Hospice without walls
Over the years, Hospice at Home West Cumbria has become affectionately known as the “hospice without walls”. We continue to provide services traditionally found in a hospice building in people’s homes and their local community. This includes home nursing, specialist lymphoedema care and family and bereavement support.
Home nursing
Home nursing has always been at the heart of Hospice at Home West Cumbria. Our team of dedicated nurses work tirelessly to deliver the best possible care and provide access to the most appropriate support and advice.
Support at home service
The aim of the support at home service is to facilitate a person’s discharge from hospital and prevent hospital admissions where possible. We provide a high standard of essential care and emotional support for people with a life-limiting condition.
Family and bereavement services
Our team provides a range of services to patients, carers, and their families. These services are available both before and after bereavement. We can help with coping, loss, grief, and bereavement. Our highly qualified staff and volunteers support patients, carers, and families by providing complementary therapies, one-to-one sessions and group support.
Lymphoedema care
Hospice at Home West Cumbria has a long-established, specialist lymphoedema service which provides assessment, delivers appropriate treatments and supports and advises patients, their families and carers. We are the only providers of specialist lymphoedema services in West Cumbria.
Complementary therapies
Our Complementary Therapists work with palliative patients, including those at end of their life, and their family members as carers and into bereavement. Patients are seen at home, hospital or our therapy centre in Workington. Our Complementary Therapists are qualified and have significant experience in their field of expertise. They work with a range of symptoms including stress, pain, low mood, sleep issues, nausea and anxiety.
Referrals
If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with a palliative diagnosis and would like to be referred into Hospice at Home West Cumbria, read our referrals page for more information.
Information for professionals
We are here to help you support your patients. Our teams work alongside healthcare professionals to ensure a fully integrated approach.
Personal stories
Personal stories from the people and families we help are vital to communicate what we do and the difference our work makes. They also help us to raise valuable funds by demonstrating exactly why we need support from the local and wider community.
Assisted dying position statement
At Hospice at Home West Cumbria, we support people in our communities to make the most of life. We believe that everyone has the right to live as well as possible and be cared for with dignity and respect until it is their time to die.
Hospice at Home West Cumbria provided such wonderful care for my husband. They enabled him to spend his final days at home with me and our children and supported us through the saddest and most difficult time of our lives. I’ll always appreciate their dedication and sensitivity and the difference they made.