‘Here with my family’: How a home-care non-profit is helping dying patients
Global News
Nova Home Care says the new money will help hundreds of vulnerable Montrealers get health services in the comfort of their own homes.
A non-profit organization that specializes in home care is celebrating after getting a $1.2 million investment from the Quebec government.
Nova Home Care says the new money will help hundreds of vulnerable Montrealers get health services in the comfort of their own homes.
Al Manjothi is one of them. The man in his 80s has terminal lung cancer, but is staying in good spirits. A big reason for that is being able to live his final days surrounded by his family in his own space.
“I’m here with my family, eating home cooking and everything,” Manjothi told Global News.
He got a visit from Nova nurse Paula Habib on Wednesday, who checks his oxygen levels and drains fluid from his lungs.
“I told him ‘Dad, you know, you’re dying. You have aggressive lung cancer. It’s in your bones. It’s in your lymph nodes,'” said one of Manjothi’s three daughters, Saira Hopper. “His response was ‘So what? I want to go see my friends.'”
Local health authorities have set him up with oxygen, which he needs constantly. They even delivered a hospital bed.
Manjothi’s daughters are by his side around the clock.
