Near North Palliative Care Network - Hospice West Parry Sound

6 Albert Street, 1st Floor, Room 1432

Parry Sound, ON P2A 3A4

Telephone: 705-746-4540 ext 1416

Website: www.parrysoundhospice.ca

Email: hwps@vianet.ca

This program serves clients with a terminal illness, caregivers and the bereaved in Nipissing District (North Bay, Corbeil, Rutherglen, Mattawa, Redbridge, Warren, Verner, Cache Bay, Sturgeon Falls and Garden Village) and of the West Parry Sound District (South River, Callander, Powassan, Trout Creek, Port Loring, Nipissing Village, Restoule).

Services provided are:

• Volunteer care teams
• Emotional support
• Personal comfort measures
• Respite relief for primary caregivers
• Alternative therapies (Therapeutic Touch)
• Spiritual support
• Care in home, institution and long-term care facilities
• Bereavement and grief support
• Bereavement education and training with related agencies
• Coordinate and work with other serives
• Living wills and advance directives