US EditionFacilities in new Quebec end-of-life care home highlight growing demand for MAID
The $8 million facility in Lanaudière offers 10 rooms and outpatient services to support patients near end of life, addressing resource pressures from increasing medical assistance in dying cases.
- A new $8 million palliative care facility opened in St-Charles-Borromée, Quebec, with dedicated rooms for end-of-life care and medical assistance in dying .
- Quebec has the highest rate of MAID in Canada at 7.3%, while the Lanaudière region has a rate of 12.4%.
- The rising demand for MAID has put pressure on resources, with one physician administering MAID about 80 times a year, sometimes up to four times a day.
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Facilities in new Quebec end-of-life care home highlight growing demand for MAID (Canada)
In nearly 30 years as a palliative care physician, Dr. Nathalie Allard has provided end-of-life care in busy hospital hallways, and consulted with families with only a curtain separating them from sick people screaming or vomiting on the other side. On Thursday, she attended the opening of a brand-n...
·Kelowna, Canada
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New end-of-life care home in Quebec highlights growing demand for MAID
Health care providers say a new $8-million facility in Saint-Charles-Borromée meets a growing need for end-of-life services including MAID, which is involved in more than one out of ten deaths in the Lanaudière region.
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Facilities in new Quebec end-of-life care home highlight growing demand for MAID
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