Hospice Palliative Care Team
About this Program
The Palliative Care Community Team (PCCT) is a multidisciplinary group of healthcare professionals, including physicians and nurses, who provide palliative care in your home, in collaboration with Home and Community Care Support Services and community service providers. Palliative care is a philosophy of care that aims to relieve suffering – physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual – to improve the quality of life for those living with a life-limiting illness, through to the end of life. The goal of this care is to provide comfort, dignity, and autonomy to the person living with this illness, and provide the best possible support to their family and caregivers. These supports can also include non-medical services including our Home Volunteer Program, Psychosocial Spiritual Care, Support Groups, and Bereavement Care.
The Scarborough PCCT provides care to Scarborough residents with a progressive, life-limiting illness. Our services are free of charge, and we provide care regardless of residency status.
To refer a patient for PCCT services, please complete our referral form, along with any supplementary clinical notes and information, and send it by fax to 416-261-0782. If you are requesting PCCT MD coverage, please include the referring MD/NP contact information and billing number in the referral.
We will contact every patient referred within 2 weeks of referral.
If you are a requesting MD/NP and need the patient to be seen within 1 week or less, please call us directly at 416-847-4111.
We process all referrals during business hours only, M-F 9 AM- 5 PM.
Contact Us
Main Intake
Phone:
(416)-642-9445 ext. 4111
Fax:
Palliative Team: (416)-261-0782