PalliativePeace

15/04/2026

🌿 Community Palliative Care Awareness Drive 🌿

With the blessings of Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji, we have initiated a Community Palliative Care Awareness Drive in the villages of Bhullerheri and Kaulseri (Dhuri, Sangrur).

We are deeply grateful for the warm support and participation of village elders and community members who came forward for this meaningful initiative. 🙏

🩺 Our Initiative Includes:
✔️ Blood Sugar Monitoring
✔️ Blood Pressure Check
✔️ Pulse & Temperature Monitoring
✔️ Medical Consultation & Referral
✔️ Blood Tests (as required)
✔️ Free Medicines Distribution (post survey)

📘 Awareness & Education:
Along with health screening, we are also providing education on Palliative Care Awareness, End-of-Life Care, and Geriatric Care—helping families understand how to support their loved ones with dignity, comfort, and compassion during serious illness and aging.

📢 What’s Next?
A detailed health survey of the entire village population will be conducted soon. Announcements will be made through the local Gurdwara Sahib so that everyone can come forward and benefit from this initiative.

💙 Our Mission:
To care for the helpless, support the underprivileged, and ensure dignity, comfort, and respect for the elderly and those in need.

🤝 Together, let’s build healthier, more compassionate communities.

📞 Contact: 79866-09911, 97808-20348
🌐 www.palliativepeace.in

07/04/2026

🌿 Palliative Care Awareness Campaign | Community Collaboration Initiative 🌿

Capt. T.P.S. Gill Memorial Care & Support Home, a branch and extension of Palliative Peace (Chandigarh), is pleased to announce a Palliative Care Awareness Campaign aimed at strengthening community-based support systems in rural Punjab.

Aligned with our guiding principle — “Caring Beyond Cure – Compassion, Dignity & Support” — this initiative focuses on raising awareness about the importance of holistic, patient-centered palliative care, especially for underserved and vulnerable populations.

📍 Location: Village Bhadalwad, District Sangrur
📅 Date: 12 April 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

This campaign seeks to address the growing need for structured palliative care services for:
• Terminally ill patients
• Elderly and bedridden individuals
• Destitute and socially vulnerable patients

Through this initiative, we aim to promote:
✔️ Effective pain and symptom management
✔️ Emotional and psychological support
✔️ Home-based and community-driven care models
✔️ Dignity in end-of-life care
✔️ Family engagement and counselling

🤝 Call for Collaboration
We invite healthcare professionals, NGOs, social workers, volunteers, and community leaders to join hands with us in building a compassionate and inclusive care ecosystem. Collaborative efforts are essential to ensure accessibility, awareness, and sustainability of palliative care services in rural settings.

Together, we can make a meaningful difference by ensuring that every individual receives care, comfort, and dignity—regardless of their circumstances.

📞 Contact: 7986609911
🌐 Website: www.palliativepeace.in

🌿 Peace and Empathy Above All

26/03/2026

🌸 Ram Navami Wishes 🌸

On the auspicious occasion of Ramnavami, we extend our heartfelt greetings from Rural Capt. TPS Gill Memorial Care and Support Home (A Unit of Palliative Peace )

May the divine blessings of Lord Ram bring peace, strength, and compassion into all our lives. May this sacred day inspire us to serve humanity with kindness, dignity, and love.

Wishing everyone good health, harmony, and prosperity. 🙏✨

21/03/2026

Eid Mubarak! 🌙✨

May this joyous and blessed occasion fill your life with peace, happiness, and prosperity. May all your prayers be answered, your heart overflow with gratitude, and your home be surrounded by love and warmth.

Wishing you and your family good health, success, and many beautiful moments together. 🌸

23/02/2026

08/02/2026

The International Death Doula Foundation warmly invites members of the public to enrol in a One Day Death Doula Training, a unique and meaningful learning experience focused on compassionate end of life care.
This training is designed for individuals who wish to understand death with awareness, dignity, and humanity, and who feel called to support others during life’s final transition.

Speaker: Dr. Abhijit Dam
A renowned and respected personality, Dr. Abhijit Dam brings deep insight and compassion to conversations around death, dying, and conscious living. His presence and guidance make this training both inspiring and transformative.

Learning outcomes:
• What is a Death Doula and their role in end of life care
• Emotional, psychological, and human support during dying
• Culturally appropriate and compassionate approaches to death
• Supporting individuals and families with dignity and presence
• Understanding death beyond fear, with awareness and acceptance

Who Can Attend
• Healthcare professionals
• Counselors, caregivers, and social workers
• Spiritual seekers and volunteers
• Anyone interested in end of life care and conscious living
• No prior experience required

Location: C. R. Park, New Delhi

Duration: One Day Training
This program offers a rare opportunity to explore death not as an end, but as a deeply human experience that deserves care, respect, and compassion.

