Bruce Power donates $75,000 to Huron Shores Hospice

A $75,000 donation from Bruce Power will help the Huron Shores Hospice committee open a one-bed residential hospice in 2017.

Huron Shores Hospice, which aims to open a centre for excellence in hospice palliative care in southern Bruce County, will open its first bed in Tiverton Park Manor this year, said Cheryl Cottrill, committee chairperson.

“The core values that will guide our decisions and actions while providing hospice palliative care, are compassion, dignity, collaboration, accountability, excellence, and respect for diversity,” she said.

The second phase of the project will be to operate a stand-alone, three-bed residential hospice in 2019-20, depending on funding from the South West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) and fund-raising, said Cottrill. Phase 3, in 2021, will incorporate a day-wellness, respite care, and on-line networks that allow patients and caregivers to ask for help from the community and acute illness care planning, dependent on community and LHIN funding.

Mike Rencheck, Bruce Power president and chief executive officer, said residential hospice care is becoming more important with the area’s aging population.

“By matching a 2016 donation to the Owen Sound hospice project, Bruce Power is extending its commitment to the people of Grey and Bruce counties, whose families may be impacted by these compassionate organizations during a difficult time in their life,” he said.

Learn more at www.huronshoreshospice.ca.



Mike Rencheck (right), president and chief executive officer of Bruce Power, presents a cheque for $75,000 to Peggy Zeppieri, treasurer of the Huron Shores Hospice committee; photo courtesy of Bruce Power