The majority of this support has been used to support Palliative Care initiatives in the Oakville community. The following content is intended to provide a better understanding of the support role that Palliative Care provides in the community and why the FSMT Team has chosen to contribute as best we can to these initiatives. Please read through the following and give generously to our efforts during the tournament or on your own. On behalf of the FSMT team and the Sabatino family we would like to thank everyone for their generous support over the years.

What Is Hospice Palliative Care?

Hospice Palliative Care is health care that aims to reduce suffering and increase the quality of life for someone who is dying of a terminal illness. 

Hospice palliative care involves providing physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and practical support to patients and their loved ones who are coping with impending death. Because there is so much involved in Hospice Palliative Care, it is delivered by an interdisciplinary care team which can include physicians, nurses, personal support workers, occupational and physiotherapists, social workers, volunteers, spiritual counselors, friends and family. It can be provided at home, in hospitals, nursing homes or in a residential hospice like Ian Anderson House.

What Is The Oakville Palliative Care Team?

The Oakville Palliative Care Team is a group of dedicated health care professionals that provides care to people living with life-limiting illness and their families in Oakville. The team works in partnership with the Community Care Access Centre, Ian Anderson House, Oakville-Trafalgar Hospital, long term care homes, local physicians, pharmacies and community care provider agencies (nursing, personal support, therapy services, volunteer visiting etc.) to improve the quality of care provided to individuals living with or dying from a terminal illness in Oakville.

Why Does This Matter?

• Each year, more than 259,000 Canadians die. But only 2 or 3 out of 10 are lucky enough to receive hospice palliative end-of-life care.

• As a result of health care restructuring, the number of institutionally-based palliative care beds has been cut and care has devolved to community-based agencies.  Government funding of community-based hospice palliative care has not increased proportionately, leaving a significant gap in the health care system. 

• With the devolution of care to the community and the home, families are facing an increased burden to care for loved ones with little formal support.  As such, it is estimated that each death in Canada affects the immediate well being of an average of five other people, or more than 1.25M Canadians each year.

• There is a problem and we are running out of time.  We have an aging population. By 2026, the number of Canadians dying each year will increase by 40% to 330,000. By 2036, the number will have increased by 65% to 425,000.

• Every Canadian should be able to face death surrounded by those they love, feeling safe, comfortable and cared for, in a setting of their choice.

Where Can I Get More Information?

Feel free to contact any of the following organizations:

• Ian Anderson House at 905-337-8004  www.ianandersonhouse.com

• Ian Anderson Resource Centre at 905-337-3925  www.iarc.ca

• Mississauga Halton Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) at 310-CCAC

• Mississauga Halton Palliative Care Consultation Program at 905-827-8111

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