Hibiscus Coast Hospice

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www.hchospice.org.nz

Hibiscus Coast Hospice provides a free home-based palliative care service available to residents in its area, which extends from Puhoi south to Redvale and Army Bay west to the Kaipara Harbour, and includes the Orewa, Red Beach, Silverdale and Whangaparaoa communities.

It serves a population of 50,000 and cares for 160 people a year. In late 2007 it opened a six-bed in-patient facility in John Dee Crescent, Red Beach and will offer a 24/7 service by September 2009.

Hibiscus Coast Hospice provides a full range of services, from pain control and symptom relief, free loan of equipment, trained volunteer support in the home, night nursing, social, emotional and spiritual support to the patient and family and ultimately bereavement support. It runs various support groups and has a resource library.

Weekly support groups include Stepping Stones for the bereaved, Daybreak for patients and caregivers, the Us Group for children living with someone who is terminally ill plus an art group and tai chi.