Palliative Care
When an illness cannot be cured, Palliative Care is available to help manage distressing or complex symptoms and provide support. Palliative Care works with existing care teams such as GPs and other specialists, to provide comfort and quality of life while you get on with living.
Palliative Care staff assess patient and carer needs, and take notice of their personal wishes and goals for care.
Palliative Care teams include doctors, nurses, allied health staff, social workers and volunteers. All services are free of charge.
They provide:
- regular assessments and treatments to target symptoms such as pain, nausea, breathlessness and anxiety
- support for physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs
- access to specialist support in any ISLHD hospital, residential aged care facility or at home
- access to loan equipment to care safely at home
- access to after-hours support
- ongoing professional and volunteer support to family members and carers.
Full list of Palliative Care services
Illawarra-Shoalhaven Specialist Community Palliative Care ServiceThe Shoalhaven Palliative Care Service operates primarily from David Berry Hospital, where you will find our 9-bed Palliative Care Unit (known as Karinya), our Specialist Community Palliative Care team, the Equipment Loan Pool and Volunteer Service. Our Palliative Care Consult Service provides services into other hospitals and is located at Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital. We also work closely with primary health nurses from Community Health. Patients must be referred by a doctor and ‘linked’ to the Palliative Care Service prior to receiving specialist palliative care support services. At David Berry Hospital you will find the Karinya Palliative Care Unit, the Specialist Community Palliative Care Service, the Equipment Loan Pool and the Volunteer Service. |
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| Allied Health Services - Palliative Care Illawarra-Shoalhaven | Illawarra |
02 4254 5010 |
| Allied Health Services - Palliative Care Illawarra-Shoalhaven | Shoalhaven |
02 4464 6983 |
| Community Specialist Palliative Care Services - Illawarra-Shoalhaven | Wollongong |
02 4223 8380 |
| Community Specialist Palliative Care Services - Illawarra-Shoalhaven | David Berry Hospital |
02 4464 6983 |
| Palliative Care Equipment Loan Pool - Illawarra-Shoalhaven | Port Kembla Hospital |
02 4223 8263 |
| Palliative Care Equipment Loan Pool - Illawarra-Shoalhaven | David Berry Hospital |
02 4464 6948 |
| Primary Health Nurses (Generalist) - Community Health | District-wide service |
1300 792 755 |
| Specialist Palliative Care Symptom Management Clinic - Illawarra-Shoalhaven | Shoalhaven Cancer Care Clinic |
02 4464 6983 |
| Specialist Palliative Care Symptom Management Clinic - Illawarra-Shoalhaven | Port Kembla Hospital |
02 4223 8380 |
Illawarra-Shoalhaven Specialist Inpatient Palliative Care ServiceThe Illawarra Palliative Care Service operates primarily from Port Kembla Hospital, where you will find our 15-bed Palliative Care Unit, our Specialist Community Palliative Care team, Outpatient Clinic, the Equipment Loan Pool and Volunteer Service. Our Palliative Care Consult Service provides services into other hospitals and is located at Wollongong Hospital. We also work closely with primary health nurses from Community Health. Patients must be referred by a doctor and ‘linked’ to the Palliative Care Service prior to receiving specialist palliative care support services. |
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| C6 West Ward Inpatient Service - Illawarra | Wollongong Hospital |
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| Specialist Palliative Care Inpatient Service - Illawarra | Port Kembla Hospital |
02 4223 8000 |
| Specialist Palliative Care Inpatient Service - Shoalhaven | David Berry Hospital |
02 4464 6928 |
Volunteer services
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| Volunteer Services - Illawarra-Shoalhaven | Port Kembla Hospital |
02 4223 8414 |
| Volunteer Services - Illawarra-Shoalhaven | David Berry Hospital |
02 4464 6985 |
Bereavement Service
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| Bereavement Counselling Service | District |
0436 914 142 |
| Bereavement Service | District |
0436 914 142 |