Neshama Hospice, 2041 Avenue Road, Toronto, ON (2026)

05/22/2026

Because of you, there is this place.

When our inaugural donors said yes to Neshama Hospice, they didn't just fund a building — they made a promise to every family who will one day come through these doors. That promise is rising, floor by floor, beam by beam, in a community powered by care.

Now we're asking you to help us fulfil that promise.

A completed building and a functioning hospice are two different things. Between these walls and the moment we welcome our first residents lies a critical gap: the equipment, the training, the programs, and the people that transform a beautiful space into a true home for those at end of life.

This next stage of the build belongs to all of us.

If you believe everyone deserves dignity, comfort, and compassionate care at the end of life — this is your moment to contribute and join our remarkable family of donors.

Donate now: neshamahospice.com

05/21/2026

We are a Development Operations Specialist!

Neshama Hospice is in an active organizational growth and operational build phase and we're seeking a detail-oriented independent contractor to join us in a hybrid, fractional role to support our fundraising operations as we prepare to open Canada’s first hospice residence built on Jewish values, open to all.

This is an amazing opportunity to work in partnership with the Director of Development and Communications to ensure excellence in our donor data, processes and communications.

Key Responsibilities include:
- Managing gift entry, receipting, and finance reporting in Donor Perfect (DP)
- Ensuring ongoing accurate donor recognition
- Setting up and maintaining automations for acknowledgements, receipting, and reminders
- Developing and building report and mail merge templates for evolving campaigns and donor communications
- Developing and documenting fundraising operational procedures
- Supporting Neshama’s high standards of donor stewardship through email, telephone, newsletters, and list management
- Assisting with research for funding applications and donor reports

If you have deep experience working with DonorsPerfect, Constant Contact and Givecloud, exceptional communication skills and want to be part of something truly meaningful check out the full job description here: https://lnkd.in/e4XuiAap

To apply send your resume and cover letter to [email protected]
Neshama Hospice is committed to equity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates.

05/19/2026

Today, on Personal Support Worker Day, we are especially grateful for and acknowledge personal support workers who work in palliative care.

In unchartered and emotional times, personal support workers bring a calm, consistent and skilled presence to their hand-on personal care. Palliative care PSW work is about presence, comfort, and the dignity of being truly cared for, body and soul.

Personal support workers support not only hospice residents but their patients' families and chosen families by becoming a familiar and constant presence during their time at the hospice. That kind of closeness is a profound gift.

We are so grateful for you.

05/12/2026

An Extraordinary Opportunity to Join a Leadership Team and Build Neshama Hospice

• Design the nursing and care delivery model that defines how compassionate, person-centred hospice care is delivered day-to-day
• Lead the development of clinical policies, workflows, staffing frameworks, and IPAC protocols before our doors open
• Build and mentor an interdisciplinary care team—RNs, RPNs, PSWs, and allied health—who will be the heart of Neshama’s care
• Shape a culture where collaboration drives better outcomes and every decision honours the whole person: body, mind, spirit, and community.

Read the Full Job Description: neshamahospice.com/careers

Send your CV and cover letter to: [email protected]

Learn more at neshamahospice.com

05/11/2026

Nurses who provide end-of-life care are present for the full arc of care, not just clinical moments.

This National Nurses Week, we're recognizing a specialty that demands as much clinical skill as it does presence and accompaniment: hospice and palliative care nursing.

According to Health Canada’s Framework on Palliative Care in Canada, 90% of the 270,000 Canadians who die each year die of chronic illness — cancer, heart disease, organ failure, dementia. Hospice Palliative Care Ontario cites that up to 89% of them could benefit from palliative care. Access remains limited across the country.

The nurses who work in hospice and palliative care bring specialized training in symptom and pain management, support and care. They work directly with residents and families navigating serious illness — coordinating care, anticipating changes, and providing expert guidance at every stage.

Palliative nursing is not about a cure — it is about attending to — wholly, skillfully, and with great respect and thoughtfulness — people navigating the hardest moments of their lives.

For all the roles you fill, and every person you've walked alongside, we are so grateful for you.

Sources: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5763437/ ; https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-care-system/reports-publications/palliative-care/framework-palliative-care-canada.html ; Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA) Fact Sheet — chpca.ca, citing Government of Canada & CIHI data.

05/07/2026

Truly holistic, individualized care takes a whole team approach.

