Hospice Palliative Care
- is active compassionate care offered to improve quality of life for individuals with life-limiting illness where cure is no longer deemed to be possible.
- is a holistic care plan that addresses the physical, psychosocial, practical, and spiritual needs of the patient and their family/friends during end-of-life
- provides symptom and pain management where emphasis is on comfort care
- utilizes a team approach involving the patient, family/friends, doctors, nurses, social workers, hospice staff and volunteers
- is provided at home, hospital, specialized palliative care unit, residential care and hospice residences
- allows people to continue receiving treatments that slow the progress of the disease and reduce uncomfortable symptoms
Langley Hospice Residence
For more information about the Langley Hospice Residence and eligibility for hospice palliative care services, please click here for more information.
For more information and updates about the new 15-bed hospice residence in Langley, click here for more information.
Volunteer Palliative Support Program
Volunteers provide:
- one-to-one support to patients and their families/friends in a variety of settings; at the patient’s home, in Hospice Residence, in hospital and in residential care facilities
- respite care to support the caregiver in taking time for themselves, in home, hospital, residential care and in hospice residence
- vigil support during the last 72 hours of one’s life in hospice residence, in hospital and in residential care
Volunteers are:
- skilled listeners who are sensitive, compassionate companions and are respectful of confidentiality and cultural diversity
Volunteers must:
- successfully complete the 30-hour comprehensive Hospice Volunteer Training
- sign a confidentiality agreement
- provide a CRC (criminal record check) from RCMP
- provide character references
- attend an interview
For more information, please contact the Palliative Program Coordinator at the Langley Hospice Society at 604-530-1115