Quesnel & District Hospice Palliative Care Association

03/30/2026

Dying well is about choosing to love and to live well as Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross shares in her book: "The Tunnel And The Light (Essential Insights On Living and Dying)" by: Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

It is very important that you only do what you love to do. You may be poor, you may go hungry, you may lose your car, you may have to move into a shabby place to live, but you will totally live. And at the end of your days you will bless your life because you have done what you came here to do. Otherwise, you will live as a pr******te, you will do things only for a reason, to please other people, and you will never have lived. And you will not have a pleasant death.

If on the other hand you listen to your own inner voice, to your own inner wisdom, which is far greater than anybody else's as far as you are concerned, you will not go wrong and you will know what to do with your life. Then time is no longer relevant.

The hardest lesson that people have to learn is to learn unconditional love. And that is very hard to learn. Virginia Satir, whom some of you may know, described very beautifully what unconditional love is all about. She says:

I want to love you without clutching,
appreciate you without judging,
join you without invading,
invite you without demanding,
leave you without guilt,
evaluate you without blaming
and help you without insulting.
If I can have the same from you,
then we can truly meet and enrich each other.

Excerpt from the book: The Tunnel And The Light (Essential Insights On Living and Dying) by: Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

03/20/2026

Caregiver Social Prescribing Implementation Guide and Caregiver support best practices:
https://bc.healthyagingcore.ca/resources/social-prescribing-implementation-guide

03/13/2026

Please join our Caregiver’s Support Group. The first session is March 27th, 2026
This project was funded by the BC Centre for Palliative Care through the All Together: Seeding and Connecting Compassionate Communities Seed Grant Program.

02/26/2026

Beautiful initiative: guikts for Tumbler Ridge community ❤️
Hundreds of donated quilts on the way to Tumbler Ridge | CBC.ca https://share.google/xx9OWv29V6DKMCaW3

Hundreds of quilts are headed to Tumbler Ridge, B.C., as expressions of love from across the country. As CBC’s Shelley Joyce reports one Kamloops quilt shop owner started the drive and has since been inundated with donations.

02/25/2026

Health and social service providers can help children living with serious illness and their families with their grief by offering a palliative approach to care. This approach supports their emotional, physical, social, and spiritual well-being at every stage.

Find grief support resources at Canada.ca/palliative-care.

02/10/2026

Thank you West Fraser Quesnel for your generous donation to help us support those travelling the end of life journey and make their road less lonely.

02/03/2026

Advocate for Hospice Palliative Care.
Sign this petition to the Government of Canada by Feb. 26th.
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6904

02/03/2026

Wonderful stories of hospice palliative care volunteers.

January 26, 2026

01/29/2026

Alzheimer’s Awareness Month.
https://bc.healthyagingcore.ca/news/article-how-education-builds-empathy?utm_source=CORE+BC+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=b25265b5ef-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_04_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-781c27bf22-451434360

01/15/2026

Learning proactively about how you age well, will make things easier later.
https://bc.healthyagingcore.ca/resources/report-healthy-aging-framework-and-theory-of-change?utm_source=CORE+BC+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=d447295a45-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_04_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-781c27bf22-451434360

01/12/2026

Thank you Willis Harper Hardware & Furniture, Ltd. for the many years hosting our "Quesnel Hospice Remember a Life" trees during Christmas!

12/12/2025

Come celebrate the life of a loved one during this holiday season at Willis Harper