When someone is navigating a serious illness or the end of life, their needs go far beyond medical. That's why hospice care brings together a circle of support unlike anything else in healthcare.

Nurses and doctors are there to manage symptoms and keep the body as comfortable as possible. Personal Support Workers step in for the everyday comfort and personal care moments. Counsellors hold space for the emotional weight that comes with illness and loss, while Social Workers work connect clients and families to resources; navigating systems, and advocating for what's needed most.

Spiritual care offers something quiet but just as vital — a place to explore questions of meaning, faith, and inner peace, whatever that looks like for each person. And hospice complementary therapists bring healing in ways that go beyond words: through music, art, the gentle comfort of touch, and even the presence of a beloved animal.

And, critical to hospice care, volunteers — specially trained members of the community who are there for support. To sit with someone. To provide practical help. To remind a person that they are not alone.

This is what whole-person care looks like; an entire community of support, working together.

05/06/2026

This week, May 4 to 10, is Mental Health Week, and this year, the Canadian Mental Health Association's theme couldn't feel more fitting: Come Together, Canada: Stronger connections, better mental health.

Nearly one in four Canadians receiving palliative care meet the diagnostic criteria for an anxiety or depressive disorder*, highlighting that mental health support is a critical — and often unmet — part of end-of-life care. The emotional weight doesn't end there: a Canadian study found that 42% of bereaved caregivers reported struggling with mental or emotional issues after losing a loved one in palliative care.** Together, these numbers remind us that hospice care must tend to the hearts and minds of both residents and the families who love them in addition to medical needs.

Hospice care reminds us that we are never meant to walk the hardest roads alone. Residents, their families, staff, and volunteers form a circle of care that is stronger together.

Connection is at the core of Neshama’s work. From the community that has joined together to build our hospice building, to the growing number of people looking to become future volunteers, to the warm, comforting moments that will be shared in our homelike setting.

*https://www.jpsmjournal.com/article/S0885-3924(06)00588-4/fulltext
**https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10499091211030442

05/04/2026

This week is National Hospice Palliative Care Week, a time to shine a light on the work of hospice care throughout Canada while raising awareness about the importance of palliative care and the need to ensure that every person can live their final chapter with dignity, comfort, care and support.

Hospice palliative care is about choosing end-of-life care that puts the whole person at the centre — your comfort, your dignity, your relationships, and the things that make your life yours. Hospice care focuses on improving quality of life for people with a life-limiting illness and supporting anyone that is impacted by the person's illness or death, including caregivers, family members, and friends.

Holistic physical, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual care, emphasizing comfort, dignity, and early management of symptoms is at the core of hospice. “Hospice palliative care” is not a place, but a philosophy of family and person-centred care that can take place at home, in the community, or in hospice residences, which offer 24/7 care in home-like settings. Neshama Hospice will become North York's first hospice residence, a place where residents will live their final days with loved ones within a community of specially trained staff and volunteers.

05/01/2026

Today, on National Physicians Day, we offer special appreciation to palliative care physicians. In spaces where uncertainty and emotion often meet, palliative care physicians bring calm, expertise, and compassion. Palliative care medicine is not about a cure — it is about comforting, honouring dignity, and supporting people. Palliative care physicians support not only their patients, but their patients’ families and chosen families, offering a hoistic, deeply human service.

We are so grateful for you.

04/27/2026

We are proud to introduce Dr. Russell Goldman as Neshama Hospice's inaugural Medical Director.

With nearly 30 years dedicated to palliative and end-of-life care, Dr. Goldman is one of Canada's foremost experts in hospice care. He has served as Director of the Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care at Mount Sinai Hospital, Palliative Care Clinical Co-Lead for Ontario Health (Toronto Region), and as Medical Director of Palliative Care for the Toronto Central CCAC. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Goldman’s life's work has been guided by a single question: how do we provide better care at the end of life to more people? It's a question that has always led him back to the same conviction — that people deserve real choices about how they live, and how they die.

That conviction marries perfectly with Neshama Hospice’s goal to provide compassionate, individualized and family-centred end-of-life care, attending to an individual’s physical, emotional and spiritual needs while supporting their loved ones throughout their journey.

"Hospice, at its best, offers something profound: the safety and support of a full care environment, with the warmth and dignity of feeling at home," says Dr. Goldman. "At the end of life, it is not only the person dying who needs care. Neshama Hospice is built to keep that promise."

Welcome to the team, Dr. Goldman!

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