Assisi Hospice continues to introduce programmes that enhance the quality of life and palliative care journey for their patients. Assisi Hospice (AH) celebrated 55 years of “Caring for Life” in 2024. We have been discerning our community’s needs over the years and transforming ourselves to achieve them. Founded by the Sisters of Franciscan Missionaries of […]
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Palliative patients find comfort and delight in eating their favourite dishes, even if they can only indulge occasionally. Food has a deep, comforting power, even for palliative patients who may not be able to eat much. Even when physical consumption is limited, food can provide emotional connection through memories, sensory comfort through taste and smell,
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A husband shares his experience of coping with the loss of his wife, with support from Assisi Hospice’s Bereavement Care team. The Assisi Hospice care team not only takes care of patients with serious illnesses but also their loved ones who are coping with grief and loss. The Bereavement Care team comprises professional counsellors and
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Assisi Hospice is extending palliative care to non-cancer patients in order to improve their quality of life. When Dame Cicely Saunders first pioneered the modern hospice movement in the UK in 1967, she started by caring for dying cancer patients. Similarly, the late Professor Cynthia Goh began the first hospice service with the Canossian Sisters
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The team from Assisi Hospice shares how the Personhood Headboard impacts the way they care for patients as unique individuals. At every bed in the inpatient ward at Assisi Hospice, you will find a small board with the following sections: “Call Me..”, “I Enjoy…”, “What comforts me…”, “I dislike…”, “I want you to know…” and
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帮助正值盛年的病患作最后非一般道别。
对一位患有绝症的正值壮年晚期病患而言，与至亲道别挑战独特。雅西西慈怀。
病院的医疗团队分享他们是如何帮助36岁的蔡天豪温馨及庄严地与他的至亲道别。
In palliative care, we not only provide care and comfort to patients, but give support to patients’ families too, not forgetting the young children. Alice (name has been changed) is in her 40s and has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She is under the care of Assisi Hospice’s Home Care service. Her youngest daughter, Brenda
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When 28-year-old Venus Lim quit her job to care for her 61-year-old mother, Madam Theresa Lim, she faced many challenges as an only child and sole breadwinner. Assisi Hospice was able to provide practical and emotional support that helped ease her burden. Madam Theresa Lim was sold to her adoptive parents when she was eight
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