Don't Walk The Journey Alone

This episode, your host Joy Wirta, speaks with Tracey Robertson, Founding Member and Chief Executive Officer of the Home Hospice Association. After 12 years working to raise funds and awareness for hospice care, which included a 2 year project to establish a community hospice association in the Niagara Region, Tracey learned a valuable lesson when it came to the building of residential hospices…most communities could not afford to do so. An opportunity to speak at the Association of Wish Granting Organizations and a recruiting phone call from a multi-billion dollar Hospice Corporation in the US started Tracey thinking about the challenges of starting a new agency in a community. Hmmm she thought, if there can be national hospice operation models in the States, why can’t there be in Canada and why can’t they be not-for-profit? Most would describe Tracey as someone who wears her heart and passion on her sleeve. It is the single biggest reason why hospice has become such a burning passion for her. There is