Bet-El Privaat Sorg, Mossel Bay

Here progressive deterioration and death is anticipated and the emphasis of care moves from active treatment of the disease to treatment to give comfort and control symptoms such as pain. We emphasize the social and personal requirements of senior citizens who need assistance with daily activities and health care, and who desire to die with dignity. It is an important distinction, in that the design of housing, services, activities, employee training and such should be of high quality and truly caring and love-centered.
Supportive and palliative care and End of life care enables the supportive and palliative care needs of both patient and family to be identified and met throughout the last phase of life and into bereavement. It includes the management of pain and other symptoms and the provision of psychological, social, spiritual and practical support. End of life care encompasses supportive and palliative care.

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