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Our goal is to build a place where families can be together with their loved ones
"When my husband, Ron, was diagnosed with lung cancer, his wish was to die at home. However he also wanted us to know that should caring for him become too much physically and/or emotionally, he wanted to be placed in a hospice. Unfortunately, there was no hospice in...
Cancer. A word you never want to hear!
"Cancer. A word you never want to hear, but one that I was introduced to at a very young age. When I was in elementary school, my uncle Carlos was diagnosed with Glioblastoma (GBM) Brain Cancer. As his cancer progressed, I remember our family investing a lot of time...
Townsend Smith Foundation Works to Secure 3.7 ACRE PLOT OF LAND FROM TOWN OF MILTON
Chris Hadfield Park will be explored as a site for potential New Palliative Care Hospice for Milton & North Halton July 9th, 2019, Milton, Ontario – The Town of Milton will work with the Townsend Smith Foundation (TSF) to determine if Chris Hadfield Park at...
Time for a Hospice in Milton
“I believe that the time is now for a hospice here in Milton. After twenty-nine years of loving and living with Peter, his time had come to the end, he was losing his twelve-year battle with chronic myeloid leukaemia. Peter was moved to a hospice in Oakville, it was...
TSF Advance Care Planning Information Night
Townsend Smith Foundation, with the help of Knox Presbyterian Church and CARP Halton, held an Advance Care Planning information event on May 6th to advocate for changing our perspective on death and dying. Speakers Karen Candy of Carpenter Hospice and Carol Sloan of...
Why Hospice Is Needed Locally #MiltonON
Such wonderful childhood memories of me with my brother, Peter. Here we are at Rattlesnake Point. 7-year-old me looking up adoringly at my 18-year-old big brother. He fought like crazy when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It was a very dark period in our...