Palliative Care (Island Health)

End of Life Care / Palliative Care, Home Health Care, and Legal

Provided by Island Health

Provides physical, emotional, spiritual, psychological, and practical care for palliative clients, their families, and caregivers before, during and after death.
Hospice palliative care, also called end-of-life care, includes a range of services for dying people of all ages, including children, and their families. By focusing on comfort rather than cure, the goal is to improve quality of life by providing dignity and relief. This is accomplished through various supports for both the dying individual and their family, provided by an individualized care team comprised of physicians, nurses, counsellors, Palliative Care Physicians and Nurse Consultants, and others.

How to Access
  • Physicians and clinicians, please refer to the Physician Information below for private contact information
  • Patients may speak with their primary health care professional, OR by contacting the Home and Community Health Services Intake team, as they will be able to provide information specific to each individual.
Note: Patients must meet the Home Health and Community Health Care eligibility requirements to receive services, which are:
  • Have a life-threatening illness or be facing end of life issues
  • Have a life expectancy of weeks or months rather than years
  • Understand the primary goal of care/treatment is quality of life, not cure of disease
  • Agree to the referral or to consultative support

Public email: palliative@islandhealth.ca

Website: https://www.islandhealth.ca/learn...

Referral options:

  • Physician or nurse practitioner referral
  • Community Health Services professional referral

Details: Contact the local Home & Community Health Access office (or Case Manager through Community Health Services, if applicable).

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Service area: Island Health Area + show cities

Service area cities: Alert Bay, Bamfield, Black Creek, Brentwood Bay, Campbell River, Cathedral Grove, Chemainus, Cobble Hill, Comox, Coombs, Cortes Island, Courtenay, Cumberland, Deep Bay, Denman Island, Duncan, Fanny Bay, Gabriola Island, Galiano Island, Gold River, Hornby Island, Horne Lake, Kyuquot, Ladysmith, Lake Cowichan, Langford, Lantzville, Long Beach, Mayne Island, Merville, Mill Bay, Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay, Nitinaht, North Saanich, Parksville, Pender Island, Penelakut Island, Port Alberni, Port Alice, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Quadra Island, Qualicum Beach, Quathiaski Cove, Saanich, Saanichton, Salt Spring Island, Saturna Island, Sayward, Shawnigan Lake, Sidney, Sointula, Sooke, Tahsis, Tofino, Ucluelet, and Victoria

Service Types Provided
End of Life Care / Palliative Care
Home Health Care
Legal
Ways to Access
  • Provided 1:1 in-person
  • Provided at home
  • Provided at multiple locations

The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.

Pathways does not provide medical advice. If you have an emergency please call 9-1-1. If you require assistance navigating services please call 8-1-1.

For general inquiries or for assistance, please email us:

community-services@pathwaysbc.ca

If you are requesting clinical access to medical Pathways, please provide the following information via the email above:

  1. First Name
  2. Last Name
  3. Email
  4. In which city/town do you work?
  5. What is your role? E.g. Family Physician, Office Staff, Medical Resident
  6. Employer Name (for office staff)
  7. Office Phone

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