Palliative Care is health care that focuses on the control of pain and suffering in a patient with a life threatening illness. The goal of palliative care is to maximize a patient's quality of life at the end of life rather than to cure the disease.  

Visiting hours for palliative care patients are not restricted. Children are welcome, but must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Palliative care is based on:

• Highly developed medical expertise in pain and symptom management
• Timely, responsive, patient centred communications
• Interdisciplinary treatment 

The new 10-bed Palliative Care unit features a lounge and a designated family sleep space to provide added comfort and support for our patients and thier families. There is direct access to an outdoor garden and large windows where all patients can see into the gardens from their rooms.

The well planned and designed facility, together with the provision of caring and compassionate programs, are helping to provide patients and their families with both the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual support they need.

Patients and their families can expect to:

• Be well informed and actively involved in decision making
• Have your pain and other symptoms managed
• Have your physical and emotional needs sensitively met
• Participate in care as much as is comfortable
• Feel welcome and comfortable within the surroundings of our facility

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