What does The Galilee Palliative Care Centre offer?

The palliative care team can offer support and relief from symptoms in the comfort of a patient’s own home, depending on their needs, concerns, aims, hopes, and wishes.  A programme of visits is scheduled, and the team can also visit patients at other times should this be needed.

The Hospice also operates a 24-hour help-line to offer advice and support.

Even at the end of someone’s life, many patients prefer to stay at home, and the care given in these final days is what the family will remember.  Support by a palliative care team is important so that the patient and family can experience every moment together in the best possible way.

At the day care centre patients are able to socialise, make friends, and to join in the programme of creative activities, including arts and crafts, singing and dancing The programme also includes film screenings and theatrical performances, outings, shared meals, and many other activities.  Social interaction by itself has a positive effect on the overall well-being of patients.

Patients with particular needs and symptoms that may be difficult to deal with at home, such as acute pain, nausea, great discomfort, and so on can receive care at the residential hospice from a team of specialists.

A stay at the hospice can also often provide a much needed period of respite for family members, who may be providing care at home for their loved one.

Many people are often anxious and afraid when they come to the hospice, because they may think that they will be staying there permanently and not going home.

In reality, care at the residential hospice is only for a short period, and patients then go back home, since our aim is for patients to be cared for in their preferred environment.

On the other hand, a patient and their family may wish to receive end-of-life care at the hospice and not at home.

Specialist teams can visit patients who need palliative care and support during their stay in hospital.

They continue to support the families who have lost loved ones, helping them to manage all the different feelings they may go through as a result of the loss of their loved one, such as anger, loneliness, emptiness, and depression.