Palliative Care Unit Garden
Help us raise funds to create a healing garden for the Palliative Care Unit
The Palliative Care Unit has recently undergone a major renovation. The Unit has relocated to the hospital’s ground floor, and expanded from six beds to twelve.
The renovated Unit now permits privacy and dignity in a calm, peaceful space. Some of the features include: additional private rooms; improved air circulation; a large, modern kitchen to share family time; and specialized equipment to enhance patient comfort. Home-like furnishings have softened the clinical atmosphere to provide a home away-from-home.
Yet, one vital piece is still needed for this wonderful renovation to be complete - a healing/hospice garden. A healing garden can create a sense of security, provide respite, give comfort, and raise spirits during a difficult time.
Palliative Care Unit Garden overview
We have assigned a very special space to accommodate the healing garden. However, the grounds are in need of restoration. We ask that you please help us raise the funds to provide the materials for an intimate space for palliative patients and their families to share peaceful moments at the end of life.
Palliative Care Unit Garden features
- Provide soothing natural sounds in the garden - hearing is often the last of the senses to leave a dying person.
- Provide a transition between indoor and outdoor spaces, allowing adjustment from bright outdoor light to indoor light.
- Provide quiet areas to sit and contemplate.
- Encourage interaction between patients and the garden; a variety of textures and structures will be used throughout the garden.
- Provide a view of nature from the window for patients who cannot go outside.
- Designed with materials that are long lasting, and sustainable.
See the plans
View the artist rendering of the proposed Palliative Care Unit Garden.
What is Palliative Care?
The Palliative Care Program at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) is comprised of a specially trained team of physicians, nurses, spiritual advisors, and volunteers. The team assists terminally ill patients and their loved ones deal with the physical, psychological, and spiritual issues associated with death and bereavement.