Boland Hospice
What is Boland Hospice Care and who is it for...
Boland Hospice is about you and your health. It was founded on the need for traditional care for those with end of life care needs. Boland Hospice has evolved since it cared for its first patient in 2006.
Today Boland Hospice focus areas are:
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Palliative care for those living with a life threatening illness
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Rehabilitative supportive care
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Chronic disease management (HIV; TB; hypertension; diabetes and other lifestyle influenced conditions) which includes treatment support
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Health education to promote wellness and prevent disease
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Early childhood health care
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Family support and respite care
This care is provided through three services.
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Transitional Care Facility: Ward in Worcester and Ceres providing 24 hour care
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Home Based Care: Community Care Workers providing care Monday to Friday in the Breedevalley
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Supportive Lay Counselling: Lay Counsellors seconded to the Department of Health in their facilities
Vision
As an organization we strive to manage and provide care based on the following values:
Care: We work from our hearts
Competency: Having the knowledge and skills to do our jobs and stay up to date.
Accountability: Taking responsibility for our actions and being able to explain “why”
Integrity: Honest to ourselves and others in what we say and do
Respect: Honouring the differences in each other
Responsiveness: Swift reaction to patient, partners and organizational needs
Team: Knowing each other so we can begin together and end together
Our mission:
In partnership we will provide quality holistic health care for communities in the Cape Winelands District together with public, private and NPO partners to ensure dignity and quality of life.
Our strategic objectives are to be :
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An employer of choice
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A service of choice
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An investment of choice
Management & Staff
Management:
CEO: Alida Theron
Cell nr: 066 274 8388
Support staff team
Home Based Care Teams are led by:
Breede Valley:
PN's Ntloko, Koert,Fatagodien, Vergotini and Andrews
Transitional Care Facility Teams are led by:
Breede Valley:
PN Patricia Jacobs, L Kirby, Baronese Pitt, Zelnodien Boer
Witzenberg:
PN Valencia Botha
Legal Compliance
Boland Hospice is registered and compliant, Click Here to for more details...
Partnerships
We thank all our partners, formal and informal, for their support. Support comes in many forms and we are grateful for it all