Where We Help?
Our programs can be offered in a place of most comfort to the patient – at home, in a long-term care facility, in hospital, the An Cala Palliative Care Unit or in Hospice Cape Breton.
Care at Home
We understand the importance of proper palliative care and the importance of being at home during this time. It is a familiar and comfortable setting for the patient, their caregivers and family within which we, at the Hospice Palliative Care Society of Cape Breton County, work closely with the Palliative Care Service and volunteers to support you and your family.
The Society can provide access to programs, made possible by our generous donors, that address the personalized and customized needs of each patient, their caregiver, and family.
For information on the types of support available through the Hospice Palliative Care Society of Cape Breton County, please refer to How We Help.
Long-Term Care
Some people may be in a long-term care facility when their need for palliative care arises. This is a place where we, at the Hospice Palliative Care Society of Cape Breton County also work in cooperation with the Palliative Care Service Team and volunteers to ensure a palliative care patient, their caregivers and families have access to the programs so that a patient can live well to the end of their life.
Within long-term care the Society can provide access to programs, made possible by our generous donors, that address the personalized and customized needs of the patient, their caregivers, and family in their time of need.
For information on the types of support available through the Hospice Palliative Care Society of Cape Breton County, please refer to How We Help.
Hospital
Hospitals within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality have beds set aside to meet patient palliative care needs. Regardless of in the Cape Breton Regional Hospital, North Sydney, New Waterford or Glace Bay, the Society, through support of their donors and in partnership with the Palliative Care Service Team and volunteers, can provide access to programs that enhance the quality of life for patients with life-limiting illnesses, their caregivers, and families.
For information on the types of support available through the Hospice Palliative Care Society of Cape Breton County, please refer to How We Help.
An Cala Palliative Care Unit
The An Cala Palliative Care Unit opened in 2008. It is a nine-bed acute care unit located on the fourth floor of the Cape Breton Regional Hospital and is staffed and operated by the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s Palliative Care Service.
An Cala is Gaelic for safe harbour — and that is what is found here — a safe haven and a place of comfort. Through our donors, the Society provides Internet access, televisions, a kitchen, and family room, along with shower and laundry facilities for families who are staying with their palliative care patient. By providing the comforts of home, we help families focus on spending quality time with their family and friends.
For more information on the other types of support available through the Hospice Palliative Care Society of Cape Breton County, please refer to How We Help.
Hospice Cape Breton
Located on 6 Charles Herney Awti (Street)—adjacent to Terry Way, Mira Road, – the new Hospice Cape Breton is a home away from home where Cape Breton residents can live out their final days with support and dignity.
In addition to the ten patient rooms, the building is home to a family room, quiet room, multi-purpose room, meeting room, volunteer room, doctor’s offices, a nurse’s room, kitchen, dining room, and laundry and common spaces such as our beautiful Circle of Life Hospice Garden.
At Hospice Cape Breton, patients and families receive the specialized care of the Palliative Care Service Team and volunteers as well as having access to the many programs provided by the Hospice Palliative Care Society of Cape Breton County.
In this unique setting, community members will be surrounded with love and compassion during this important stage of life, filling the missing piece of the ongoing circle of caring we, as a Society, have been striving for.
For information on the types of support through the Hospice Palliative Care Society of Cape Breton County, please refer to How We Help or download the Hospice Cape Breton Patient and Family Guide.