Palliative Care

It helps people diagnosed with a serious or life threatening illness to better understand and manage their disease and diagnosis

• It helps individuals to clarify their treatment goals and options
• Psychosocial support and counselling provides an extra layer of support to individuals and their families
• Information, tools, tips, and advice are given to the individual and their family to effectively monitor and manage their care needs
• Training of family members/care givers on personal care, pressure care, incontinence management, feeding
• The provision of information on resources for the hiring of equipment and arrangement of agency home carers if needed
• Regular visits by a trained palliative care nurse to manage symptoms
• Improved communication between the individual and their team of doctors/specialists
• Referral to additional services if required (social worker, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, psychologist, spiritual leaders)
• Arrangement of admission to The Camphor’s, or any other appropriate care facility if requested.

There are many myths around Palliative Care, and we hope to be instrumental in dispelling these myths in the community and giving individuals who are seriously ill the opportunity to live as well as they can, for as long as they can in their own homes with our support.