Hospice Care Coming to Strathroy-Caradoc
Accessing a hospice home is a special gift for someone with a life-limiting illness who is in the final stages of their disease. Hospice homes offer comfort, dignity, and a precious oppor- tunity for that person and their loved ones to share their final moments in peace. Plans are well underway to create such a home in Strathroy. The Strathroy Hospice will be a five-bed facility designed to feel as close to home as possible. It will include large, private rooms where families can gather and spaces to go outside with the option to roll a bed out if a patient wants fresh air. “Our vision is to create a beautiful, peaceful home in a rural setting where both patients and their families feel comforted,” says Tyler Damen, Chair of the Strathroy Hospice Board. “This home will provide community members from Strathroy, Middlesex County, Lambton County, and nearby areas with high-quality, compassionate care, and families will receive sup- port without the burden of travelling long distances,” adds Tyler. The journey to get to this point has involved five long years of laying the groundwork, becoming a registered charity, and obtaining approval to be a hospice organization. For Tyler, who has been at the centre of this project since the beginning, the journey also has been a personal one. “I watched my father-in-law go through the end-of-life pro- cess,” recalls Tyler. “We needed a place like this for him, but there wasn’t one. We were fortunate to own a vacant rental
house where he could receive full-time care and be surround- ed by his family.” Tyler understands most people won't have that option, high- lighting the critical need to have a dedicated hospice in the Strathroy-Caradoc community. Tyler points out that Strath- roy-Caradoc was identified by the provincial government as the largest underserved area in Ontario when it comes to hos- pice care. The Strathroy Hospice Board hopes the new hospice home will be fully operational within the three years. However, that timeline remains fluid, according to Tyler. Their next step is to raise the capital for the building, and they’ve set a fundraising goal of $5 million. The Strathroy Hospice will launch its capital campaign on Thursday, March 6 with a free event at the Caradoc Sands Golf Course. The public is invited to come meet the Board of Directors and learn about how Strathroy Hospice will provide essential end-of-life care to the community. Anyone interested in attending should register at www.strathroyhospice.com.
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