Care

Pilgrims Hospices provides in-patient care, day care, support and advice to patients in the community, at home and out patient appointments to those requiring palliative care across east Kent, completely free of charge.

Our specialist teams offer physical, social and spiritual support to those facing life-threatening illness. These services are extended to the families and carers of the patients in our care.

The Multi-Professional Team is led by our Medical Consultants in Specialist Palliative Care and include the joint expertise of:

• Doctors
• Nurses
• Social workers
• Counsellors
• Physiotherapists
• Chaplains
• Complementary therapists
• Diversional therapists

All of these professionals work closely together to make sure that the care our patients receive reflects each individual's specific and particular needs.

Our Multi-Professional Team also works very closely with family doctors, district nurses and other professionals working in local communities, and also with local hospitals.

Care is given at the three hospices in the in-patient units, the day hospices and in the community in patient's homes.