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Funding was granted by the Isisombululo Programme for a two year research project linked to the holistic approach of caring for the carers by addressing issues of burnout and high stress levels which arise from working with impoverished families and terminally ill people. The “carers” include 45 staff and volunteers from hospice and other partner organisations working within the community.
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Access to Hospice services as per the criteria in our mission statement can be done as follows:
- Referral by a private medical practitioner
- Referral by a clinic or provincial hospital
- Family or self referral with a complete medical history
Palliative care patients will be contacted within 24 hours of referral. Chronic care patients will be contacted within a week of referral. In instances where the patient does not meet our referral criteria, we will suggest and facilitate alternative service providers.
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Board of directors and sub-committees |
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Board of directors and sub-committees - click here to download organogram |
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What is the impact of hospice in our community? |
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On a monthly basis over 400 patients with an additional 2 000 family members are cared for by 26 service delivery staff. An average of 13 500 kilometres are traveled in 10 vehicles making over 1,500 visits per month. The figures reflected below show the average numbers of both direct beneficiaries (patients) and indirect beneficiaries (family members/primary carers) cared for last year. |
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Our aim is to serve the community by providing palliative home-based nursing care for persons with progressive incurable and chronic debilitating diseases.
Our holistic care extends to the families prior to and during the bereavement period.
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Caregivers Course - Hospice Knysna will be running a "Caregiver Course' for volunteer caregivers, beginning on Monday 4th May for 9 weeks.
For more info or to fill out an application form, please call Annie 044 384 0593.
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In 1986 Knysna Sedgefield Hospice commenced in the room of a cottage which was manned by volunteers one day per week.
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Palliative care is an approach that aims to ease suffering and improve the quality of life of those with a life threatening incurable disease. This is done by two-fold patient centered approach: |
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Hospice Information 
