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What nursing means to me By JULIAN SEMCZYSZYN Pete Ryan Illustration, Source Pete Ryan REGISTERED NURSE JOURNAL BEST PRACTICE SPOTLIGHT ORGANIZATION® (BPSO®) Source: https://rnj.rnao.ca/in-the-end/julian-semczyszyn To me, nursing is a beautiful mosaic of art, science and intent. As nurses, we strive to find the harmony between mental, physical and spiritual…

A post from our CEO Rauni Salminen As a special hockey tournament event held this past weekend to honour the short life of Baby Grace and remember the children who left us too soon, I came away from the ice rink, overwhelmed by the kindness and empathy of the human…

The Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care / Emily’s House children’s hospice was first introduced to Obed Jean-Jacques in 2019, when he began fundraising for our children’s hospice programs. His Funday Monday promotional online trivia quizzes raised $5,000 to $10,000 per year for our charity, as well as awareness, introducing…

🏰✨ Our Emily’s House March break camp was a blast! From medieval trivia to jousting, bingo to our own version of the amazing race, and walks, the kids had a blast. It’s heartwarming to see them bond and enjoy pure joy. Plus, we enjoyed walks to @copsdonuts for some sweet…

Thank you to Mount Pleasant Group for our annual pancake breakfast to share updates from Emily’s House children’s hospice! We celebrated this Community Partner and “kicked off” their team recruitment and employee fundraising for Hike for Hospice 2024. Since 2014, this group has donated and raised a total of over…

March is Music Therapy Awareness Month, and at Emily’ House children’s hospice and the Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care, we are proud to have Music Therapy be an important role on our team. In 2022/2023, Emily’ House and the Philip Aziz Centre held 515 Music Therapy sessions in-hospice and…

“It’s hard for one person to take of all these responsibilities….” Meet Guneet. She cares for her grandmother who has multiple illnesses that are ongoing and long lasting. Palliative care helped improve her grandmother’s health and quality of life. “They sent me home with a box that said ‘End…

Our Community Outreach efforts continued with a Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care (PAC) presentation to a community of seniors in their condominium community in January. There were 22 attendees, plus one PAC Volunteer, and one dog, who listened, shared, asked, engaged, cried, and left with lots of knowledge and…

“I would like to send my compliments for a PAC Community Program Client Care Coordinator. Sarah has been an integral part of our palliative team, always prompt to respond to our patients’ needs, and works so collaboratively with our team. I am writing to highlight a recent event where she…

Photos are in from the Emily’s House Family Holiday Party December 2023. At Emily’s House, our children, siblings and families enjoyed many festive activities, gifts, selected specifically for them, crafts and games, including pin the nose on the reindeer. For one craft, they took a winter themed photo of their…

When Melissa visited Emily’s House in December to drop off some gift donations, I noticed she was wearing a Dimples thumbprint charm from our Emily’s House Legacy Work Program. She wears baby Ethan’s fingerprint every day and keeps him close in her heart. What an amazing smile!!! Emily’s House Legacy…

Thank you to FRANK LEO & ASSOCIATES for their best gift drive ever!  This year, they raised $18,024, plus $330 in gift cards, and five large SUVs full of toys and gifts for our children and families. Watch video highlights from the gift delivery: Ten representatives of FRANK LEO &…