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WHAT IS HOSPICE?
HOSPICE is caring for a patient with an advanced illness based on the belief that he or she is a human being with hopes, fears and needs, still capable of giving and sharing, with the right to die peacefully and in dignity. HOSPICE care can be provided at home, in a hospital or at a special institution set up for this purpose.
THE HOSPICE-AT-HOME PROGRAMME
This is a support service provided in the home of the patient for whom cure is not a likely prospect. The main focus of this support will be physical i.e., help and advice on the relief of symptoms, especially pain, and nursing care. In addition, the patient and the family will be given emotional and practical support. When necessary, bereavement support will be provided.
RUMAH HOSPIS PULAU PINANG
This is an in-patient service. Rumah Hospice is registered as a private 8-bedded hospital. Patients can come from our own Hospice-At-Home programme or are referred by other doctors, hospitals, family or friends. Paients are admitted for short periods into the Rumah Hospice programme. They are admitted to carry out procedures which cannot be done at home and also to provide respite care to allow the primary home carer a short period of rest. Long term stay is discouraged.
THE HOSPICE TEAM
The team consists of a full time doctor and a nurse Co-ordinator (both staff member) and volunteers consisting of doctors, nurses and social workers who visit the patient at home as and when the need arises. All members have had training - understanding of the HOSPICE philosophy, death and dying and bereavement counselling, as well as developing communication and Iistening skills.
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