Airdrie & District Hospice Society

Today is World Hospice Palliative Care Day. The Airdrie & District Hospice Society believes individuals coping with a life-threatening illness in Airdrie and the surrounding rural area should have access to palliative and hospice care closer to home. We urge you to call or email your MLA and your MP to advocate with us. https://www.airdriehospice.ca/

This is National Children's Hospice Palliative Care Day. The Airdrie & District Hospice Society is helping to raise awareness about the challenges faced by children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Visit our website to learn more about what we offer in Airdrie and the surrounding rural district: https://www.airdriehospice.ca/.

The Airdrie & District Hospice Society recognizes Canada's first observance of National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. Today we honour the lost children and Survivors of residential schools, their families and communities. We encourage everyone to attend the special Reconciliation events planned later today in Nose Creek Park and support the Circle for Indigenous Relations, Airdrie & Area in their efforts.

If you have recently lost your spouse or partner and are faced with cooking for just yourself, the Airdrie & District Hospice Society and the Airdrie Food Bank invite you to join us for four evenings in October. "Cooking For One After a Loss" is a free online program Wednesdays from 6:30 to 7:30 pm, October 6th to 27th. It will provide you with healthy meal options so you don't slide into the junk-food-and-a-glass-of-wine habit. Register by calling 403-880-0424 or email [email protected]. Visit https://www.airdriehospice.ca/ to learn more about what the Airdrie & District Hospice Society offers.

Cooking for yourself after a loss can be a tough assignment. Why bother for only one person? The Airdrie & District Hospice Society in partnership with the Airdrie Food Bank is offering a free online program to provide those who've recently experienced the death of a loved one with some healthy meal options. Consider participating in four Wednesday evening workshops from 6:30 to 7:30 pm from October 6th to the 27th. To register, email [email protected] or call 403-880-0424.

The Airdrie & District Hospice Society's fall Grief Support Program runs Thursdays from 6:30 to 8 pm starting this week on September 30th and ending on November 18th. If you have recently suffered the death of someone you love, please consider participating in this free online program. Small groups are facilitated by a trained volunteer using Alberta Health Services' program developed in Calgary by Bob Glasgow. To register, call 403-880-0424 or email [email protected]. Visit our website to learn more about what we do: https://www.airdriehospice.ca/.

The Airdrie & District Hospice Society's free online Grief Support Program for children between 12 and 14 years of age begins this Wednesday, September 29th and runs until December 15th. Small group sessions run from 6:30 to 7:30 pm facilitated by our trained volunteers. To register or for more information, call 403-880-0424 or email [email protected]. The Airdrie & District Hospice Society supports individuals and families coping with life-limiting illness, death, and the loss of a loved one. We serve Airdrie and the surrounding rural area. Visit us at https://www.airdriehospice.ca/.

Have you recently lost someone you love? Consider participating in a Grief Support Program with others coping with loss. Small group sessions online are facilitated by trained volunteers with the Airdrie & District Hospice Society. For more information and to register, email [email protected] or phone 403-880-0424. Visit our website to learn more about the free services and programs we offer to Airdrie and the surrounding rural area: https://www.airdriehospice.ca/.

The Airdrie & District Hospice Society is offering a free online Grief Support Program for children aged 12, 13 and 14 on Wednesday evenings beginning September 29th and winding up on December 15th. Please note a time change from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Trained volunteers will be using Rainbows for All Children Canada's Spectrum Level 1 units. Space is limited as groups are small. To register call 403-880-0424 or email [email protected]. Visit the ADHS website at https://www.airdriehospice.ca/ to learn more about what we do.

The Airdrie & District Hospice Society is pleased to be partnering with the Airdrie Food Bank to present four cooking classes for those adjusting to living alone. "Cooking For One After a Loss" provides participants with healthy meal suggestions and cooking techniques for dining on your own. This is a free online program running on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 7:30 pm, October 5th to the 27th. To register, email [email protected] or call 403-880-0424. Visit https://www.airdriehospice.ca/to learn more about this and other services and programs offered by ADHS .

Airdrie & District Hospice Society still has some openings for our free online Grief Support Program this fall. Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 8 pm, join others who have also recently lost a loved one in these small group sessions. This program beings on September 30th and runs until November 18th For more infromation or to register, call 403-880-0424 or visit us at https://www.airdriehospice.ca/.

