{"id":219,"date":"2015-02-18T19:51:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T19:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/index.php\/2015\/02\/18\/wipcr-offers-dignity-and-compassion\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:40:36","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:40:36","slug":"wipcr-offers-dignity-and-compassion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2015\/02\/18\/wipcr-offers-dignity-and-compassion\/","title":{"rendered":"WIPCR offers dignity and compassion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>By Rhonda Massad<\/b><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesuburban.com\/\">www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Suburban caught up with Niech\u2019Elle-Simone Skeete while she was volunteering at the West Island Palliative Care Residence\u2019s annual Valentine\u2019s gala last Friday night. Skeete\u2019s mom lived out her final days at the WIPCR in late January. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer transition was peaceful thanks to the residence,\u201d Skeete told <i>The Suburban. <br \/><\/i>According to 23-year-old Concordia University graduate, Skeete\u2019s mother was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer that had spread to her brain just a few days before Christmas in 2013. Within five weeks she was gone. She spent about nine days at the residence where she was made very comfortable. <\/p>\n<p>She was treated in two hospitals where we had limited resources,\u201d Skeete explained, \u201cher end of life experience at the centre was a completely different experience. Someone was with her 24\/7, either a nurse or a patient care volunteer. There was always a doctor there to answer any questions we had.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as we got there we could see a difference in her demeanour and that made it easier for me.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the residence we had access to social workers,\u201d Skeete continued, \u201cI was 20 and my sister was 26 and we needed help. We were both in school and it was hard for us to continue. We got a lot of support from the residence that was not available before we got there.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>WIPCR annual Valentine\u2019s Day gala netted more than $440,000 with more than 500 guests joining the festivities at Chateau Vaudreuil. <\/p>\n<p>The West Island Palliative Care Residence is a non-profit institution, accredited by the Quebec government to provide palliative care health services. 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