Mission
The mission of Helderberg hospice is to promote and provide skilled and compassionate Palliative care to all persons living in the Helderberg area who are facing a life threatening disease.
Vision
To Commit
To Care
To Serve
To Sustain
History
Helderberg Hospice, founded in 1986, was one of the early hospices established in South Africa. This service to care for terminally ill patients has grown and developed in response to the community needs in the intervening period.
Today it offers a comprehensive palliative care service for persons living with terminal illnesses such as Cancer, End Stage Organ failure, Degenerative Neurological Disorders and HIV/AIDS.
Philosophy
Quality palliative care is provided is through efficient use of resources and cost effective personnel management and development. Members of the health care team are guided in their practice by the dictates of the professional ethic and motivated by the pursuit of excellence.
Geographical areas served
Helderberg Hospice falls into the greater Cape Town Metropole area. We serve all the urban and Peri-Urban areas that fall under the larger named areas of Gordon’s Bay, Sir Lowry’s Pass, Strand, Somerset West, Lwandle, Nomzamo, Macassar, Firgrove and Faure.
Definition of Palliative Care
Palliative Care is defined by the World Health Organisation as an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing problems associated with life threatening illness, through the prevention and the relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, such as physical, psychological and spiritual.
Helderberg Hospice is governed by a Board of Directors
Chairman |
Martin Lund |
Finance |
Keith Davies Neville Shutt |
Legal |
Julian Weil |
Medical |
Dr Mark Hosking |
| Dr Nokwazi Nkosi | |
Nursing |
Pat Pigeon Tenjiwe Khumalo |
Community representatives |
Dudley Janeke Ebrahim Rhoda Karin Gordon |
Licensure and Accreditation
- Member of Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa
- The Inpatient Unit is Licensed as a Non Acute Care Establishment with the Department of Health.
- Accredited by Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa
- Registered as a NPO with section 18A status : 004-372
- Registered as Section 21 Company : 87/000 465/08
