A community of dedicated caregivers

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Join our caring community

The Residence is always looking for people with a heart of gold and a smile that can light up a room! We rely on more than 300 carefully chosen and trained volunteers who provide 29,000+ hours of palliative care per year.

Our incredible volunteers assist with every non-medical aspect of care, from greeting families and delivering meals, to spending time with patients and supporting grieving families.

For more information or to sign up as a volunteer, please contact Debbie Elvidge, Volunteer Program Manager, delvidge@tdpcr.ca or 514 693-1718 ext. 264.

Everyone’s life deserves to be extraordinary towards the end.”

Dale Weil – Executive Director of the Residence

The Teresa Dellar Palliative Care Residence was founded in 2002 and is the first facility of its kind on the island of Montreal. Since then, the Residence has grown with the community and provided exceptional palliative care to over 5,800 patients and their families.

Our homelike environment

At the Residence, we make a point to focus on life. We want to celebrate it and make this last chapter as fulfilling as possible. That’s why all 23 of our Residence rooms are:

  • • Private with ensuite bathroom
  • • Bright and spacious with large windows
  • • Wi-Fi enabled with TV, tablets and telephone
  • • Open to visitors and overnight stays
  • • Children and pet-friendly
  • • Walk-out to private patios and gardens

Patients and their families can also enjoy…

  • • Home-cooked meals
  • • Common areas for relaxation
  • • A daily tea service (and wine & cheese on Fridays)
  • • Art, music, abundant greenery and a variety of celebrations big and small
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Lasting impressions

“I want to thank everyone at the Residence for giving my mother the most wonderful and dignified experience she ever could wish for.”
Athanasia
“We feel blessed that our mom and our family shared our final moments in such a serene, dignified setting and most importantly, free from the excruciating pain she had suffered days prior to her admission.”
Anthony
“As I entered the Residence, someone took my arm and said: ‘Here, you can be your mom’s daughter again. Let us be her caregiver.’ The relief from that simple statement was more than anyone could imagine.”
Debra Louise Barry
“From the moment we were greeted at the door, our family was enveloped in a safe haven. The atmosphere was never disturbed. It was peaceful, caring and nurturing for my father and all of us.”
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Focusing on life

We have hosted numerous special activities and celebrations over the years, including weddings, birthday parties, anniversaries — even a Christmas celebration in October (snow included!). 

 

We take the ordinary and make it extraordinary.

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Our Mission

To provide active and compassionate care to comfort and support terminally ill patients and their loved ones and continue as a palliative care leader within Québec and Canada.

Our Vision

As a leader,

  • As a center of excellence, provide exceptional palliative care, including bereavement support.

  • Promote and support the continuum of services for patients requiring palliative care, whether at home, in the hospital, or at the Teresa Dellar Palliative Care Residence.
  • Improve palliative care capacity, quality and access through education, knowledge exchange, research, advocacy and by serving as a resource for other communities.
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Our team of physicians, nurses, supportive care workers and trained volunteers work together to address the physical symptoms as well as the emotional, social and spiritual needs of the patients and their families.

 

Together, our efforts help terminally ill patients live their final days in comfort and with dignity in a warm, home-like environment, close to their family, and in their community.

 

If you are interested in joining our talented team, visit our Careers or Volunteer  pages for more information.

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The Residence is the realization of a dream by co-founders Teresa Dellar, M.S.C., MSW, PSW, FT and Russell Williams, then a Member of the Quebec National Assembly for the Kirkland area.

After years of fundraising and construction, the West Island Palliative Care Residence first opened its doors in October, 2002. The purpose-built Residence had 9 private beds, and was the first facility of its kind on the island of Montreal .
In accordance with the recommendation from the Ministry of Health and Social Services of 1 palliative bed per 10,000 population, the Residence added 14 additional beds in April 2012 on a dedicated floor of a long-term care facility nearby – the Stillview Pavilion.
June 2018 marked a defining moment for the future of the West Island Palliative Care Residence. Hundreds of supporters and employees of the Residence came together to celebrate the start of construction to consolidate its two separate locations into a single, expanded facility housing all of its 23 beds under one roof. The Capital Campaign was established to raise the required $12.5M.
The entire palliative care community of greater Montreal, Canada and beyond mourns the loss of our leader, Teresa Dellar, from a courageous battle with cancer at the age of 58, on August 19, 2019. Read more about Teresa’s incredible contribution to end-of-life care in the news and in our biography.
In 2020, we renamed the Residence in honour of our co-founder, Teresa Dellar. Teresa was a shining light in the West Island community, and we will continue to honour her memory in everything we do.
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Dale Weil Executive Director & Managing Director Montreal Institute for Palliative Care
Nathalie Karman Director of Human Resources
Lori Morris, CPA, CA Director, Finance and Operations
Céline Patenaude Director, Foundation
Manuella Piovesan Director of Clinical Care
Sylvie Bouchard, MD Co-Medical Director
Elena Neamt, MD Co-Medical Director
Elizabeth Huart Senior Manager, Communications For media requests ehuart@tdpcr.ca 514-972-4289
Natalie Italiano Executive Assistant and Office Coordinator nitaliano@tdpcr.ca 514-693-1718 ext. 259
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