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Bello Returns to Muddy Paws
Home Hospice Association (HHA) and The Bello Project are so excited to announce that we have been chosen, once again, as the charity of...
Tracey Robertson
Apr 27, 20193 min read


Our Home Hospice Family is Strong and Celebrated during Volunteer Appreciation Week
April 7 to 13, 2019 is National Volunteer Week –a time to recognize and celebrate the impact volunteers have in making Canada and the...
Home Hospice Association
Apr 4, 20192 min read


Today is Giving Tuesday: Home Hospice Association Vows...No Bedside Chair will be Empty
TORONTO, ON: Home Hospice Association (HHA) announced today that this national charitable organization is participating, for the first...
Home Hospice Association
Nov 27, 20181 min read


It All Began With a Conversation...
On a beautiful summer day in August 2015. I had already committed to creating a volunteer training program for HHA, but the question...
Merri-Lee Agar
Aug 13, 20185 min read


Introducing Home Hospice Association's Niagara Chapter
In June of 2010, my life changed in a way that I had not been able to fathom until then; my mother died, and suddenly I was left with...
Merri-Lee Agar
Jul 25, 20183 min read


Life Imitates Art
Home Hospice Association is literally a matter of life and death for each of us. And this year l learned that on a much more personal...
Tracey Robertson
Jul 17, 20185 min read


The Gifts of Volunteering
By now, it is surely common knowledge that our lives are busier and more stressful than ever before! The result of us filling our plates...
Gee Shatz
Jun 25, 20183 min read


The Journey
Imagine this… You and your husband Gary have been married for over 50 years; just last month you celebrated your anniversary. These 50...
Paul Hilsden
Jun 22, 20188 min read


I Think I Will Begin at the End...
So here we go. I am a Nurse, a Registered Nurse to be clearer. I came into nursing with very clear goals in mind of where and who I was...
Mahoganie Hines
May 28, 20183 min read


Heart and Hope
Hello everyone, for those of you who don’t know me, my name is Krysta. My husband Neil and I lost our son on September 12th, 2017. He...
Krysta Farlow
May 10, 20182 min read


It Takes a Village
It Takes a Village: The HHA Team Number of Full Time Staff 0 Number of Volunteers 96 Number of Projects Engaged 31 Number of Volunteer...
Andrea Dobson, Glen Burkholder
Apr 24, 20184 min read


When There is No Heartbeat
Death changes a relationship but it does not end it. Facing a miscarriage, stillbirth or infant loss, or the decision to terminate a...
Samantha Campbell
Apr 18, 20184 min read


Remembering That They Lived, Not How They Died
History ~ Mission ~ Vision Moonlit Memory Walk Pulling great ideas out of a dusty fundraising cupboard can be a challenge. There are...
Tracey Robertson
Apr 13, 20184 min read


What is a Death Cafe?
What is a Death Café? Sounds morbid! If I never talk about the "D-word" it will never happen to me. Cafe sounds good - coffee, tea and...
Lisa Robbins
Apr 9, 20184 min read


Resilience
re·sil·ience 1. the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. I’ve always had a fascination with rocks; I’ve been...
Merri-Lee Agar
Feb 27, 20182 min read


Death Doesn’t End a Relationship; It Changes It
I first heard these words a few weeks after my Mum died, and in those words I found the first comfort I’d felt since I watched her take...
Merri-Lee Agar
Feb 13, 20184 min read


Happy New Year and THANK YOU!
The best part of a new year is looking back and seeing your tracks from the year before. It’s like standing on a steep mountain path,...
Home Hospice Association
Jan 14, 20186 min read


My Dad, Wrapping Paper and a Pair of Ladies Slippers
My First Lesson in the Importance of “Giving” started my Journey to Home Hospice Association Thanks to a young Canadian envelope salesman...
Tracey Robertson
Dec 8, 20172 min read


Day Hospice
The Hub Mid-Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities (SCHC) Wednesday, November 01, 2017 Day Hospice On November 1st the Social Service...
Andrea Dobson
Nov 6, 20172 min read


“What exactly is an Infant and Pregnancy Loss Doula?
Lee-Ann is an Infant and Pregnancy Loss Doula Candidate and in her own words we understand why this professional designation is so very...
Lee-Ann Mosselman-Clarke
Sep 29, 20174 min read
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