Palliative Care Terminology For clarification of the word Palliative care and what it encompasses. Here it is as defined by the https://hpca.co.za What is palliative care? Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering […]
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Knysna Sedgefield Hospice is … Grateful, Anxious and Hopeful
Knysna Sedgefield Hospice is … Grateful, Anxious and Hopeful As we speed towards the end of yet another busy year, there are three words that seem to typify our feelings – grateful, anxious and hopeful. The Knysna Sedgefield Hospice has been serving the area stretching from Harkerville to Wilderness, for over 30 years. This last […]
Read More »Self Defense refresher day
Jeanne-Mari gave our staff a refresher course on self defense. Fun was had by all but most importantly we were reminded yet again of how vulnerable our care workers are when they are in the field and entering people’s homes, often in dangerous areas. Thank you Jeanne for sharing your knowledge and experience with us […]
Read More »Knysna Sedgefield Hospice staff go above and beyond for our local community
From Wed 7th June 2017, Knysna was hit by unpredictable wild fires that affected us all, from the location areas to the suburbs, leaving no one untouched. 4 of our patients lost their homes and some of our volunteers too. Many of us here at Knysna Sedgefield Hospice personally know of someone who lost their […]
Read More »Wednesday 8 March is International Woman’s Day. In light of this, our health challenge for this coming month is to…
Take care of yourself first… How often do we hear the expression, ‘take care of yourself first because you can’t pour from an empty cup’? But as women, we are so busy juggling our kids, spouses, parents, friends and careers that we ask ourselves “how it is that I can possibly find the time or […]
Read More »My Village Card
R1985 was raised over Dec and Jan! We are thrilled with this amount but we are aware that now that Christmas spending is done, that figure will drop significantly. We unfortunately only average at R1600 per month. We desperately need help to reach our target of R2500 per month in 2017. This is a passive […]
Read More »This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Hospice movement
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Hospice movement. Its been an incredible success story – the brainchild of a nurse, Cicely Saunders, who went on to become a medical social worker and a doctor. Please click on this link to read the complete article: www.itv.com/news/central/2017-01-10/hospice-care-end-of-life-care-should-be-dignified-and-compassionate/
Read More »APCA POS
An ongoing clinical quality improvement project: One component of being a five star hospice is that Knysna Sedgefield Hospice undertakes regular audits of our performance. Why do we do this? We want to make sure we deliver the best possible quality service to our patients and families and keep training our staff to iron out […]
Read More »A day in the life of a Knysna Sedgefield Hospice Social Worker
What does your job entail? As social workers we interact very closely with our patients and their families to help address any problematic situations they may face, from basic physical needs to helping them and their families keep perspective and prepare for the end of life situation. Describe your average work day? As social workers […]
Read More »Kahn from The Parlotones makes a patient’s dream come true…
Lize Maree is one of our palliative care patients who is now sadly bedridden. She is a huge fan of the South African band who have achieved international success, The Parlotones! Her biggest regret is that she never attended a live concert and wished to meet Kahn, the front man of The Parlotones. Knysna-Sedgefield Hospice […]
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