Hospice Kawartha Lakes is a community-based volunteer organization dedicated to supporting people diagnosed with a life-threatening or terminal illness and their families. Their mission is to help these people live at home or in a home-like setting as comfortably and fully as possible.

They provide a range of services focused on quality of life until the end of life as well as bereavement support for loved ones. Services can include respite care and caregiver relief, complementary therapies, liaison with other community supports, transportation and friendly visiting by trained volunteers.

Since 1988, Hospice Kawartha Lakes has been providing a combination of active and compassionate therapies intended to comfort and support individuals who are living with, or dying from, a progressive life-threatening illness, as well as support for families and the bereaved. There is no fee for our services.

The heart of Hospice Kawartha Lakes is a group of volunteers, men and women of all ages and backgrounds displaying sensitivity, excellent listening skills, and a willingness to serve. Attendance at an extensive training program is compulsory prior to becoming a volunteer.

Hospice Kawartha Lakes also has a full-time palliative co-ordinator on-site at Ross Memorial Hospital who provides support and respite in Hospital, provides resources to patients, family and staff, works closely with community agencies to provide support upon discharge, liaises with both the outreach and bereavement co-ordinators to provide appropriate support to patients. There are also a number of trained palliative volunteers who visit patients at Ross Memorial on a regular basis.

The in-hospital full time palliative co-ordinator can be reached at 705-324-6111, extension 4374.

Hospice palliative care:

• Centres on the person and the family
• Is directed towards meeting physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs
• Is sensitive to personal, cultural and religious beliefs, values and practices
• Encourages involvement in planning treatment and care as well as making choices based on knowledge and understanding
• Is provided through the collaborative work of an interdisciplinary team of caregivers and service providers

Our services include:

• Listening, emotional support, companionship
• Simple comfort measures
• Assistance with appointments, errands or shopping
• Opportunities for caregivers to feel comfortable to take time away or to rest
• Bereavement support for anyone who has experienced the death of someone else close

We are there when you or someone you know has a life-threatening illness and:

• You need help
• You need time out
• You are beginning to feel drained
• Your grief is too much to bear
• You need hope
• You need a friend

Hospice Kawartha Lakes is located at 112 McLaughlin Road, Lindsay.  

For more information, please contact:

Catherine King, Executive Director

Phone: 705-324-2811

Fax: 705-328-2091

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Mail:
Hospice Kawartha Lakes
112 McLaughlin Road
Lindsay, ON  K9V 6B5

For answers to frequently asked questions about Hospice Care please click here

Alternatively, please visit the Hospice Kawartha Lakes website www.hospicekawarthalakes.ca
or the Hospice Association of Ontario website at http://www.hospice.on.ca/.

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