Care

Hospice at Home

The West Yorkshire Forget me not Trust Children’s Hospice and Respite Centre

The aim of the service will be to provide high quality specialist palliative care, support and respite to children and young people with life threatening/life limiting conditions and their families in the home environment. The service gives back the children and families the choice as to where they are cared for.

Service Provisions

The Hospice @ Home service will offer:

• End of life care - this will include a 24 hour on call nursing service for advice, support and nursing care.
• Symptom assessment and management.
• Specialist palliative nursing care.
• Emotional and psychological support.
• Sibling support.
• Parental and family support.
• Bereavement care and support.
• Specialist respite care for crisis management.

We as a team will be dedicated to responding quickly to crisis' whether it be for end of life care, deterioration in your child's condition, planned or emergency surgery, or a social problem. We aim to offer care, support, advice and practical nursing care for short periods until the crisis is over.

Who can access the service?

Any child or young person 0-19 years of age and fit the West Yorkshire Forget me not Trust Children’s Hospice and Respite Centre criteria for admission based on the ACT and Hospice UK recommendations.

We will offer the service to children and young people who live within the Kirklees, Calderdale and Wakefield areas.

Who will the hospice to home team consist of?

Our team will consists of a Hospice to Home Head of Care and a Team Leader for each area with a bank of staff consisting of Nurses, Health Care Assistants, Play Therapists, Nursery Nurses, Bereavement Counsellors, and Social Workers. We will also have a bank of volunteers who will all be CRB assessed.

We aim to work collaboratively with any other professionals from health, social services, education and other voluntary organisations that are involved with the child and family.