New hospice to improve care for Sunshine Coast residents
VCH and the Sunshine Coast Hospice Society announced the first dedicated hospice on the Sunshine Coast, which will feature eight beds, family meeting spaces and a sacred space and will provide end-of-life care to terminally ill patients so they can spend time with their loved ones in a quiet, home-like setting.
“The new hospice will provide palliative and supportive services for individuals and their families,” said Dr. Peter Edmunds, Senior Medical Director, Coastal Community of Care, VCH. “We are grateful for the community support and leadership shown by Sunshine Coast Hospice Society our partners in helping provide this important form of care.”
Until the new hospice is built, VCH is supporting the temporary provision of four hospice rooms at the recently opened Silverstone Care Centre, a long-term care site, in Sechelt. When ready, the new residential hospice will help improve end-of-life care for residents and their families in the community for generations to come.
“We are very pleased to be partnering with VCH to bring improved hospice care to our community,” said Ellen Adelberg, President of the Sunshine Coast Hospice Society Board of Directors. “We look forward to creating a new, purpose-designed hospice with a home-like environment, to meet the growing need for end-of-life care within our community.”
A new hospice facility in Sechelt will be owned by the Sunshine Coast Hospice Society and managed by VCH. The four temporary hospice beds at Silverstone Care Centre (shown) will continue to operate until the new hospice is ready.
VCH and the Sunshine Coast Hospice Society are developing a dedicated eight-room residential hospice for the Sunshine Coast.