What Is Community Hospice?

Hospice ward (palliative care wards) is a special ward set up by a hospital or community for dying people in the weeks or even months before their death. Hospice care is not a cure, it is an emerging marginal interdisciplinary subject in the modern medical field, and an important symbol of human society and civilization development.

Hospice Ward

Hospice ward (palliative care wards) is a special ward set up by a hospital or community for dying people in the weeks or even months before their death. Hospice care is not a cure, it is an emerging marginal interdisciplinary subject in the modern medical field, and an important symbol of human society and civilization development.

Chinese name

Hospice Ward

Foreign name

palliative care wards

Established

March 1991

Main location

Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai

I. Main targets of hospice ward opening:

1. Patients with advanced malignant tumors (more)

Critically ill patient

Vegetative

4. Other

Contents of care for medical staff in the hospice ward and family members of the hospice

1. Body care: under the guidance of medical staff, the care of the dying family members to reduce the pain and meet the basic energy consumption required by the body.

2. Heart care: Establish a belief for the dying person to alleviate his fear, anxiety, anxiety, complaint, care, etc., so that his heart can face death with peace of mind.

3. Spiritual care: reviewing the meaning of natural life or establishing life values in the way of religious doctrine, leading the end of life to eternal life, ascension to heaven, and yearning for the paradise.

Setting goals for hospice

1. Under the guidance of medical staff, improve the quality of life of patients, eliminate or reduce pain and other adverse physiological symptoms;

2. Under the professional guidance of medical staff, can help the families of end-of-life patients to bear some fatigue and stress.

3. Medical personnel through symptomatic treatment, relief of symptoms, control of pain, reduction or elimination of patients' psychological burden and negative emotions.

4. The hospital is equipped with professional nutritionists to provide the right amount of energy and nutrients for the dying.

four. Development Status of My Hospice Career

In March 1991, the Hospice Research Center held the "First National Hospice Academic Symposium and Workshop". On this basis, five hospice workshops have been held successively. These include two "China-US Hospice Psychological Care Workshops", "China-UK Hospice Care Workshops", "93 Beijing Hospice International Workshops", etc., and held hospice care in Tianjin, Beijing, Xi'an, Wuhan, Shenzhen and other places Academic seminars or hospice lectures were attended by nearly 2,300 people engaged in medical, nursing, nutrition, and psychological work, which contributed to the formation and development of hospice career teams in China.

The hospice institution in Beijing is more famous for its "hospice" ward in Chaoyangmen Hospital. The "Hospice Care" ward of Chaoyangmen Hospital is the first elderly care hospital in Beijing approved by the Health Bureau. It has 40 beds and accommodates a variety of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular patients, advanced cancer patients, strong medical care, and provides 24-hour clinical care. And life care.

The most prominent setting in Shenzhen hospice ward is Longzhu Hospital (advanced end-of-life caring ward), which now has 56 beds, beautiful environment and strong professional medical team. It is the best choice for end-of-life cancer patients.

The hospice care institutions in Shanghai are most prominent with Baoshan Aide Medical Center. The existing 300 beds have become hospice institutions with a certain scale.

Hospice Ward Address

Address: No. 8 Jicheng Road, Baoshan District, Shanghai

Bus: 742, 562, 750, 859, road.

Transportation: Rail transit: Taopu Xincun Station, Line 11.