Enrol now and be part of a growing movement to bring dignity, awareness, and humanity to the end of life.

For registration, please fill in the Google Form: https://forms.gle/yVi7n9TPwvY1se7x9

07/02/2026

Farishtey is coming to Delhi!
Are you interested in end-of-life care?Are you passionate about death, dying & afterlife? Are you interested in learning the art of accompanying the dying...
International Death Doula Foundation, the first registered & culturally appropriate death doula society in India presents 'Farishtey'.
As usual, our participants are limited to 20 only.

18/12/2025

My Journey in a Bus

My journey in the bus, from the quiet lanes of Bhadalwad—home to Palliative Peace—to the restless roads of Chandigarh, felt like carrying a piece of every life we serve. As the bus slowly left the village behind, my heart stayed back for a moment—with the patients, the silences, the prayers whispered in corners of simple rooms.

Through the window, fields faded into highways, and peace gave way to noise. Yet within me, both worlds walked together. I saw reflections of familiar faces in strangers—the tired, the hopeful, the ones waiting to be heard. Each passenger felt like a reminder that suffering does not belong to one place; it travels, it waits, and it asks for compassion everywhere.

Every stop felt like a pause in destiny. Some people stepped down, some climbed in, just like lives that come into our care—some healed, some held till the end, all loved without condition. In that moving bus, I felt the quiet truth of our work: we cannot stop pain, but we can soften it; we cannot change fate, but we can change how someone feels within it.

As Chandigarh drew closer, I did not feel distance from Bhadalwad—I felt purpose. Hope sat beside me, steady and calm. The road ahead may be long, uncertain, and demanding, but Palliative Peace will keep moving—village to city, silence to voice, suffering to dignity.

This journey reminded me that as long as there is compassion in our hearts, no road is too long, and no life is ever truly alone.

02/12/2025

🌾 Life at Capt. TPS Gill Memorial Care & Support Home, Palliative Peace

Where Healing Meets the Quiet Rhythm of Village Life

Nestled in the serene expanse of Village Bhadalwad, surrounded by golden fields and the gentle rustle of Punjab’s countryside, lies a haven of comfort, dignity, and compassion — Capt. TPS Gill Memorial Care & Support Home (Palliative Peace). Here, life moves at its own calm pace, guided not by machines or hurried footsteps, but by human connection, warmth, and the timeless beauty of village simplicity.

🌿 The Village Breath That Heals

At dawn, the first rays of sunlight filter through the wheat fields, setting them aglow with shades of gold. Birds begin their morning melodies, and a soft breeze carries the scent of earth and fresh grass across the courtyard of our care home. This natural rhythm becomes a companion to our patients — many of whom have spent long months in crowded hospitals, away from the tranquility their minds and bodies longed for.

Here, nature performs half the healing.

🤝 A Home, Not a Hospital

Life at Palliative Peace is intentionally slow, gentle, and deeply human.
Patients are not numbers on charts — they are stories, journeys, and souls seeking comfort.

The verandas echo with kind conversations, soft laughter, and at times, shared silence. Village folk drop by with fresh vegetables, milk, or simply to sit for a while, offering company that feels like family. Caregivers cook simple Punjabi meals — dal, roti, kheer — the kind that reminds patients of home.

Every corner of the home whispers:
“You are safe. You are cared for. You matter.”

🌸 Moments That Stay With You

A bedbound grandmother smiling as she watches children play in the courtyard.
A young patient resting under the shade of a neem tree, listening to the wind.
Prayer time at dusk, when the sky melts from orange to purple, bringing peace even to the most restless heart.

These are not grand moments, but in palliative care, they become treasures — the soft, quiet chapters of a life that still holds meaning.

🌱 Community: The Soul of Bhadalwad

In villages, strangers rarely exist. Everyone becomes someone’s extended family.
This spirit carries into our home, where:

Volunteers walk in unannounced with warm hearts and helping hands
Neighbours step in to sit beside the lonely
Farmers bring fresh produce as blessings
Village children brighten the evenings with innocent chatter

The bond between community and care is what makes Capt. TPS Gill Memorial Home truly special.

✨ Where Dignity Lives

At Palliative Peace, our mission is simple — to ensure that every person, no matter how fragile, lives their final journey with love, dignity, and serenity.

This village, with its slow pace and open horizons, offers exactly that.

A place where:

Pain softens
Hearts open
And life — even in its most vulnerable moments — feels whole again.

🌾 A Sanctuary of Peace

As night falls, the village quiets into a deep, comforting stillness. Stars shine brighter here, and the silence wraps around the care home like a soft blanket. For many of our patients, this is the first true rest they have felt in years.

And perhaps this is the gift of Palliative Peace —
not just medical care, but a return to the peace of life itself.

30/11/2025

What is spontaneous remission in Palliative Care Context?

