Our focus is on care rather than cure. We offer relief from pain and other distressing symptoms, and we support families facing death and bereavement.
Care is provided in patients' homes, on our in-patient unit, and in other hospital settings throughout our community.
Patients may be admitted to our 17-bed in-patient unit at Royal Jubilee Hospital’s Richmond Pavilion for assessment, pain and symptom management or respite care. Our team of caregivers includes physicians, nurses, counsellors, health professionals and volunteers.
On any given day, there are over 300 patients at home who are registered on
the Victoria Hospice program of care. Over half of our patients are able to
die in the comfort of their own homes close to family and friends, one of
the highest home death rates in the country. This
is possible through our partnerships with the
Vancouver Island
Health Authority’s Home & Community Care Nursing and Community
Health Worker services.
We also offer a Palliative Response Team (PRT) that is on call 24 hours a
day for short-term
crisis consultation and treatment in our patients’ homes – a service
that often prevents costly and stressful hospital admission. PRT is
also available to allow
death at home.
"Until your Palliative Response Team arrived at my mother's door, I felt afraid and completely devastated. It was only then that our family felt really supported. I will never forget the help from Victoria Hospice."
Read the latest issue of our Bereavement Newsletter or our Annual Report.
