Kirkwood Hospice - Serving Local People

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What We Do

Kirkwood Hospice provides Specialist Palliative Care for those people in Kirklees facing a life-threatening illness, from which they will not recover. We are able to help with symptom control, emotional support or rehabilitation following diagnosis or treatment and we also care for those who are close to the end of their life. All of our care is given free of charge.

Care and support is also given to the relatives and friends of those using our services both during the patient’s illness and in bereavement.

Kirkwood Hospice's clinical team of nurses, doctors and other health care professionals, is supported by a dedicated administrative and support staff to provide high quality care in a safe and welcoming environment.

Kirkwood Hospice provides a variety of services in order to meet the individual needs of our patients and their families. Details of all of these services can be found on the following web pages:

Information For Patients And Their Families Or Carers

Art And Creative Writing
Complementary Therapies
Drop-In Service
Family Care Team
In-Patients At Kirkwood Hospice
Kirkwood Koalas
Occupational Therapy And Physiotherapy
Palliative Care Team – Support At Home
Social Work At Kirkwood Hospice
Spiritual Care
Support & Therapy Centre
Ten Common Misconceptions About Hospices

Information For Health Care Professionals

Information For Care Homes
Specialist Palliative Care 24 Hour Advice Line
Referrals To Kirkwood Hospice

 

Palliative Care

“Palliative care is an approach which improves quality of life for patients and their families facing life threatening illness through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems physical psychosocial and spiritual”.

Palliative Care:

• Affirms life and regards dying as a normal process
• Neither hastens nor postpones death
• Provides relief from pain and other symptoms
• Integrates the psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care
• Offers a support system to help patients live as actively as possible until death
• Offers a support system to help the family cope during the patient’s illness and in their bereavement.

(World Health Organisation definition of palliative care, 2002)

Kirkwood Hospice's Statement of Purpose and Patients Guide is available to anyone who wishes to read it.

Understanding Hospices

Throughout the United Kingdom there are over 200 hospices, caring for adults and children. Each hospice is unique but what is true to all of them is that they offer a range of services to help care for people with a life-threatening illness. To find out more about the history of hospices, who they help, the services that they offer and how they are funded please see our Ten Common Misconceptions About Hospices web page.