Huron Expositor, 2017-06-14, Page 13Huron Residential Hospice
Campaign to obtain property for palliative
Ar care residence in Huron County
Kathleen Smith
Postmedia Network
A palliative care hospice could
be in operation in Huron County if
campaigns to raise enough money
to fund and maintain the residen-
tial hospice are successful.
Last week at a Huron County
Council meeting in Goderich, Kathy
O'Reilly, co-chair of the Huron Hos-
pice Committee and Lisa Penner, of
South West Hospice Palliative Care
Network, briefed the Council on the
progress of the Huron -Perth solu-
tion for a residential hospice.
"Palliative care is improving quality
of life for those living with or dying
from an advanced illness. It allows the
families to have the support they need
and the residents to have the supports
they need when end of life is
approaching," explained O'Reilly.
"What is important for them (those
terminally ill) was the opportunity to
die in a location that was close to fam-
ily and accessible and close to home."
According to O'Reilly and Pen-
ner, Huron County is the second
oldest in the southwest, and it has
the highest number of people that
are 65 years of age or older, only
secondary to Grey County.
Based on the statistics presented
in the briefing, according to O'Reilly,
over 35 per cent of residents living in
Huroii County will be 65 years of age
or older by the year 2040.
"Palliative care isn't just a bed.
Our program is one that is holistic
in nature and will respond to the
needs of not only the resident or
client who is facing that end of life
journey, but also support their
families in terms of emotional care
counselling," O'Reilly said.
The briefing presented informa-
tion to Council on the residential
hospice solution plan, which
would include a two -campus site
model: One with six beds in Strat-
ford, and one in Central Huron on
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Highway 8, with four beds.
One single board, the I lospice
Care Avon Maitland, %villi a singular
management system team, will gov-
ern the ten -bed hospice.
It will include aspects such as pri-
mary care certified palliative physi-
cians with support services from ded-
icated nurses, staff and volunteers.
In addition, it will have a strong vol-
unteer component that rests within
the current I Iuron I lospice Program.
Palliative care is therapy to
relieve suffering and improve the
quality of life for those facing end
of life and a $2.5 million campaign
was launched on May 7, in order to
raise money to obtain the house
and property on Highway 8, in
order to begin operations.
O'Reilly also provided information
on a $1, 000 a day operational cam-
paign (money will go towards running
the hospice for the day). Currently, 23
separate individuals have made $1,
000 donations, some of which are to
honour and memorialize loved ones
who have already passed on.
"This is about the entire Huron
County. It's about a service that
advances and builds on the stellar
services we currently have within
the County, and we believe that this
will be a service that is needed for
our County residents;" said O'Reilly.
After the briefing, there remains to
be no known future date of when the
house and property will be obtained,
or when the Huron County Hospice
will be operational.
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