Windsor and Essex hospice receives funding bump

Four hospices in southwestern Ontario will split a funding bump of $570,000.

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Caption: Hospice of Windsor and Essex County received additional funding for palliative and end-of-life care from the provincial governement.

The Hospice of Windsor and Essex County will share in a provincial cash injection, health officials announced on Thursday.
Four hospices in southwestern Ontario will split a funding bump of $570,000. The money is part of a larger $75-million investment over three years to increase services for palliative and end-of-life care.
The Investment will increase funding for existing hospice beds by $15,000 for every adult bed and $22,400 per every pediatric bed, according to a news release from the Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network.