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North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network

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North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network

The NSMHPCN provides support and education to health care providers and organizations in the deliver

12/30/2025

📢 Upcoming Registration Deadlines — Don’t Miss Out! 📢

Are you a healthcare provider looking to enhance your skills in palliative care? There are important registration deadlines approaching for several highly valuable education programs — secure your spot today!

🗓️ Programs with Upcoming Deadlines

Fundamentals of Hospice Palliative Care (FHPC) – A foundation course ideal for anyone new to hospice palliative care or looking to strengthen their core knowledge. (deadline: January 1st - https://nsmhpcn.ca/fhpc)

Comprehensive Advanced Palliative Care Education (CAPCE) – Dive deeper into advanced palliative care practices and enhance clinical confidence. (deadline: January 6th - https://nsmhpcn.ca/capce)

A Palliative Approach to Care with Dementia (APACD) – Focused on providing compassionate, person-centered care for people living with dementia. (deadline: January 14th - https://nsmhpcn.ca/apacd/)

Essential Pain Management (EPM) – Practical skills and tools for safe and effective pain management across care settings. (deadline: January 19th - https://nsmhpcn.ca/epm)

⏰ Don’t wait! Registration closes soon.

Secure your seat and invest in your professional development. These programs are perfect for nurses, PSWs, support staff, and care partners committed to quality palliative care.

Advance your practice. Support your team. Strengthen care for those who need it most.

12/28/2025

📬 There’s still time to sign up and receive the January's edition of Comfort & Care Chronicles, our monthly newsletter, straight to your inbox!

January's edition includes:
🎙 Beyond the Stethoscope – Leadership in Palliative Care
💡 Hot Tips – Palliative Care in Chronic Lung Disease
📖 Upcoming Learning Opportunities
🌐 Palliative Care ECHO Project: A Palliative Approach to Care and Those with Intellectual Disabilities
🌱 Wellness Corner

PLUS The Waiting Room Revolution!

Don’t miss out on updates, resources, and stories that matter most.
👉 Subscribe today and get January’s issue delivered right to you: https://bit.ly/4fUipdh

12/27/2025

The holiday season can be extra difficult for many. Please know that it is ok to not be ok. You do not have to be all cheery and jolly this time of year. We know that the loss of a loved one can make the holidays extra difficult for some.

If you are in need of support, please reach out to one of the organizations listed below:

Canadian Mental Health Association
1-888-893-8333 or 705-728-5044

Crisis Services Canada
1-833-456-4566 or text (4 pm-12 am) 'start' to 45645

Kids Help Phone
1-800-668-6868

Telecare Distress Line of Greater Simcoe
(705) 325-9534

211.ca
Call 211 Toll free - 1-877-330-3213

National Indian Residential School Crisis Line
1-866-925-4419 (available 24 hours a day)

Hope for Wellness Helpline
1-855-242-3310 (available 24/7 to all Indigenous people across

If you know someone who is alone, be sure to check in and see how they are doing.

12/26/2025

✨ 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗞𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮𝗮 ✨

To everyone celebrating, we wish you a joyful and meaningful Kwanzaa. This special time of year is a chance to reflect on the values of unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith—principles that strengthen families, communities, and hearts.

May this Kwanzaa bring your family closer together, honour your traditions, and create beautiful memories that will be cherished for years to come. Whether gathered around the kinara, sharing stories, or celebrating with loved ones near and far, may the light of each candle inspire hope, joy, and connection.

From all of us at the NSMHPCN, we celebrate with you and wish you a season filled with love, peace, and meaningful moments.

12/25/2025

🎄Happy holidays! ✨ This holiday season, and today especially, will look different for everyone—and that’s something to celebrate.

For some, it’s filled with family gatherings, shared meals, and cherished traditions such as:
📅 Advent calendars
🎄 decorating Christmas trees
🎁 gift giving
💌 holiday greeting cards
🌰 roasting chestnuts
🍪 gingerbread houses
🍬 candy canes
🪵 Yule logs
🌺 Poinsettias
📺 holiday specials on TV

For others, it may be quieter: peaceful walks, favourite movies, calls to loved ones, or moments of reflection.

