Palliative Care

Palliative Care | SHILOH HEALTHCARE

Palliative care is specialised care for people with serious or terminal illnesses. The support focuses on providing relief from the symptoms, pain and stress of a serious illness and improves quality of life. The goal is to improve the quality of life for both the patient and their family whilst reducing the emotional effects of illnesses such as heart failure and colon cancer.

What we offer

Palliative care can involve:

Personal care and assisted living, such as assistance with bathing, dressing and toileting

Continence care, whether it is changing continence pads or managing a stoma or catheter

Medication support, including prompts or administering medication, even the more complex prescriptions

Support with pain management

Help moving around the home, whether it is gentle support or hoisted transfers

Housekeeping duties, such as vacuuming, dusting, changing beds or doing the laundry

Preparing meals to your tastes, and washing up afterwards

Caring for your pet, including feeding and walking

Running errands to collect prescriptions or the food shopping Companionship and supporting your independent living at home

HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

We pride ourselves on ensuring that every person who seeks our help has an individually designed, tailor-made, flexible and high-quality care package to meet their own unique needs and requirements. We are here with a 24/7 on-call service to listen to any questions and concerns and we promise to respond immediately.

OUR SERVICES