Building
bridges
Supporting people, sharing and alleviating worries and fears, offering solutions: Our outpatient hospice and palliative care team takes a lot of time for its patients and their relatives. Where to turn? Which questions to ask? Which answers are helpful?
From many years of experience, we know about the problems and challenges for patients and their relatives in organizing the bare essentials and the steps that follow. Relatives, family members, friends and neighbors in particular need help so that the pressure does not become too great. Our team is here for you!
Back then and today
Our outpatient hospice and palliative care service in its current form is the result of many efforts and years of commitment by volunteers in Ludwigshafen and the region. Their commitment to the idea of accompanying outpatient hospice work paved the way for the first Ludwigshafen service with two full-time hospice nurses in 1999. In 2003, the team was expanded to include a coordinator.
Under the sponsorship of St. Dominikus Krankenhaus und Jugendhilfe gGmbH, the advice and support service was expanded to include additional hospice nurses, until finally, in 2013, the inpatient hospice, the education service and the outpatient hospice and palliative advice service were merged under the management of Hospiz Elias. In 2017, we also moved under the same roof in terms of space.
Since 2019, we have also been able to offer special outpatient palliative care (SAPV). In 2022, our team was expanded to a total of 7 hospice nurses, 4 full-time palliative care physicians, a social worker, a coordinator and a secretary as well as numerous volunteer companions.
“Our work thrives on reliability and mutual trust. This also – and especially – applies to us as a team.”
Sun Young Yang-Scharf
WHO WE ARE
Our hospice nurses
They visit the seriously ill patients and their relatives on site, provide information and advice. In addition to this psychosocial support, they monitor and document the patient’s symptoms and work closely with the treating doctors or other services.
Our coordinator
In the area of education and public relations, she acts as an interface between the personnel requirements and training requirements for the outpatient service. She coordinates the recruitment, preparation and qualification of new volunteer hospice companions.
Our hospice companions
They visit and accompany seriously ill people and their relatives and families of choice on a voluntary basis for several hours a week. To ensure the best possible relationship of trust, a hospice companion usually looks after the sick person and their relatives. They are a helper, friend and contact person.
