Available Palliative Care Services

Local Palliative Home Care Teams

Local home care teams across the province support patients with palliative needs. They may work with a local Palliative Coordinator.  Your physician/nurse practitioner can make a referral to connect you with your local health care team. Specific contact information for your local team can be found listed below.

Palliative Drug Coverage Program

Patients in the late stages of an illness may be eligible to receive special drug coverage. Your physician/nurse practitioner can apply for this if you are eligible. The patient's pharmacy will bill the Drug Plan for 100% of the cost of any prescription drugs listed in the Saskatchewan Formulary.

Visit their webpage to learn more.

Palliative Home Oxygen Benefits

If you are in the end stages of an illness for which you require home oxygen, you may be eligible to receive coverage for home oxygen products. A palliative nurse coordinator and a physician can apply for this if you are eligible.

Specialized 24-hour Palliative Care Facilities

Rose Garden Hospice (Prince Albert)

Rose Garden Hospice is a not-for-profit organization that is committed to providing compassionate, holistic care to people with terminal illnesses and their loved ones.

Visit their webpage to learn more.

St. Paul’s Hospital Palliative Care Unit (Saskatoon)

For more than 25 years, the Palliative Care Unit on the fifth floor of St. Paul’s Hospital has been providing compassionate end-of-life care to patients and their families. The Palliative Care Unit provides excellent, holistic comfort care with 24/7 nursing care for patients with significant medical needs in the last weeks or month of life.

View their Welcome Book to learn more.

Hospice at Glengarda (Saskatoon)

The hospice is designed for adults requiring end-of-life care in the last three months of progressive illness or disease, focused on meticulous, holistic comfort care. Their care is focused on the whole person: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social. The interdisciplinary team includes nurses, physicians, support staff, client care coordinators, pharmacists, social workers, as well as spiritual care and healing arts professionals.

Visit their webpage to learn more.

Pasqua Hospital Palliative Care Unit (Regina)

Supporting patients and families with palliative needs, the palliative care unit provides short-term care, symptom management, plans for discharge, or end-of-life care.

Wascana Grace Hospice (Regina)

The Regina Grace Hospice offers specialized and professional attention to residents who are at the final stages of life, in a comfortable residential setting and in a manner that also is considerate of the needs of family members.

Visit their webpage to learn more.

Other services

Prairie Hospice Society (Saskatoon)

Prairie Hospice Society is a charitable, non-profit community organization working to ensure access to compassionate, community-based, end-of-life support in Saskatoon. They provide one-on-one companionship and non-medical support for clients and their families, raise awareness and educate the community about end-of-life care, and advocate for quality end-of-life care.

Visit their webpage to learn more.

Services by Community

If your home community is not listed, call the program in another community near you.