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Health
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Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa
We help the Helderberg Community by providing hospice palliative care.
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More about Helderberg Hospice
Palliative care is a specialized field of medicine that focuses on the holistic care of people who have been diagnosed with a life limiting illness. Our purpose is to facilitate quality of life and alleviate suffering within our community so that people experience peace, comfort and dignity when it matters most. Palliative Care is a life-enhancing support system intended to promote quality of life. We care for patients suffering from Cancer, HIV/AIDS, TB, degenerative Neurological Disorders, Cystic Fibrosis, Multiple Sclerosis, end stage Parkinson’s, and end stage organ failure. Patients are supported to live full and comfortable lives through the management of pain and symptom control with additional holistic support including physical, emotional, psychosocial and spiritual. Our care is delivered by a well-trained and highly qualified interdisciplinary palliative care team where the interests of the patient, family and loved ones remain our primary concern. Each member of the team brings their professional skills to ensure holistic, highly intensive, 24-hour care to patients and support to their families and loved ones. We offer the following services: • Palliative Care Professional Nurses implementing patient care plans in their homes or place of care • 24 Hour Specialist Palliative Intermediate Care Support Centre • Psychosocial Palliative Care including bereavement counselling