ABOUT US
ABOUT US
The Near North Palliative Care Network (NNPCN) is the Volunteer Visiting Hospice of Nipissing/Parry Sound Districts. NNPCN is a registered charity providing one-stop, face-to-face and online Volunteer Visiting Hospice Community Services. All services are free of charge. Main Office in North Bay, ON. Satellite Teams in Sturgeon Falls (West Nipissing), Mattawa and Area and Sundridge (Almaguin).
Charitable Organization. B.N.: 892020884RR0001. Registration Date: 1995 April 01
$300K+/year, partially funded by the NE LHIN, the financial arm of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care in Ontario, Canada. 10+ working Board Directors, 4+ staff, 4+ contracted outsources, 10+ Key Volunteer Leads, 20+ placements/year, 48+ key team players/year, 100+ trainees/volunteers in several locations, average of 2,500 clients/year. Nipissing District: 144,000 people, 15,313 km2. Parry Sound District: 42,162 people, 9,322.80 km2.
Since 1987, NNPCN has worked with direct referrals from the community and healthcare partners.
Since March 14th, 2020, due to the pandemic, we updated our services, policies and procedures, intake and assessment forms to serve our community better and more.
All services are accessible to clients. NNPCN is committed to ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. We are committed to treating people with disabilities in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence. We believe in integration and we are committed to meeting the needs of people with disabilities in a timely manner. We will do so by removing and preventing barriers to accessibility and meeting our accessibility requirements under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and Ontario’s accessibility laws.
The number of clients served by our Volunteers is doubling exponentially from year to year.
All stakeholders are welcome to refer clients to NNPCN. We offer Friendly Visits to combat social isolation among seniors lacking social support, living independently in the community or in facilities; Palliative Care Visiting Hospice, Caregiver’s Respite and Support, Bereavement and Grief Support Sessions (individual and group), Training and Education for ageing and end of life.
The Near North Palliative Care Network would like to acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe of Nipissing First Nation on lands covered by the Robinson-Huron Treaty territory.
OUR MISSION
To enhance the comfort, dignity, and quality of life of individuals with a terminal illness, and to offer bereavement support throughout the community.
OUR VISION
Our Vision is that every resident of Northeastern Ontario can experience their end-of-life with dignity and comfort, pain-free, and with physical, psychological, social, and spiritual support provided to them wherever they may be living: in the hospital, in hospices, in long-term care facilities or at home.
We support a decentralized model of palliative caregiving, going to the client where the client is.
OUR CORE VALUES
Human Dignity
We value each person as a unique individual with a right to respect and acceptance.
Compassion
We value a quality of presence and caring that accepts people as they are and fosters healing and acceptance.
Social Responsibility
We value integrity and the promotion of the just use of resources entrusted to us for the enhancement of human life.
Community Service
We value a work climate of mutual trust and harmony that enables healing, collaboration, and the fulfillment of human potential.
Excellence
We value the quality of care, work-life balance, and ongoing education and training.
OPERATING PRINCIPLES
Individuals with a life-limiting illness, family, and caregivers are at the centre of care, compassionate listening, companioning, non-judgmental support, confidentiality, and professionalism.
Contact Us: we can get you the help you need.