However you spend today—surrounded by people or enjoying time alone—may it bring comfort, connection, and moments of kindness.

Wishing you a gentle and meaningful Christmas Day and holiday season. 🤍

12/24/2025

🎄✨ Wishing You a Christmas Filled with Love and Memory ✨🎄

This holiday season, we celebrate the joy of togetherness, laughter, and love. At the same time, we hold close in our hearts those who are no longer with us—the loved ones whose presence we miss but whose memory continues to light our lives.

May the twinkle of the Christmas lights, the gentle fall of snow, and the warmth of shared moments remind us that love never truly leaves us. It lives on in every smile, every story, and every cherished memory.

This Christmas, give yourself permission to feel both the joy and the tenderness of remembrance. Celebrate the moments you can, and honour those who are in your heart today and always.

💛 From all of us at the NSMHPCN, wishing you peace, love, and comfort this Christmas.

12/23/2025

🎄✨ For Those Who Are Struggling This Holiday Season ✨🎄

The holidays can be a difficult time when someone you love is no longer with you. If you’re feeling the weight of loss, remember: it’s okay to feel what you feel. There’s no right or wrong way to grieve, and you don’t have to force yourself to be “merry” or “bright.”

This beautiful poem reminds us that love doesn’t end with loss:
"If Christmas is hard, If you’ve lost someone dear. Just look in your heart, And you’ll know they’re still here..."

Take gentle care of yourself this season. Light a candle, listen to a favourite song, watch the snowfall, or simply breathe. Doing what you can to care for yourself is enough. 💛

12/22/2025

𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀

We would like to extend a very happy holiday season to you and wish you the best for the new year ahead!

Please note our office will be observing adjusted hours over the holidays, with rotating staff availability:

Dec. 22nd & 23rd, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Dec. 24th, 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Dec. 25th & 26th, Closed
Dec. 29th & 30th, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Dec. 31st, 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Jan. 1st, Closed
Jan. 2nd, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Regular business hours will resume on January 5th, 2026.

Wishing you all the best and please know we look forward to being able to serve you in the New Year.

12/21/2025

❄️✨ Winter Solstice ✨❄️

As the longest night of the year softly embraces us, we pause to honour the stillness and the promise of returning light. May this Winter Solstice bring moments of peace, gentle reflection, and quiet renewal—today and throughout the season ahead.

Holding space for warmth, hope, and new beginnings. 💙

12/21/2025

🕯️ Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day 🕯️

Today, we pause to remember and honour the lives of people who have died while experiencing homelessness. Each name, each story, each life mattered.

As winter deepens, this day calls us to reflect on compassion, dignity, and our shared responsibility to care for one another—especially our most vulnerable community members. May we not only remember, but also commit to kindness, understanding, and action.

We hold space for those lost, for those still struggling, and for the hope of a future where everyone has a safe place to call home. 🕯️

12/20/2025

✨ A Gentle Holiday Reminder ✨

The most precious gift you can give yourself is the gift of well-being.

During the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, may you remember to slow your pace, take a deep breath, and listen to what your heart and body need. Rest when you can. Say no when you need to. Create space for moments of quiet, comfort, and care.

Well-being doesn’t have to be wrapped or rushed—it begins with kindness toward yourself.

12/19/2025

🎄🧶 International Ugly Sweater Day | December 19, 2025 🧶🎄

Joy to the wool!

Today we’re sending warm wishes (and a few good laughs) your way as we celebrate International Ugly Sweater Day! We hope you’re wrapped up in your coziest, quirkiest, most wonderfully ugly sweater today.

This fabulous cartoon of our COPE Facility Dog, Trooper, shows him fully embracing the spirit of the season and reminds us that a little fun, warmth, and connection can go a long way—especially during the holidays.

So whether it’s bold, bedazzled, or downright outrageous, wear that sweater proudly and spread some cheer! 🧵❄️

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169 Front Street S
Orillia, ON
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Monday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 4:30pm

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