Hospice Palliative Care 

12/26/06

Hospice care helps people with life-threatening illness live at home as comfortably and as fully as possible. The focus is on caring, not curing; on life, not death. Hospice care also extends to family members by helping them to care for their loved one and to care for themselves during times of grief.

Hospice Peterborough serves people of all ages in the City and County of Peterborough who are living with cancer or other advanced illnesses or grief.

Services include professional support, volunteer support, various support groups and our lending library.  Client care staff co-ordinate the provision of these services and link clients to related community services when appropriate.

Hospice volunteers are 'the hands and the heart' of Hospice, and provide companionship, emotional support, and practical assistance to those who request this support.

Hospice services are free of charge

Click on any one of the titles below for more
information on that topic.

• Caregiver Support

• Support Groups

• Professional Services

• Resource Library

• What can a Hospice Volunteer do for me?
  

  There is no cost for this service. For more information, call 742-4042
and ask for a client care coordinator.