- Description
- Provides a family focused 24 hour residential hospice care and support for adults with cancer, maintaining quality of life during end of life care.
Service offers:
- end of life care for adults with cancer
- multidisciplinary approach for medical, emotional and spiritual support of patients, their families and friends
- focus on comfort and quality of life
Affiliation: Accreditation Canada, Alberta Health Services, Alberta Hospice Palliative Care Association, Association of Social Work Boards, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
Key Provider: chaplains, physicians, registered nurses, specialized childhood grief counsellors, specialized grief & bereavement counsellors, specialized personal care attendants - Eligibility
- Yes, Service targeted to:
- adult cancer patients
- patients who have discontinued active, curative treatment
- patients seeking end-of-life care with a focus on comfort treatment
- Application Process
- Service Access: Professional Referral Required, To access service:
- patient evaluation and referral to the hospice wait list is through the palliative care teams in hospital or home care programs
- visit the Alberta Health Services website about the referral process
Referral Process: No
Waiting Period: Yes,Wait times vary. Admission based on bed availability. Wait lists managed through Alberta Health Services.
- Telephone
- 403-284-5195 (24 hour)
- Web Site
- http://www.hospicecalgary.ca
- info@hospicecalgary.ca
- Languages
- English; Interpreters / Translators
- Fees
- Fee: Yes,
Patients / families are responsible for 30% of the cost of their medications. There is no cost for the patient to stay at the Rosedale Hospice.
Fee Reduction: No
Membership Fee: No - Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: Yes -
Other disabled access: No - - Topic(s)
- Agency Information
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- Last Verified On
- September 26, 2023
- Address
- 920 7A Street NW
Calgary, AB, T2M 3J3
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
- 24/7
