Mission Statement and Goals

Mission Statement

The Alberni Valley Hospice Society is a registered, non-profit volunteer organization. Our mission  is to provide compassionate, supportive, non-medical care to persons affected by a progressive life threatening illness, death and bereavement and to educate the public about living at the very end of life.

Our Goals

• offer skilled, compassionate volunteers to our community
• enhance quality of life and help make a life passage both manageable and meaningful
• assist people to live fully until the very end of life, with dignity and comfort, surrounded by family and friends
• provide ongoing bereavement support
• promote and actively support a coordinated, multidisciplinary, community wide program of hospice palliative care
• increase and strengthen the community by promoting awareness on subjects related to end of life care.