{"id":5825,"date":"2014-06-05T03:12:16","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T10:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5825"},"modified":"2018-03-05T21:46:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T05:46:23","slug":"west-island-palliative-care-residence-clarifies-care-it-offers-following-passage-of-quebecs-end-of-life-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5825","title":{"rendered":"West Island Palliative Care Residence clarifies care it offers following passage of Quebec\u2019s end-of-life legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 align=\"LEFT\">Hospice statement 5 June following passage of euthansia law in Quebec<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Will continue to provide care and comfort to terminally ill but will NOT act to hasten natural process of death<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For immediate release<\/p>\n<p><strong> KIRKLAND, Quebec \u2013 June 5, 2014 <\/strong> \u2013 In light of the passage today by the National Assembly of new Quebec end-of-life legislation, the West Island Palliative Care Residence wishes to clarify that the new legislation will not change in any way the services it provides to terminally ill patients.<\/p>\n<p>The Residence will continue to act in the way it always has \u2013 to provide the best possible care and comfort, including symptom relief to the dying but without taking any actions that hasten the natural process of death.<\/p>\n<p>The new Quebec legislation permits, under certain conditions, Quebec health institutions and health professionals to provide \u201cmedical aid in dying\u201d \u2013 the administration of drugs or other actions to intentionally cause the death of a patient. The legislation also permits any health professional as well as \u201cpalliative care hospices,\u201d of which the West Island Palliative Care Residence is one, the option to choose not to do so, provided patients are informed that this is the case.<\/p>\n<p>The West Island Palliative Care Residence has chosen to exercise this option and to make no change to the type and methods of care it delivers, meaning it will not take actions that intentionally cause a patient\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal of good palliative care is never to hasten the end of life,\u201d said Teresa Dellar, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Residence. \u201cWe make the last days of life as comfortable and pain-free as possible so patients can live them in the best possible manner.\u201d In fact, she noted, good palliative care from early on in a terminal illness has been shown in clinical studies to both extend patients\u2019 lives and improve their quality of life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we as a society are going to offer more choices to patients at the end of life, as this legislation does, then we must ensure one of those choices is ready access to high-quality palliative care in the patient\u2019s community, as we offer at our Residence,\u201d continued Ms. Dellar. \u201cIf quality palliative care is available, few will choose to end their lives prematurely. We can\u2019t allow the premature ending of lives to become a substitute for our responsibility to provide compassionate care and symptom relief at the end of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The West Island Palliative Care Residence will be changing its application forms and information for patients and families to comply with the new legislation and make it clear to them that the Residence will not provide the intentional end-of-life services now permitted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About palliative care<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Palliative care does not hasten death \u2013 as do euthanasia and assisted suicide \u2013 but ensures it is as comfortable, dignified and pain-free as possible. It is a conservative estimate that palliative care could be useful in more than half of Canadian deaths, or more than 125,000 patients per year. As proportionately fewer Canadians die suddenly or quickly from accidents or acute illnesses, more face end of life with chronic illnesses or diseases such as cancer that can extend over a relatively long period of time. Many dying patients end up in hospital ERs during the last weeks of life, an indicator of poor-quality end-of-life care and a very expensive and unsatisfactory alternative to palliative care.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the West Island Palliative Care Residence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The West Island Palliative Care Residence is an independent, community-based, non-profit institution, accredited by the Quebec government to provide end-of-life palliative care services to residents of the West Island of Montreal. The Residence allows terminally ill patients to die in comfort and with dignity in a warm, home-like environment, close to their family, and in their community. It is not part of or affiliated with any hospital or health institution and services are provided without charge. The Residence has 23 beds in two pavilions, making it the largest freestanding palliative care residence in Canada. Since opening in 2002, the Residence has welcomed more than 2,500 patients in the final stages of ALS, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular disease and cancer, as well as 10,000 of their family members. To learn more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wipcr.ca\/\">ww.wipcr.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information:<\/strong><br \/>\nJoanne Myers, Director of Development<br \/>\nTel.: 514 693-1718, ext. 234<br \/>\nMobile: 514 978-0793<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hospice statement 5 June following passage of euthansia law in Quebec Will continue to provide care and comfort to terminally ill but will NOT act to hasten natural process of death For immediate release KIRKLAND, Quebec \u2013 June 5, 2014 \u2013 In light of the passage today by the National Assembly of new Quebec end-of-life &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5825\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;West Island Palliative Care Residence clarifies care it offers following passage of Quebec\u2019s end-of-life legislation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,162,10],"tags":[269,410,1721],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-euthanasia","category-news-releases","tag-palliative-care","tag-quebec","tag-west-island-palliative-care-residence"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>West Island Palliative Care Residence clarifies care it offers following passage of Quebec\u2019s end-of-life legislation - 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