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| Midwinter Meeting 2016 President's Report.docx |
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| Diocesan Priorities 2015 - 2017.docx |
| Letter to Premier Notley re. Right to Quality End of Life Care .docx |
Fall Meeting: Olds October 1st
St. Stephen’s Church, 4302 - 57 Avenue
To register please contact Carol Hudec 403-638-4089 or e-mail her at jchudec@telus.net
The Fall Meeting is open to all members in the Diocese and we especially encourage CWL Parish Council Presidents or their designate to attend this Diocesan Executive Meeting. We are beginning the day slightly later to allow travel time for those of you who have a greater distance in order to join us. We so look forward to having as many of you as possible be there with us! Guest speakers include the topic of Hospice & Palliative Care as well as Catholic Christian Outreach Ministries Speaker, "Tammy Stankievech. Tammy is an elementary teacher in Central Alberta and has a background in youth ministry through many years working at Our Lady of Victory Camp. After completing her first two years of teaching, she answered God's call to serve as a missionary with Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO). Tammy relocated to Ottawa, ON and worked as a missionary at CCO's National Headquarters last year. She is eager to share about her time with CCO and how we are all called to mission in different ways, the topic for her presentation in the morning of our gathering.
Olds & District Hospice Society began by someone in our faith community asking the question; ‘What is a good death?’ With the experiences of the four people that this question was posed to, began an exploration of Hospice Palliative Care and the possibility it could be available in a better way in our small community. We discovered that it was important for those with a terminal illness in our rural community to stay close to their families and support systems as they walk through the days of end of life. While the desire for a Hospice in our community was a preference, we discovered that hospice palliative care is bigger than a building and can be offered where ever the person may be. We have worked hard over the last nine years with amazing support from our Community to achieve many milestones. We have developed a Model of Care that addresses the gaps we had discovered through our investigations, and this includes volunteer support in the home. We have opened two hospice suites within a new supportive living facility in our community in collaboration with Alberta Health Services and the private contractor. This model is unique in Alberta from what we have been told. We have trained over 60 volunteers and supported close to 140 families in their palliative journey and with our bereavement program in the last five years. We have connected with provincial organizations and with twelve communities across Alberta to offer our support as they move to build programs in their communities.
In addition to the two keynote speakers, the workshop offered will be about the new national annual digital reporting system .
St. Stephen’s Church, 4302 - 57 Avenue
To register please contact Carol Hudec 403-638-4089 or e-mail her at jchudec@telus.net
The Fall Meeting is open to all members in the Diocese and we especially encourage CWL Parish Council Presidents or their designate to attend this Diocesan Executive Meeting. We are beginning the day slightly later to allow travel time for those of you who have a greater distance in order to join us. We so look forward to having as many of you as possible be there with us! Guest speakers include the topic of Hospice & Palliative Care as well as Catholic Christian Outreach Ministries Speaker, "Tammy Stankievech. Tammy is an elementary teacher in Central Alberta and has a background in youth ministry through many years working at Our Lady of Victory Camp. After completing her first two years of teaching, she answered God's call to serve as a missionary with Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO). Tammy relocated to Ottawa, ON and worked as a missionary at CCO's National Headquarters last year. She is eager to share about her time with CCO and how we are all called to mission in different ways, the topic for her presentation in the morning of our gathering.
Olds & District Hospice Society began by someone in our faith community asking the question; ‘What is a good death?’ With the experiences of the four people that this question was posed to, began an exploration of Hospice Palliative Care and the possibility it could be available in a better way in our small community. We discovered that it was important for those with a terminal illness in our rural community to stay close to their families and support systems as they walk through the days of end of life. While the desire for a Hospice in our community was a preference, we discovered that hospice palliative care is bigger than a building and can be offered where ever the person may be. We have worked hard over the last nine years with amazing support from our Community to achieve many milestones. We have developed a Model of Care that addresses the gaps we had discovered through our investigations, and this includes volunteer support in the home. We have opened two hospice suites within a new supportive living facility in our community in collaboration with Alberta Health Services and the private contractor. This model is unique in Alberta from what we have been told. We have trained over 60 volunteers and supported close to 140 families in their palliative journey and with our bereavement program in the last five years. We have connected with provincial organizations and with twelve communities across Alberta to offer our support as they move to build programs in their communities.
In addition to the two keynote speakers, the workshop offered will be about the new national annual digital reporting system .
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