, and accountability
•We strive to be worthy of your confidence. Safety and the ethical principle of ‘do no harm’ are fundamental to who we are.•We are responsible, dependable, and transparent in our relationships with our supporters, donors and community partners.
Education - facilitating quality care through ongoing education
•We train and support our volunteers to help our clients and families to:olive as fully as possible in the face of illness oprepare for end of lifeolive with loss and grief.•We are committed to ongoing learning for our staff, volunteers, and our community.
Competence - striving for excellence in application of knowledge about end of life care, grief support and
Through our presence, advocacy, education, and leadership we offer compassionate and practical support during life-limiting illness, end of life care, and grieving.
Values:
Compassion - caring for each person and
their loved ones during their unique journey
with a life-limiting illness or grief
•We offer kindness, warmth and caring for everyone we serve, and strive to promote comfort and reduce suffering. We believe the transition to end of life and through grief is a normal human experience. We foster hope.
Respect - valuing each person and their
family’s approach to living, dying, and
grieving
•We are mindful of the value and meaning of each life. We promote dignity by supporting each person’s values, choices and traditions. We actively listen to honor each one’s feelings, beliefs and wishes. We respect each person’s privacy and encourage autonomy and personal decision-making. •We seek to understand each person’s unique emotional, physical and spiritual needs. We believe in working together with clients and their families. We are accessible and available to help make choices about care over time.
Collaboration - supporting team-based care
focused around individual, family, and
community needs
•We achieve care through a team-based approach seeking to connect appropriate people, resources and agencies to meet identified and changing needs during a life-limiting illness, palliation and after death.•Our community includes clients, families, volunteers, medical professionals, sponsors, and donors. We support each other with compassion to improve and strengthen communication and collaboration. •We are leaders in advocating for hospice and the benefits of a co-ordinated approach to end of life care.
Integrity – living our values with honesty,
openness, and accountability
•We strive to be worthy of your confidence. Safety and the ethical principle of ‘do no harm’ are fundamental to who we are.•We are responsible, dependable, and transparent in our relationships with our supporters, donors and community partners.
Education - facilitating quality care through
ongoing education
•We train and support our volunteers to help our clients and families to:olive as fully as possible in the face of illness oprepare for end of lifeolive with loss and grief.•We are committed to ongoing learning for our staff, volunteers, and our community.