Description:Bereaved Families of Ontario-Toronto is a volunteer based bereavement support organization that provides programs and services based on a mutual support model to individuals, families, groups and communities throughout the city of Toronto.
Eligibility:Parents, siblings, other family members, clinical professionals, clergy, teachers, friends, colleagues, etc. who have an interest in educational programs for either personal use or for professional use. Interest in programs determines access.
Referral:Any source
Location:Community
Hours:Mon to Fri; 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Voicemail at other times.
Description:Brockville and District Hospice Palliative Care Service promotes quality of life for people living with a life-limiting illness. The team offers assessments, counseling, pain and symptom management, comfort measures, companionship, respite and transportation. A Community Day Hospice Program offered weekly provides social interaction, therapies, activities and nursing consultations for patients. Bereavement support is provided through support groups, or individual counseling for those who have experienced the death of a loved one.
Eligibility:Clients and families in the Counties of Leeds and Grenville who are coping with a life-limiting illness.
Referral:Health Care providers, patients and/or family may make referrals to any service with the exception of hospitalized patients who require a physician referral.
Staffing:Physicians, Consult Nurses, Volunteers
Hours:Mon to Fri; 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Fee:Certain services require a fee. Please contact organization for more information.
Description:CCC is entirely focused on helping children with cancer and their families through strategic, lifesaving Canadian childhood cancer research, support programs and sponsorships. Sponsorships include: Childhood Cancer Canada Survivor Scholarship $1,500:A one-time award for students in any university, college, or vocational training program. Students may be in any year of their studies provided that they are enrolled in school for the fall term that the scholarships are awarded in.TEVA Canada Scholarship $5,000 :A one-time award that will be granted to a maximum of 10 students entering (or already enrolled in) pharmacy, medicine, or health sciences post-graduate programs of study. Students may be in any year of their studies provided that they are enrolled in school for the fall term that the scholarships are awarded in.
Description:As leaders in the field of children’s grief and palliative care, the Centre’s innovative programming recognizes that the impacts of living with terminal illness and grief are unique to each individual within a family. We integrate psychoeducation and support to ensure there is a continuity of care for clients that is responsive to the strengths, needs and relationships in each family. Programs include counselling, group and family supports, and bereavement camps. The Centre’s programs employ a mix of creative, play-based and arts-based approaches. This model encourages the need for honest, open communication for the children involved and supports family members in further developing coping and communication skills to grieve and remember, together. The Centre staff develop and deliver education and clinical consultation for professionals, volunteers, and the community at large about the unique needs of children facing terminal illness and bereaved children.
Site Address:https://drjaychildrensgriefcentre.ca/
Eligibility:We accept referrals for families with children under 21. Services offered to support grief related to dying or death of a sibling, parent or custodial caregiver. For palliative referrals, the child’s family member, or the child, must have a terminal diagnosis of 6 months or less and be eligible for palliative care support. For bereavement referrals, services are offered to all bereaved children and youth, regardless of the cause of death or time since the death.
Referral:Referrals are accepted from any source, including self-referrals; download the referral form from their website.
Location:Mount Pleasant Rd. and Davisville Ave.
Fee:Most services covered under OHIP.
Application:Download the referral form from their website.
Description:Gildas Club Greater Toronto is a place where children, teens, women and men whose lives have been touched by cancer, as well as their families and friends, can feel they are part of a welcoming community of support. Gildas Club Greater Toronto has a diverse calendar of programming for anyone living with cancer along with their support network.
Description:Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre is committed to providing community support for people diagnosed with cancer and their families through individual and group support, information, a resource centre, wellness programs and an ongoing lecture and discussion series. Hearth Place is a support centre where cancer patients and their families can come and share their experiences, find resources and discover new ways to care for themselves and each other.
Description:Hospice Northwest is a community volunteer organization that compliments, enhances and delivers end of life care, including grief and bereavement services.
Description:Maison Vale Hospice provides residential and hospice palliative care for palliative residents and clients, as well as residential volunteer services, grieving and bereavement services and visiting hospice services.
Eligibility:Individuals and families facing a terminal illness with a prognosis of one year or less, and reside in the Sudbury/Manitoulin area. Please visit website for specific admission criteria.
Referral:Some programs require a referral or application process. Referrals are accepted from physicians, nurses and other health care providers. For "Visiting Hospice Services", caregivers, family members and friends are also encouraged to make a referral.
Staffing:Physicians, Nurses, Personal Support Workers, Social Workers/Chaplain, Pharmacists; Volunteers for "Visiting Hospice Services"
Description:Near North Palliative Care Network is a non-profit organization providing one-stop Palliative Care, Bereavement and Grief, and End-of-Life volunteer-based free services and training in Northern Ontario.
Description:Roger's House enriches the lives of children, youth and their families facing progressive life-limiting illnesses. Their team provides respite, end-of-life, transition-to-home support, pain and symptom management, peri-natal care and bereavement care by ensuring individualized physical, emotional, and spiritual support in a caring, compassionate and continuous learning environment.
Eligibility:Eligibility criteria includes: referral to CHEO Pediatric Palliative Care Outreach team, children/youth up to their 19th birthday, Ontario resident with valid OHIP coverage, child/youth has life-limiting illness with progressive decline in health status, family and child/youth must be willing to confront the challenging issues around a child's/youth's illness and death with the help of the interdisciplinary team.
Referral:Yes, must be referred by a physician.
Staffing:Personal Support Workers, Registered Nurses, Palliative Care Program Physicians, Social Worker, Recreation Therapist and various volunteers.
Description:The Lighthouse Program for Grieving Children provides support groups for children, teens, and their families following a death in the immediate family. They want to provide a safe place where grieving children, teens and families can share their experience and support each other as they move through their grief process.
Eligibility:Any child or youth, between the ages 3 to 18, who has experienced the death of an immediate family member or close friend can join a group. Parents and guardians are welcome to attend the adult peer support groups that meet at the same time as the childrens groups.
Description:The Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundations Maplesoft Centre provides Cancer Coaching programs and services to people who have been directly impacted by cancer, from the day of diagnosis, through treatment and for the rest of their lives. A variety of service providers, staff, students and volunteers working at the Centre offer holistic, personalized, person-centered Cancer Coaching and are committed to providing services of the highest quality.
Eligibility:Individuals 18 years and over in Eastern Ontario who has been touched by cancer. Cancer patients, cancer survivors, caregivers, family members, friends, and support network.
Description:Timiskaming Palliative Care Network offers various programs and services that provide support and/or care for Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Infectious Diseases (i.e. HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis-C), Neurological Disorders, Renal Disease, Respiratory Disease, Anticipatory Grief and Bereavement, and Emotional/Spiritual Support.
Description:VON is Canadas only, national, not-for-profit, charitable home and community care organization that provides more than 75 home care, personal support, and community services for people of all ages including nursing, homemaking, family education services and respite/caregiver relief.
Eligibility:People of all ages in need of home care, personal support and/or specific community services. Visit website for more information about services.
Location:In the patient's home or elsewhere within the community.
Staffing:Registered nurses, personal support workers, therapists, volunteers and other health care providers at the VON branches.
Hours:Mon to Fri; 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 24 hour service program is also available at some VON branches.
Application:Call local branch for more information.
Description:Wellspring is a network of community-based support centres offering programs and services that meet the emotional, social, practical and restorative needs of people living with cancer and their caregivers. Wellspring programs are offered free of charge, and include one-to-one peer support, group support activities, learned coping skills, rehabilitation programs and much more. Wellspring centres has several locations in Ontario. Visit www.wellspring.ca to learn more about the location nearest to you.
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