Olds & District Hospice Society
Charity Number 835177403RR0001
Olds & District Hospice Society is a Health Organization Charity located in Olds, AB
To provide quality, compassionate care in a home like setting for those facing death by offering physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual and educational support to individuals, their families and community at the end of life and during bereavement.
1. Contact Base
The Olds & District Hospice Society is a point of contact. We can meet where is convenient for you or in our office. Telephone calls are answered within 24 hours.
2. Information Base
Navigating through the health care system can be exhausting. Who do I look to? Where do I find help? What is going to happen next? We can help!
3. Volunteers:
Olds & District Hospice Society offers trained volunteers:
* for respite care
* for support in home or facility
* to assist with transportation
* to run errands
* for companionship
* to be whatever you need us to be
4. Bereavement Support
O&DHS provides individual and group support.
5. Communication / Advocacy
* for individuals and their families and friends; journeying with them in whatever support they need,
* supporting other communities launching similar initiatives,
* maintaining regular contact with many levels of government to partner in “sharing the care”.
6. The Suites
Our suites provide the option for people facing a palliative journey to remain in our community in a home-like setting when staying in their own home is not an option. Located in an assisted living facility in Olds, these suites are offered for respite or to end of life.
7. NavCARE support
Nav-CARE’s specially trained volunteer navigators help improve the lives of people living with chronic/terminal illness by creating connections to community services and resources and providing caring, compassionate emotional and social support.
Nav-CARE stands for Navigating and Connecting, Accessing, Resourcing and Engaging
In January of 2023, the O&DHS absorbed the Nu2U Thrift store as part of their operations and in February, 2023 the Society hired their first ever Nu2U Supervisor. The Society now has 4 staff members, and 110 volunteers. In 2022 we logged over 2100 volunteer hours with clients. All O&DHS supports are free of charge.
Services Provided by Olds & District Hospice Society (Olds & District Hospice Society)
O & DHS provides support to individuals, their family & friends, who are facing end-of-life. We provide a contact & information, coordinated volunteer training & support, bereavement support and education/advocacy for improved palliative care to our community, province & country. We provide support for two hospice suites in partnership with an assisted living facility in Olds. In 2016 calendar year, O & DHS supported 55 individuals & their families. We support & coordinate 58 volunteers, 36 of whom have received volunteer palliative care training from AB. Health Services. We logged over 1600 volunteer hours with clients. All O & DHS supports are offered free of charge.
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