The Earl Mountbatten Hospice is the Island's centre of excellence in caring for people with life-shortening illnesses - and their families and carers.
Our Objectives
- 'The provision of palliative care, both on the Trust premises and elsewhere within the Isle of Wight,
- to persons diagnosed as suffering from a terminal illness or exceptionally from a non-terminal illness,
- the symptoms of which are both severe and responsive to the treatments provided by the Trust to terminally ill patients;
- the relief of relatives and dependants both before and after bereavement, particularly by the provision of counselling;
- and the provision of palliative care education and training of nurses and others'.
We care for around 800 patients each year, absolutely free of charge.
Patients are referred from their GP or the hospital.
Our aims are to:
- Relieve pain and control symptoms of advanced disease
- To provide emotional, social and spiritual support
- To help patients maintain the highest possible quality of life
- To permit independence and choice for as long as possible
- To provide a caring environment which respects the dignity of the patient
- To support patients, families and carers before and after bereavement
- To support and provide opportunities for education and training staff and volunteers
- To facilitate, co-ordinate communication, collaboration between agencies involved with palliative care.
We achieve this by taking a holistic approach to care, which includes nursing, social, psychological and spiritual care as well as looking at alternative ways to treat physical and mental suffering. We encourage both patients and carers to take an active role in their care, as appropriate, accepting that each carer, patient and professional is a unique individual.
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