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The facility has three beds and a staff with specialized training to help the terminally ill.

Expanded care on the Journey Home January 8, 2021 The journey home has gotten a little easier for some of Toronto’s 8,500 homeless people in shelters and out on the street any given night. A $2-million expansion and total renovation of the Journey Home Hospice in downtown Toronto will enable St. Elizabeth Health Care to care for dying homeless men in new and better ways, and care for more of them. Expanding from four to 10 beds, this hospice helps some of the most vulnerable Canadians through their last days or weeks. But Journey Home is more than just a last chance for a dignified death...

Article content Thanks to a $1 million donation from the Iacobelli family of Leamington, members of the homeless community in Toronto in need of hospice care have a newly renovated facility available to serve their needs. The Iacobelli family — Henry and Lina Iacobelli and their children Sandra Macera, John Iacobelli and Diana Remark — provided the $1-million anchor donation, allowing for a much-needed expansion to the facility. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Leamington family donates $1M to Toronto hospice for people who are homeless Bac...

  WINDSOR, ONT. -- A hospice specifically for those experiencing homelessness has received a $1 million donation toward a newly renovated facility thanks to a Leamington family. The Iacobelli family has donated the funds to The Journey Home Hospice, the only hospice specifically for Toronto’s homeless community. The facility will open its renewed space on Wednesday which the organization said was made possible “in large part” thanks to the family’s donation. “This tremendous gift allowed us to safely bring together all the components needed to increase our capacity by 150 per ...