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A network of love and support for infant loss.
Wellspring is a network of cancer support centres.
Is a support centre where cancer patients and their families can come and share their experiences, find resources and discover new ways to care for themselves and each other.
Gilda’s Club Greater Toronto is a community of free support where men, women, teens and children with cancer – along with their families and friends – can join with others to build social and emotional support as a supplement to medical care. Gilda’s Club also welcomes long-term cancer survivors and those who have lost someone to cancer.
b.r.a.i.n.child is a group of parents, family, and friends who have the common experience of caring for a child with a brain tumour or who are survivors. We are a volunteer organization providing support, education, and research funding.
Ontario Parent’s Advocating for Children with Cancer (OPACC)
Educates, Advocates, Supports and Enables families of children with cancer. Members of OPACC consist of parents, guardians, survivors or close relatives of a child/teen diagnosed with childhood cancer. OPACC has programs and supports in place to meet the needs of families of children with cancer.
A place where parents and families facing the serious illness or death of a child can retreat to reflect on the past, renew strength for the present, and build hope for the future.
Palliative Care Network provides a platform for palliative care professionals to teach, interact, and exchange ideas with fellow colleagues in places around the world where the knowledge gap is wider than the technology gap.
Palliative Care Network’s directory gives palliative care professionals worldwide access to colleagues to provide educational support.
The Mesothelioma Center is an up-to-date resource for all mesothelioma issues ranging from mesothelioma disease to diagnosis options.
http://www.asbestos.com/For female caregivers of SickKids patients (Body Blitz)
SickKids has partnered with Body Blitz Spa ( a women’s only spa). The program offers complimentary passes to mothers or other female caregivers ie. grandmothers of inpatients an opportunity to take a break from the hospital and/or to help relieve some stress by using the spa’s therapeutic water facilities.
Please visit their website http://www.bodyblitzspa.com for further information. Body Blitz is located at 471 Adelaide St West (Between Spadina and Bathurst).
To inquire about receiving a pass, contact Eva Tassis at (416)813-5758.
Perinatal hospice/palliative care programs and support
Some pioneering hospitals and hospices are starting perinatal hospice or perinatal palliative care programs for families who wish to continue their pregnancies with babies who likely will die before or shortly after birth. A perinatal hospice approach walks with these families on their journey through pregnancy, birth and death, honoring the baby as well as the baby’s family.
Pediatric Resource Commons (CHPCA)
The Pediatric Resource Commons has been created as a repository for resources related to pediatric hospice palliative and end-of-life care. Here you will find resources on a number of topics of interest to those caring for children at the end of life.