Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) is calling for increased funding for community hospice organizations in order to provide better end-of-life care to Albertans in rural and remote areas.
Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) is calling for better funding of community hospice organizations that provide end-of-life care, so Albertans living in rural and remote areas can get the care they need in their home communities, according to a new report. Rural Alberta ns who need end-of-life care often have to choose between staying in their home communities without support, or travelling to larger cities to get the care they need, according to a report from Rural Municipalities of Alberta.
Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) is calling for better funding of community hospice organizations that provide end-of-life care, so Albertans living in rural and remote areas can get the care they need in their home communities, according to a new report.says. Rural Albertans also often have to choose between staying in their home communities without support, or travelling to larger cities to get the care they need. Rural Canadians are also more likely than urban residents to be hospitalized at the end of their life and to die in hospital, the report says. 'The biggest thing we face is the operational dollars, and that is for staff funding,' said Carrie Bartsch, executive director of the Grande Prairie Palliative Care Society in northwestern Alberta, while on CBC Radio's'We would be able to support people in their homes to stay at home longer, when they get an end of life diagnosis — because we know palliative care, that diagnosis, can be years or it can be imminent. We need to be able to support people from birth to death.'Alberta hospital patients waiting to move into continuing care are paying millions in fees The society, which aims to deliver and advocate for palliative care, currently only receives small municipal grants that ends up covering less than half of its operating budget, said Bartsch. 'We get some small amounts of funding to train our volunteers, because our volunteers have to go through extensive training,' she sai
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