Doane House Hospice

Helpful Links

Community Hospices within the Central LHIN:

Supporting individuals and their families coping with a life threatening illness and bereavement support.

• Circle of Care:
• Doane House Hospice:
• Evergreen Hospice:

• Hazel Burns Hospice:

• Hospice Georgina:
• Hope House Community Hospice:
• Hospice Vaughan:
• Jewish Hospice Program:
• Matthews House:

Residential hospices within the CHLIN:

• Hill House Hospice: 3 beds
• Dorothy Ley Hospice: 10 beds

• Matthews House Residential Hospice: 4 beds

• Margaret Bahen Hospice: 10 beds

Community Hospitals and Local Service Providers

• CCAC of York Region: Providing community based acute and long-term care services in York Region.
• MacKenzie Health: Richmond Hill, ON
• Markham Stouffville Hospital: Markham, ON
•  Palcare - PalCare is a non-medical hospice palliative care education provider funded by the Central LHIN. Delivering over 100 education sessions annually, reaching more than 2000 participants
• Southlake Regional Health Centre: Newmarket , ON

Professional Associations

• ALS Society of Ontario: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's disease. 
• Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation: A  directory of useful information and supportive resources related to breast cancer. 
• Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association: A Directory of Hospice Palliative Care Programs and Services with online resources for physicians.
• Gilda's Club: Gilda’s Club is an international network of affiliate clubhouses – non-residential, homelike meeting places where men, women and children living with cancer, as well as their friends and families, meet to learn how to live with cancer.
• Hospice Palliative Care Ontario: Hospice Palliative Care Ontario is a provincial association for hospices and palliative care providers, professionals, and volunteers throughout Ontario. We envision a future where every person and family in the province of Ontario can quickly and easily access the finest standard of hospice palliative care when required.

   

• Kidney Cancer Canada:Kidney Cancer Canada is a charitable patient-led support organization established to improve the quality of life for patients and their families living with kidney cancer.

 Resources

• Amanda the Panda: On-line grief support library for grieving children and their families.
• Anticipatory Grief: Information for Patients and Families
• Caregiver Network: A resource centre designed to help people who are caring for of elderly or ill family members or friends.
• Coping with the Loss of a Pet
• Depression in the Face of a Terminal Illness and Death
• Helping a Child Cope with Grief and Loss
• Hospice Palliative Care Ontario
• How to Create a Peaceful At-Home Hospice for Your Loved One
• How to Volunteer As a Senior Aging in Place
• Mesothelioma Hub
• The Ontario Trillium Foundation
• Saint Elizabeth Health Care: A resource centre with an electronic library of information for patients, caregivers and professionals in the field.
• Smiles 'N Hugs: A non-profit organization helping terminally ill Canadian children.

• Speak Up Ontario – Advanced Care Planning

• The Stronach Regional Cancer Centre
• Wellspring: A network of support centres for individuals with cancer and their loved ones.
• Virtual Hospice; The Canadian Virtual Hospice is an interactive network for people dealing with life-threatening illness and loss. Resources for patients, family, health care professionals and volunteers.

Local Support

• Town of Newmarket
• York Region