Many people coming to live in New Zealand from other countries may not understand what a hospice is.
Hospice literally means 'a place of shelter'. Hospices are for people with terminal illnesses.
During their stay, patients will receive treatment (known as palliative care) to help relieve pain and other symptoms causing discomfort. They will also receive a great deal of love, care and skilled attention from trained medical, nursing and support staff. Hospice patients can be any age, from the tiny baby to the very old.
A hospice cannot claim to extend life, but it can certainly improve the quality of life for each patient, so that each day can be lived to the full.
The regions Hospice's provide a range of holistic services and programmes to meet the physical, psychological, spiritual and cultural needs of patients and their families-whanau.
Referrals and access to care
Referrals can come from GPs and other health providers or through self referral.
www.nelsonhospice.org.nz
Services include:
- home care
- 24-hour telephone service
- inpatient care in the hospice unit
- palliative care outpatient clinic
- family support; palliative care liaison nurse
- social worker and counsellor
- spiritual support
- bereavement care
- children’s bereavement support
- library and information services
These services are provided from the hospice inpatient unit and Sally McCormack house in Manuka Street, Nelson. There are services based in rural areas also.
The trust is partially funded by NMDHB and the remainder of the funding is raised within the community.
Nelson Region Hospice Trust:
36 Manuka St
PO Box 283
NELSON
Phone: 03 546 3914
www.marlboroughhospice.org.nz
The Marlborough Hospice Trust and the Salvation Army have established a stand-alone hospice facility in Marlborough. A purpose-built facility was officially opened in September 2003 and with the Salvation Army contracted to provide palliative care.
This service is to be partially funded by NMDHB and the remainder of the funding is to be raised within the community.
Marlborough Community Hospice
Gate 2, Hospital Road,
BLENHEIM.
Phone: 03 578 9492
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