DEAN Foundation: Compassionate Hospice & Palli

Reference Number
RF177089
Description
Hospice and Palliative Care
 
Out-Patient Service

Holistic support for patients with limited life expectancy to help meet physical, social, emotional and spiritual needs without discrimination but with love, acceptance and dignity. 

Specially trained staff (consisting of a team of doctor, nurse, social worker/counsellor and volunteer) who work closely with the patient's primary care physician, if necessary, to oversee care and treatment.

Focus is on controlling pain and other distressing symptoms connected with end-stage disease. This includes dispensing medications, dressing foul-smelling, fungating ulcers, Ryles tube insertion, administration of IV/subcutaneous fluids, Ascitis tapping, bladder wash, catheterization, stoma care, etc. Sponge bath, eye and oral care, and perineum care form an integeral part of the routine procedures to prevent fungal infections and make the patient as comfortable as possible.

We

Provide patients with hospital cots, water beds, wheel chairs, bed pans, urinals and commodes
Train volunteers, family and patients in basic nursing care and infection control 
Provide advice on nutritional requirements 
Allow patients to ventilate feelings and emotions; help identify patient and family concerns
Assist the patient to regain maximum independence and thereby meet self-care requisites
Empower the patient and the family by helping them find strength in themselves and to make informed choices

We offer the following :

Basic nursing care, good symptomatic control as well as social and emotional support in the comfort of their own homes
Counseling to the family and patient based on first-hand insights of the stressors at work, in their own setting
Bereavement support t
Timings
9.00AM to 8.00Pm
Location
Country
India
State/Region/Province
Tamil Nadu
City
Chennai
ZIP code
600010
Address
no 73, New no 59, Old, 2nd St, Aspiran Garden Colony
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