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Ruby Laughren: Companion of Hospice Award
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Ruby Laughren has dedicated her life to caring for others. A registered nurse, she worked in Geriatrics at Deer Lodge Centre for twenty-one years and, following her retirement, began volunteering with Hospice Palliative Care Manitoba – a resource that she had accessed numerous times for staff and families...
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Jane Claxton-Oldfield: The First Recipient of the Honourable Sharon Carstairs Volunteer Scholarship
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Take a bow Jane! Jane Claxton-Oldfield was awarded the first Honorable Sharon Carstairs Volunteer Scholarship at the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Conference this past month. Jane has been a long time volunteer in hospice palliative care, and we were pleased to award her with this scholarship! As...
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Mary Lou Kelley: CHPCA Award of Excellence 2011 Recipient
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The Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) announced at its annual conference last Friday evening in St. John’s Newfoundland, that Dr. Mary Lou Kelley is the recipient of the 2011 Award of Excellence in Hospice Palliative Care. Dr. Kelley is a pioneering and dedicated professor of social...
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Fred Nelson: CHPCA Award of Excellence
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Congratulations to Fred Nelson , Social Worker with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and Canadian Virtual Hospice for receiving the 2010 Award of Excellence from the Canadian Hospice and Palliative Care Association. Fred’s commitment, volunteerism, and leadership to hospice palliative care delivery...
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Vi Roy: ‘Good-hearted woman’ honoured for palliative care work
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Photo: Vi Roy (left) pictured with Warmhearts client services co-ordinator Madeleine Sauve. Photo by Heidi Ulrichsen Warmhearts Palliative Caregivers Sudbury/Manitoulin volunteer Vi Roy said family members often ask her where she gets the emotional strength to spend time with those in the last stages...
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Margaret Duncan: Supporting palliative care patients
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Margaret Duncan: Supporting palliative care patients With a kind heart and helping hands, Margaret Duncan has been showing support for palliative care patients and their families at Welland hospital for the past 10 years. "When we come here, our purpose is to give comfort to the patient, to be here...
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Dr. Gerry Farrell: Innovator, Leader
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Gerry was born and grew up in Marystown, Newfoundland. After completing high school he trained as an X-Ray technologist and went to work in Botwood, NL, where he came under the influence of Dr. Hugh Twomey, a legendary general practitioner in NL at that time. Dr. Twomey was a mentor to Gerry and encouraged...
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Hospice Palliative Care Manitoba HPCM: Conference Congratulations!
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From October 18 to October 21, during the 2009 Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Conference in Winnipeg, HPCM coordinated a large group of extremely dedicated, enthusiastic volunteers who assembled conference tote bags and delivered them to the Conference site, staffed both the registration and information...
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Laurie Anne O'Brien, RN, BN, CHPCN (C): Retirement
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On December 31, 2011 our colleague, mentor and friend Laurie Anne O’Brien retired after a nursing career of over 38 years. On this occasion of her retirement, we would like to share with you all some of the many highlights of Laurie Anne’s wonderful career. After only two years as a staff nurse at St.
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Dr. John Seely: A tribute to his impact on Canadian Medicine & Palliative Care
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We the family, friends and colleagues of John Seely wish to celebrate his life and work; that is, from the Latin celebrātus , ‘to observe publicly and duly’ a person who has helped to shape our lives and has enriched us beyond measure in the process. John is a medical graduate of McGill University and...
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