Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Service Target

For individuals who have terminal illness requiring symptomatic control, physical and psychosocial care towards the end of life.

Service Features

• A professional healthcare team led by a resident medical doctor and nurses providing 24 hours holistic care to all residents. Resident doctor conduct round once a week to carry out necessary treatment and control symptoms. Doctor rounds once a week to provide appropriate symptom control and treatment for residents.
• Nurses provide appropriate care according to the needs of individual resident, including: intravenous injection and infusion, drug administration, wound care, tube feeding, oxygen therapy, suctioning, tracheostomy & stoma care, etc.
• Onsite Chinese medicine services provide general and specialist Chinese medicine consultation and treatment, as well as prescription and decoction of Chinese herbal medicine, Acupuncture, Tui na, Moxibustion, “Tian Jiu (天灸)” therapy, etc.
• Physiotherapists provide necessary chest physiotherapy, different forms of rehabilitation training exercises, etc.
• Spiritual workers visit residents and their family members to provide counselling and emotional support.
• Social workers lead a team of volunteers to arrange daily recreational activities.

Charges

Monthly charges on accommodation and nursing care packages. The charges include doctor ward round once a week, general nursing care, meals, and recreational activities.

Itemized charges apply according to individual resident‘s needs, such as special nursing care, physiotherapy, Chinese Medicine service, medical consumables, etc.

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Charges

Room Facilities

• All rooms with air-conditioning, ensuite toilet and shower, refrigerator
• Individual TV panel (with Now TV channels)
• Free Wi-Fi
• Single rooms are specially equipped with a mini safe, telephone and folding bed for overnight accompanying persons with daily/monthly charge

Admission application please refer to

Useful Information (Only available in Chinese)

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