Hospice Care Services

On this page you will find information about the hospice services that are available both in the community and at the hospice in Winsley.

Physical Therapies

Our out-patient wing has designated rooms for physiotherapy, occupational therapy and the lymphoedema services. Each of these teams also work in the community. The physiotherapy and occupational therapy team are there to help the patient with rehabilitation and adaptation after surgery or other treatments, enabling the patient to cope better at home. The team also offer specialised treatments, such as management of breathlessness, fatigue, and pain relief. For those suffering from lymphoedema – swelling that sometimes follows surgery – our lymphoedema nurses can give advice on skin care, exercise, specialised treatments and provision of special garments to reduce swelling.

Doctors

The doctors look after patients in the In-Patient Unit, give advice to all health professionals and visit patients at home, in hospital or elsewhere. They also see out-patient visitors to Dorothy House.

The Chaplaincy Team

Whether you have a strong religious faith or not, the Chaplaincy Team is here to help support them, their family and carers through this difficult time. Their diagnosis may have raised all sorts of questions regarding life and death, future plans and provisions.

The Chaplain is available and willing to spend time with a patient during any time they spend within the Hospice and may be able to visit them at home.

There is a chapel at Dorothy House where all are warmly welcomed regardless of faith.

Patient and Family Support

We consider psychological, social and practical needs, along with those of family and carers, as being very important. Through our experience, we are aware that practical and financial problems often arise due to an illness. We are able to offer advice and information on matters such as future care planning, benefits, guardianship, advanced decisions etc. It can be difficult to navigate around the ‘maze of care’, we may be able to help explain and co-ordinate the services needed.

We can provide an opportunity to talk through fears, concerns, hopes and wishes and help discuss available options for the future. As a result, we hope that a patient could feel more in control and that the quality of life would be enhanced.

We work with parents, children and young people to help them understand and cope with the illness and help prepare for events and situations as they arise.

We also provide a range of support for bereaved relatives, children and carers.