Spontaneous remission is rare, but not impossible.

In palliative settings, it is sometimes seen that:

A patient with expected short prognosis lives far longer

Symptoms relieve dramatically

Tumor burden reduces unexpectedly

This can happen when emotional, psychological, social, and spiritual support reduces stress levels — improving immunity and overall resilience.

Palliative care does not chase miracles, but it creates an environment where the body, mind, and spirit are in harmony — and sometimes, surprising improvements follow.

16/11/2025

We all wish for a “beautiful” death, for ourselves and for the people we love. And thankfully, many times, it happens, or at least it comes close. I feel fortunate to have witnessed countless deaths that were peaceful, quiet, and even beautiful. But I have also been present for the ones that weren’t, the ones filled with struggle, distress, and sounds that echo in your mind long after the room has fallen silent.

Death and the dying process are as individual as fingerprints. No two are the same, and I think we need to talk about that more honestly. Describing death as beautiful or peaceful can unintentionally mislead or isolate those whose experiences looked very different.

As hospice clinicians, we often explain that certain changes such as skin color, breathing patterns, movements, sounds, even moments of restlessness, can be a normal part of dying. But let’s be honest: while these things may be clinically normal, they are not emotionally normal for the people witnessing them. There is nothing “usual” about watching someone you love leave this world.

I do my best to ease the struggle for both the dying and those keeping vigil beside them. Still, I am not always successful. I have had to learn that it isn’t because I have failed, it’s because sometimes, the body follows its own path, and what it goes through is beyond our control, no matter how gently we try to guide it.

Some deaths are hard to witness. I have learned to be more mindful of that, the quiet trauma that can live inside those memories. Watching someone you love suffer creates a different kind of pain, one that needs acknowledgment and tenderness long after last breaths.

I have often wondered what makes a death “beautiful.” Perhaps it’s when someone has lived a full life and is ready, or when they pass without struggle, surrounded by love. Maybe it’s when the suffering has finally ended, and peace, however brief, fills the room.

There are many interpretations. I once read that “a beautiful death is a death that allows for a celebration of a life well-lived and a sense of peace.” I think that’s true, but I have also learned that beauty in death isn’t always found in how it looks. Sometimes it’s in the love that fills the room, in the hands held tightly together, in the whispered goodbyes, or in the sheer courage it takes to stay present when things are hard to watch.

As someone who walks alongside the dying, I have come to accept that it’s not my place to decide whether a death was beautiful or not. That belongs to those who had to say goodbye. My role is to prepare them for whatever may come, to hold space for both possibilities. And if the end is peaceful, that is a blessing. If it isn’t, at least they were not unprepared, and perhaps it will feel a little less shocking.

Death is my teacher, and I am an attentive listener.

xo
Gabby

You can find this blog here:
https://www.thehospiceheart.net/post/when-it-isn-t-a-beautiful-death

14/11/2025

When I am dying, I don’t want the last sounds I hear to be machines beeping and alarms going off telling me what I already know, which is that my body is shutting down and I am dying.

I don’t want machines keeping me alive.
I don’t want machines feeding me.
I don’t want to feel the suffocation of the blood pressure cuff as it squeezes my arm every hour on the hour.
I don’t want IV’s stuck in my arms, or tubes down my throat.
I don’t want other people making decisions for me.

I don’t want to be in a room that isn’t mine, with a view of medical charts and notes stating when I had my last bowel movement, when my medications are due, or how many times I have been turned and repositioned, which by the way is obnoxious when you are dying and I definitely do not want that.

I don’t want fluorescent lights on above my head, forcing me to keep my eyes closed so they don’t burn from the glare.

I don’t want people walking into my room as though it is theirs and not mine.

I don’t want strangers telling me what to do or how to feel or treating me like I don’t have feelings.

I don't want people to talk over or about me as if I can't hear. I can hear and I will hear you!

I don’t want my family to wait day after day in a stark hospital room knowing there is nothing else anyone can do but wait.
This is not how I want to die.
This is not how I want the people who love me to see me die.

I have written down everything that is important to me so that none of the above ever occurs.
I have listed where I want to be, who I want there, what music I want to hear, how I want to be cared for, what I want to wear, how I want my symptoms managed, and to what extent I want people to go to keep me alive.

When I am dying, I want my wishes honored, my voice heard, and my death peaceful.
I want this for you too!

Please write down your wishes and share them with the people you love.
Have the conversation.
Talk to your family and friends.
I promise you… it won’t happen sooner because you talked about it.

xo
Gabby

My book “The Conversation” is a great way to get the conversation started.
https://a.co/d/5kDTiSn

My class “Your End-of-Life Wishes”
can be found here:
https://www.thehospiceheart.net/your-end-of-life-wishes

You can find this blog here:
https://www.thehospiceheart.net/post/when-i-am-dying