With thanks for the wonderful services you provide to our community.

I just finished the group bereavement sessions and had the one on one sessions before that. Congratulation to your organization for providing these much-needed services.

The care giving courses I took (1 in person and one on Zoom) were extremely beneficial.  Zoom was great as I could not have been able to attend in person. Thank you.

Everyone has been wonderful – Sidney, Sarah, my volunteer. My volunteer is outstanding. I look forward to our weekly get togethers.

I have thanked our Visiting Volunteer and Coordinator personally many times. Sidney is the best! Fantastic resource and support saved my wife’s life at one point.

Thank you so much, Jan, for coordinating the Caregiver’s course which I felt very fortunate to have participated in this past month. I found it superb — very thorough and informative and delivered so very well by Ruth, Nancy, Sidney and Katrina. What a marvellous program you’ve put together and how thoughtful of you to finish the experience by gifting us with an adorable comfort bird. Thank you very much.

Thank you so much for offering the course to Caregivers this fall. It offered many good tips and support for those of us going through difficult times.

Caregiver support — someone who understands my needs and was able to listen and offer solutions. The nurse is an excellent listener and knows when to speak and when to listen.

The support we received was exceptional. We would like to pass on that Sidney is absolutely wonderful. Her caring, expertise, advice, knowledge and support that she gave us was beyond what we expected. She took the time to explain things and to offer ideas for solutions. Hospice Lanark should be proud to have her as a staff person and hope that she is valued. She is certainly an asset to your company and to the community and we are certainly promoting your service to everyone that we talk to.

Sidney did an excellent job of intake followed by Emily who has been amazing. The volunteer she selected for my sister was excellent. This is an extremely well-run program which is badly needed in our community.

Thank you, Emily – you are excellent. 

Coordinator was great – a good listener – kind – calm – able to navigate difficult subjects. 

She offered gentle support and thoughtful reflections to us as a group, and individually. She provided us with factual and spiritual literature, in a way that enabled us to process death in our own way.

Sydney encouraged quiet discussions, answered every question, and most importantly, was an active listener.

I feel that because of Sydney’s time with us, I became more knowledgeable, and even enlightened about the beauty of the end of life journey.

Thank you Sydney,
the Duncan family

I was fortunate to participate in an eight-week session on Grief Support offered by Home Hospice North Lanark last spring with two instructors. It was offered free of charge and each session was two hours.

Each session had a focus and each of the participants had an opportunity to answer each question and/or topic. We also received some resources, which helped us to understand what we were going through as we grieved.

As soon as I saw it, I signed up, knowing that I had a lot to learn and working with a group and the instructors, would be more helpful than trying to figure things out on my own.

Each week the instructors got us talking about how we were doing and each of the participants had an opportunity to contribute. Over the course of eight weeks we got to know each other and we were always supportive of each other. We were ‘there’ for each other. I think that was the best part of being in the group.

What helped me the most was the information shared by our instructors, talking about my experience, and the suggestions offered by the instructors. At the end of the eight weeks, I wasn’t the same person. I was better prepared to deal with my grief.

Thank you Home Hospice North Lanark.

On behalf of our friend, we thank HHNL …for their generous gift of time and spirit. Their presence was a comfort to our friend in the last phase of her life’s journey and we welcomed the respite you provided us. We are so fortunate to have this service available in our community.

I lost my spouse 1 ½ years ago rather unexpectedly. Our children were totally independent and raising their own so the only responsibilities I had was myself.

A member who had helped organize the local bereavement Hospice program called and sincerely gave her condolences, then invited me to attend their program.

I decided to give it a try which was one of the best decisions I’ve made. It was a very soothing program with well trained and compassionate leaders. There were just 5 of us in the gathering. No one was expected to participate if they were having an emotional flash back – but sit back and listen. We learned that we were all dealing with a lot of the same situations and feelings.

Our leader had a very calming and knowledgeable disposition which helped relax us on our first gathering and this comforted us.

At each meeting we were given great ideas and suggestions of how to deal with our loneliness and emotional pain. As we built a bond between us and became friends we felt free to express our most intimate feelings and emotions. There were plenty of tears shed during our open conversations — what a wonderful outlet.

There was valuable information given on healthy diets, vitamins that would nurture our bodies and minds (to ward off depression) and breathing exercises and support were given to help us deal with our bad days.

I’m most grateful to these lovely people and volunteers that gave of their time, knowledge and support. The experience was most beneficial and appreciated. I genuinely would recommend our local Bereavement program to anyone who has lost a loved one.

Our group of 5 remain very close and trusted friends that meet twice a month to share our new stresses and problems that continue to pop up.

Thanks for all the compassionate care!

Your dedication and passion to help people is second to none!

We … used the hospice service this year for my dad and we were impressed with their care, information given and follow up!