Trained hospice volunteers can provide the following alternative therapies that may help with pain relief and calming anxieties:
Volunteers provide tea and cheer to the Squamish General Hospital Oncology Clinic on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays most weeks.
Provided in collaboration with the Squamish General Hospital Auxiliary Society, Squamish General Hospital Nurses and sponsored by Mountain Maternity Physicians.
Infant Loss Kits have been made with love in an effort to provide a small layer of support during a difficult time for families.
There is bereavement support available to those that are experiencing grief from the loss of an infant. Please contact us for more information bereavement@seatoskyhospicesociety.ca
Hospice volunteers can support you with capturing your values around end of life care and planning for discussions with your family, friends and loved ones.
Hospice staff and volunteers work to support our communities with education, information and resources. Through community discussions such as Grief 101 and Advance Care Planning, individuals can find help and support in facing what can often be very difficult discussions.
Trained Staff also offer support to community organizations by providing education, resources, grief information and debriefing.
Located in the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation Sea to Sky Community Hospice, this library is filled with supportive books and resources.
To view the library online, please click on this link and use the following login information:
Name: Squamish
Password: sqhospice
To search by title, author or tag (topic) – type it in and click “Search Your Books”.
We work in collaboration with VCH teams to support patients and families at the hospice unit:
View a virtual tour of the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation Sea to Sky Community Hospice unit.
Access information about VCH Palliative Care by clicking below.
For referral and other information about the Palliative Care Unit at the Sea to Sky Community Hospice, please click below.
CancerCar was established as a transportation program for people with cancer diagnoses who required transportation to specialists in Whistler, North Shore and Vancouver. When the program was discontinued by the Canadian Cancer Society in 2015, a group of volunteers formed the Squamish Volunteer Driver Program, ensuring that CancerCar would continue to serve the Squamish community.
In 2023, in the absence of appropriate public transportation options , a second service – MediCar– was introduced to meet the transportation needs for people with non-cancer diagnoses, who are referred to medical specialists in Whistler, North Shore or Vancouver.
Since 2015, The Squamish Volunteer Driver Program has been sponsored by the Sea to Sky Hospice Society which has allowed it to continue to function in a non-profit capacity.
The Squamish Volunteer Drivers program is completely volunteer run. They rely on donations to provide driver mileage reimbursement and to cover administrative costs such as phone lines and the Driver Training\Evaluation Program.
Squamish Volunteer Drivers Dispatch phone lines
For CANCERCAR assistance call 604-390-3331
For MEDICAR assistance call 604-390-3889
Please leave a message and a dispatcher will call you to discuss your needs.
CancerCar was established as a transportation program for people with cancer diagnoses who required transportation to specialists in Whistler, North Shore and Vancouver. When the program was discontinued by the Canadian Cancer Society in 2015, a group of volunteers formed the Squamish Volunteer Driver Program, ensuring that CancerCar would continue to serve the Squamish community.
In 2023, in the absence of appropriate public transportation options , a second service – MediCar– was introduced to meet the transportation needs for people with non-cancer diagnoses, who are referred to medical specialists in Whistler, North Shore or Vancouver.
Since 2015, The Squamish Volunteer Driver Program has been sponsored by the Sea to Sky Hospice Society which has allowed it to continue to function in a non-profit capacity.
The Squamish Volunteer Drivers program is completely volunteer run. They rely on donations to provide driver mileage reimbursement and to cover administrative costs such as phone lines and the Driver Training\Evaluation Program.
Squamish Volunteer Drivers Dispatch phone lines
For CANCERCAR assistance call 604-390-3331
For MEDICAR assistance call 60-390-3889
Please leave a message and a dispatcher will call you to discuss your needs.
ADDRESS
38140 Behrner Drive
Squamish, BC V8B 0J3
PHONE
604-892-6051 ext. 5