When considering hospice care for a loved one, there are several important questions to ask before making a decision. Below are answers to questions that can help in deciding whether or not a particular hospice palliative care facility is the right fit for your loved one’s needs and preferences.
As a caregiver to a family member suffering from a life-limiting illness, you may be feeling overwhelmed and unsure of how to provide the best possible care. It can be a physically, emotionally, and mentally taxing experience, and it’s important to remember that it’s okay to seek help and support. Helderberg Hospice can provide a range of services to support you as a caregiver and make the caregiving experience a little easier.
Hospice palliative care is a type of medical care that focuses on the provision of holistic, inter-disciplinary treatment, including comfort and support to individuals who have been diagnosed with a life limiting illness. Hospice palliative care can be provided in a variety of settings, including hospice in-patient support centres, nursing homes, frail care centres and in patients’ own homes.
Helderberg Hospice are Palliative Care Specialists (Palliative Care is a holistic method of improving the quality of life of a patient, and their loved ones, who are directly affected by a life-threatening illness.) Our services are available to patients at home as well as through a specialised, short-term admission 24-Hour Support Centre. The unit offers…
Cancer patients are heroes – those who battle with this disease every day, those whose families walk with them, support them, dreading every new test and celebrating every small victory with them. Each one, patient and loved ones alike, are heroes in our eyes – dragon-slayers all! Some of our heroes who have wielded the…
The 24-hour Palliative Care Support Centre at Helderberg House is a 10-bed facility offering 24 hours nursing and is used primarily as back-up for the home care service. It is licensed by the Department of Health and accredited with the Council of Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (COHSASA).
Cancer can be beaten, and to all cancer survivors: “You are a warrior! And Warriors don’t quit! Cancer is just one chapter in your life and not the whole story.” During the month of June, Helderberg Hospice is celebrating all the unsung heroes who have survived the dread disease that has many faces – cancer. Our…
