Sudbury Hospice Steering Committee (SHSC)

ORIGINAL MANDATE

COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL HOSPICE DEFINITION

A community residential hospice is a home-like environment where adults and children with terminal illnesses receive end-of-life care services. It provides individuals, who wish to die outside a hospital environment and who cannot be cared for at home, with compassionate care and comfort in the last stages of their lives

VISION

To provide consistent, comprehensive and high-quality end-of-life care to palliative individuals and their families/caregivers in a bilingual residential hospice setting.

PURPOSE

The Sudbury Hospice Steering Committee will represent all hospice palliative care stakeholders in the Manitoulin-Sudbury District. It will facilitate the planning, implementation and development of a bilingual community residential hospice in Sudbury to ensure the delivery of a coordinated, comprehensive and accessible system of end-of-life care in a residential hospice environment.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE

• Review and Revise Draft Terms of Reference
• Develop Mission & Vision
• Develop Policies & Procedures
• Develop Partnership Agreements
• Develop Capital Funding Requests
• Develop Ongoing Operational Costs Fundraising Campaign
• Develop Property & Building Design
• Develop a Communication & Marketing Plan
• Develop a Governance Model for the Future CRH
• Develop Programs & Services
• Review Budget and Operating Costs
• Advocacy
• Other

ACCOUNTABILITY

The SHSC is accountable to the Board of Maison La Paix and to palliative residents, their caregivers and the community.

MEETINGS

The Steering Committee will meet on a monthly basis.

WORK GROUPS

The Steering Committee will strike work groups as required.  Members-at-large and representatives from community partners will be invited to join these groups.  Work groups will make recommendations to the Steering Committee and are accountable to this Committee.