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economist suntribune living saturday nov 13 1999 15 is tie p evergreen hospice volunteer massage therapist marita condfuses touch to comfort clients v c i were all going to die these people know its going to be sooner rather than later people who come to help the hospice are a dif- ferentkind of volunteer collins says a lot of them have caregiving experience and most have already thought about the issues only a very small per centage backs out life is losses she adds you lose friends fami- lyf relatives if you can make it a bit better for some body men mats what youre there for brooks who parts from tom with a cheerful see you next week old timer is not a trained volun- teer three years ago his wife a hospice client died of cancer now he comes to sit with a fellow excop his being there as valuable to tom as any stamp was to the collector each person has his own pattern marita coricil says standing by her massage table in the room across the hall sometimes people feel really sick immediately after theyve had a chemotherapy treatment others have a space in between a registered massage therapist shes here twicea month asking clients what areas are bothering them working over the clothes just for their com fort most have some form of cancer and at some points massage may not be appropriate for those times condi can do therapeutic touch working with energy around the body but most people want touch and touch is very important especially at this time its a way of being present to a person there in physical contact sometimes concil has worked with people at the hospice only once then read that theyve died she believes she shares precious moments with them concil never went through this process with the dying until her sisterinlaws brother and a patient in stouffville both died of cancer that really showed me the spedalriess and made her want to volunteer there are some people who would say to me i couldnt do that she concedes f anything it fqls myspirit it nourishes my spirits rather than depressing me even if the clients say nothing theres soriie- thing special about being there arid knowing that for me this person is going home j colour and name the northpointe mascot then fill out the ballot below to enter your name into our wanna win a tv contest kids can win a 0miumw with irdhhb parents have the chance to win a wfl bism si sum entries must be received before december 8th at 5pm i i i i jbsam hi ihlsiiii fvbcvshctv mm iwplwrati ncxty 1 markham i economist timm mmymwms 8 bsm i 0ld8mjblvl