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{> =" 16 -- Seugog Citizen ~ Tuesday, May 10, 1954 Palliative Care services now in Scugog For the last five years, Uxbridge Palliative Care has been quietly providing assistance and support to the pd families. The non-profi#elunteer organization is now providing the same sepvices in Scugog process of changing its name to Hospice Uxbridge Scugog. , Co-ordinator Betty Bignell said in an interview last a family when somebody is diagnosed with a terminal illness. The shock is immediate and terminally ill and their Township and is in the pi tensions within the family unit start to build for a week that is is never easy for variety of reasons. Ms. Bignell cites an example. "A mother learns she is dying of cancer, but is afraid to tell the children. The children know she is dying, but they don't know if Mom knows that they know," she said. "It is never easy dealing with terminal illness, but it is easier if families are open and honest," she continued. 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Ms. Bignell said response to the course has been overwhelming. Volunteers who work with the terminally ill must take this training course. And they must also have other attributes, said Ms. Bignell. "Being flexible and available is important. They should have a desire to bring comfort to others, they must be good listeners and they must be comfortable with one's own sense of mortality." Working as a volunteer with a terminally ill patient is an - emotional experience. "Of course the volunteers get involved emotionally," said Ms. Bignell. "They are not ice-bergs." In dealing with death and dying, she said it's very important to talk about it. "We are a death-defying society," she said, adding most people don't want to talk about death or think about it until they have to. But volunteers find the work very rewarding, even when the inevitable comes. In many instances after death, the volunteer will continue seeing family members to talk about dealing with grief and bereavement. Ms. Bignell was one of the founders of the service. She got involved after having trouble coping with deaths of people close to her. Patients can be referred to Palliative Care by a physician or a family member. There is no charge for the service and the only requirement is that the patient must be under the care of a physician. Hostice Uxbridge Scugog is located in an office in the municipal building in Uxbridge. Anyone from Scugog interested in becoming a volunteer can contact Ms. Bignell at 852-4461. And anyone who may need these services for a terminally ill patient can phone the same number.