Palliative Care Volunteers - Port Stephens

About Palliative Care Volunteers - Port Stephens

Palliative care is defined as a concept of care which provides coordinated medical nursing and allied health services for people who are terminally ill, delivered where possible in the environment of the persons choice and which provides physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual support for the dying person and their family and friends. The provision of palliative care services includes grief and bereavement support for the family and other carers during the life of the parent and continuing after death.