Airdrie & District Hospice Society is offering a free online Grief Support Program for 12 to 14-year-olds who've recently experienced the death of a loved one. Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30 PM September 29th to December 15th. Parental permission is required. To register call 403-880-0420 or visit https://www.airdriehospice.ca/.

We are offering a free online grief support program for teens 14-16 years old. Teens will meet in a small group on zoom with a trained facilitator every Tuesday from 6 - 7 pm from March 16 - June 1 where they will learn healthy strategies to help them cope with their grief. To register or learn more call 403-880-0424 or email [email protected]. Parental permission is required.

Thank you Keith Wilkinson for stopping by with the auction check from 100 Airdrie Men Who Give A Damn. We will put it to good use, for our upcoming grief programs.

We would like to send a HUGE thank you to everyone who took part in Humour for Hospice and our Online Silent Auction. These events were a big success and so much fun! Most importantly, the proceeds will help us in our efforts to bring hospice beds to service clients in Airdrie and the surround areas. Thank you all!

Happy Valentine's Day! If you are planning to stay in tonight, why not attend Hunour for Hospice on zoom with the hilarious Jebb Fink? Tickets are just $25 and are on sale until 6:30pm!

Last chance to get your bids in for some amazing items! Our auction ends at 8:30pm tonight!

Just a little over 3 days left for our online auction. Don't miss out on some incredible deals, including this lovely gift from A Friend Indeed.

Did you know a good belly laugh is considered exercise? Get your exercise in and lift your spirits on February 14th!

Got a mess? Lathered - Airdrie & Calgary has you covered. Bid on 5 hours of their cleaning services from our online silent auction. And be sure to check out all the other great items we have available too: givergy.ca/airdriehospice Proceeds from the auction will be directed towards equipping Airdrie with future hospice beds for patients in Airdrie and the surrounding area to keep palliative care patients close to home.

Get a laugh and give hope at Humour for Hospice with Jebb Fink on Feb. 14 at 7pm. $25/ticket at bit.ly/3iQpZrM. All proceeds benefit Airdrie and District Hospice Society.

Many amazing deals still available to snatch up in our online auction! Visit givergy.ca/airdriehospice to get your bids in.

Holidays can be such a difficult time for people experiencing grief due to the loss of a loved one, especially if it’s the first year without that family member or friend.

Every year in Airdrie, the Tree of Hope is lit in memory of those we have lost and to offer support to those in need. It is a symbol of hope for those who are grieving. For the past 7 years, the Tree of Hope has been lit during a community service at the opening of the Airdrie Festival of Lights. This year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the tree was lit in a virtual service and we have created this video to offer comfort to our community as we remember our loved ones and offer hope to one another at a distance. We are still accepting pledges until the end of December. Visit bit.ly/3njTHXw to make a memorial gift and be sure to include your loved one’s name in the appropriate field. Your loved one’s name will be added to the the virtual Tree of Hope at www.airdriehospice.ca/tree-of-hope-2020 within a few days.

Helping children grieve #airdriehospice #childrensgriefawareness

The first year is not always the hardest. Join our grief support group January 7 www.airdriehospice.ca

We remember #CanadaRemembers

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing many of us to change the way we go about our daily lives. With those changes, some of us are experiencing a wave of losses: economic, social, physical and emotional. For some, these losses may build up and lead to feelings of grief. Why is it important to accept and allow these feelings? Only by acknowledging the grief we’re going through can we take steps to heal.

Each teen’s grieving experience is unique. Grieving is a different experience for each person. Teens grieve for different lengths of time and express a wide spectrum of emotions. Grief is best understood as a process in which bodily sensations, emotions, thoughts, and behaviors surface in response to the death, its circumstances, the past relationship with the deceased and the realization of the future without the person. For example, sadness and crying may be an expression of grief for one teen, while another may respond with humor and laughter.

You may be grieving and not even know it Disenfranchised Grief.....@airdriehospice

November is National Hospice & Palliative Care Month, a time to celebrate the kind of care that helps patients and family caregivers find comfort, respect, and support when they are needed most. www.airdriehospice.ca

I love creativity look at this tree that was decorated in Memory Of a Loved One

Teen grief support - free registration, confidential, virtual program, 1 hour after school meetings. Supporting grieving teens.

This may sound familiar to many....Ambiguous grief happens when something or someone profoundly changes or disappears. #Grief #airdrie