Hospice & Palliative Support
Hospice & palliative support is for anyone facing a life-threatening illness and provides physical, emotional, and spiritual care for individuals and their loved ones. Through a care giving team of family, friends, healthcare professionals, and volunteers, needs and choices are sensitively met. It can be provided in any setting; at home, in hospitals, in nursing homes or in special hospice facilities. Most of all, hospice & palliative support is about living fully to the very end of life with dignity and comfort.
Although we work together with Fraser Health - Provincial Health Services Authority we are not involved in the housing, or the medical care of the patients.
Our society consists of a team of volunteers that visit daily on the Palliative Care and Tertiary Units at Surrey Memorial Hospital and the Laurel Place Residence. We augment the professional care and support provided by medical and hospital staff. Our Society’s Volunteers provide practical and emotional support and companionship to palliative patients and their loved ones. We also provide bereavement and grief counselling to individuals and families.
ONE-TO-ONE CLIENT SUPPORT
Our grief support volunteers are versed in the various issues, concerns and fluctuating needs that face those living with a life threatening illness. Our volunteers offer practical and emotional support and companionship for the journey, whether it be at home, in hospital or in a residential care facility.
ONE-TO-ONE FAMILY SUPPORT
Whether family of origin or family of support, our volunteers offer emotional and practical support, assistance and information to family members. They help family members address the various issues and concerns that can face those caring for a loved one nearing the end of life.
RESIDENCE VISITING
A team of volunteers visit daily on the Palliative Care and Tertiary Units at Surrey Memorial Hospital and the Laurel Place Residence. They augment the professional care and support provided by medical and hospital staff. Volunteers provide practical and emotional support and companionship to palliative patients and their loved ones. A tea service is also provided on Monday and Wednesday afternoons on the Palliative Care Unit and Wednesday afternoons at the Laurel Place Residence.
REFERRAL TO OTHER
PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES
After meeting with the client/family, the Surrey Hospice Society Coordinator or designate may refer the client/family to other appropriate palliative programs.
RESPITE SERVICES
Volunteers provide family and primary caregivers with a brief respite or pause, usually 2-4 hours, from their care giving responsibilities. This gives caregivers an opportunity to undertake activities, which might otherwise have to be forgone. For example: a walk, trip to the store, hair cut, pursuing a social activity or invitation and so on.
KEEPING CONNECTED: TELEPHONE SUPPORT
Our telephone support volunteers reach out to family/friend caregivers, providing a compassionate presence and a listening ear. Through regular calls, volunteers offer caregivers an opportunity to share their experiences and feelings around providing care to their loved one, under changing and shifting circumstances. It is well understood that when the caregiver is cared for, they in turn are able to give better care.
Reach out to us for services
Please phone our office 604-584-7006 so we can direct you to the next steps.
You can also reach us by email. info@surreyhospice.com
