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Naledi Hospice is a member of HPCA (Hospice Palliative Care Association) of SA, and is the accredited �Centre of Palliative Care Training�
for the Free State and Northern Cape.
We were accredited by HWSETA for home-based care and palliative care training in the Free State.
Our mission is to provide specialized palliative care for patients and families facing life-limiting diseases by means of a trained interdisciplinary
team and training of
professionals and community members in palliative care. The objectives of our Programmes at Naledi Hospice are to:
- Provide quality palliative care for patients who are well enough to travel to our Hospice and receive skills training, counseling and HIV testing, bereavement support, and information on HIV & AIDS
related issues and to be encouraged to join Support Groups in their communities;
- Provide monthly nutritional support and Home-Based Care disposables for patients in the community;
- Provide palliative care training for professionals and community members;
What is palliative care?
- This is the change in focus from curing the illness to making the patient as comfortable as possible and free from pain.
- Total pain management includes physical relief, as well as the management of psychological and spiritual matters.
- A terminal illness affects not only the individual, but also the entire family as well as friends.
- This is why the patient and his/her family and friends constitute the focal unit of care.
- Palliative care emphasizes the maintenance of human dignity, quality of life, comfort and concern
for those whose disease process has become advanced and progressive.
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