Hospice Awareness Archives - PatchSA https://patchsa.org/category/hospice-awareness/ People who care supporting people who care Wed, 06 Sep 2023 07:52:54 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 PatchSA well represented at PPC Conference in Rome https://patchsa.org/patchsa-well-represented-at-the-recent-ppc-conference-in-rome/ https://patchsa.org/patchsa-well-represented-at-the-recent-ppc-conference-in-rome/#respond Sat, 04 Jun 2022 09:14:51 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=3661 5 June 2022 PatchSA was well represented at the 5th Maruzza International Congress on Paediatric Palliative Care which was held from 25 - 28 May in the enchanting city of Rome, Italy. This congress, originally set to take place in 2020 and twice postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, brought together 335 people from [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/patchsa-well-represented-at-the-recent-ppc-conference-in-rome/feed/ 0 Footprints 4 Sam scholarships awarded for Patch Academy courses https://patchsa.org/footprints-4-sam-scholarships-awarded-for-patch-academy-courses/ https://patchsa.org/footprints-4-sam-scholarships-awarded-for-patch-academy-courses/#respond Sun, 15 May 2022 10:25:50 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=3739 15 May 2022 In honour of what would have been Sam's 7th birthday, on 9 April 2022, Footprints 4 Sam offered a number of scholarships to complete 10 Patch Academy courses. We are thrilled to announce and congratulate the following people who were awarded a Footprints 4 Sam Scholarship to complete 10 Patch Academy [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/footprints-4-sam-scholarships-awarded-for-patch-academy-courses/feed/ 0 Media highlights lack of progress in providing palliative care to children of South Africa https://patchsa.org/media-highlights-lack-of-progress-in-providing-palliative-care-to-children-of-south-africa/ https://patchsa.org/media-highlights-lack-of-progress-in-providing-palliative-care-to-children-of-south-africa/#respond Mon, 24 Jan 2022 09:09:14 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=3501 22 January 2022 Reports in the Mail & Guardian & Daily Maverick highlight lack of progress in providing palliative care to children in South Africa and appropriate support to their families Journalist Chris Bateman has written two excellent reports on the devastating consequences of inaction by our health authorities to prioritize pallaitive care for [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/media-highlights-lack-of-progress-in-providing-palliative-care-to-children-of-south-africa/feed/ 0 We’ve changed our name to Palliative Care for Children South Africa https://patchsa.org/weve-changed-our-name-to-palliative-care-for-children-south-africa/ https://patchsa.org/weve-changed-our-name-to-palliative-care-for-children-south-africa/#respond Wed, 05 Jan 2022 11:46:16 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=3463 5 January 2022 PatchSA has changed its name. It's a small change but the meaning behind it is everything! The South African Children's Palliative Care Network (SACPCN) was officially launched at the 25th Anniversary conference of the Hospice palliative Care Association of South Africa (HPCA) in September of 2012. A year later, after consultation [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/weve-changed-our-name-to-palliative-care-for-children-south-africa/feed/ 0 History in the making – developing national guidance for providing palliative care https://patchsa.org/developing-national-guidance-for-providing-palliative-care/ https://patchsa.org/developing-national-guidance-for-providing-palliative-care/#respond Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:09:16 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=3432 12 December 2021 History was made last week when a group of palliative care experts from the country met in Gauteng to start the process of developing National Guidelines on Palliative Care with the support of the National Department of Health. For the first time in the history of the development of palliative care [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/developing-national-guidance-for-providing-palliative-care/feed/ 0 How can speech and language therapy enhance the palliative care journey? https://patchsa.org/how-speech-language-therapy-enhance-palliative-care-journey/ https://patchsa.org/how-speech-language-therapy-enhance-palliative-care-journey/#respond Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:49:56 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=3329 18 August 2021 Colleen Francis, a Speech Language Pathologist, describes her journey of discovery about palliative care and her thoughts on the valuable role Speech Language Therapists can play within the palliative care and children's palliative care team. As Speech Therapy students we were taught that we play a role throughout a person’s life, [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/how-speech-language-therapy-enhance-palliative-care-journey/feed/ 0 Iris House celebrates a decade of caring https://patchsa.org/iris-house-celebrates-a-decade-of-caring/ https://patchsa.org/iris-house-celebrates-a-decade-of-caring/#respond Wed, 21 Jul 2021 12:02:00 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=3280 21 July 2021 Iris House Children's Hospice recently celebrated a decade of providing supportive and therapeutic care, presently supporting 588 children with special needs in 46 communities in and around the Cape Metro and West Coast The mission of Iris House Children's Hospice is to provide holistic, loving, professional, free community and hospice [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/iris-house-celebrates-a-decade-of-caring/feed/ 0 PatchSA expresses deep concern for bereaved families and fellow learners of drowned teenagers https://patchsa.org/press_release_january2020/ https://patchsa.org/press_release_january2020/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2020 10:44:47 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=1986 PatchSA (Palliative Treatment for Children South Africa) wishes to express our very deepest sympathy for the families, close friends and fellow learners of the two young teenage boys, Enoch Mpianzi and Keamohetsoe Seboko, who died in separate drowning incidents at the beginning of this school year. In addition to our deep sorrow and compassion for [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/press_release_january2020/feed/ 0 Patch launches ‘Because we know you care’ Christmas Appeal https://patchsa.org/because_we_know_you_care_campaign/ https://patchsa.org/because_we_know_you_care_campaign/#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:31:01 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=1974 One week before Christmas 2019, Patch has launched an appeal for donations towards the work of the organisation. It's one week before Christmas and as a charity organisation completely dependent on donations to fund our work, Patch has launched a campaign to ask people to make a donation, small or large to allow us to [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/because_we_know_you_care_campaign/feed/ 0 Palliative care for children with cancer – there is always something we can do https://patchsa.org/palliative-care-for-children-with-cancer-there-is-always-something-we-can-do/ https://patchsa.org/palliative-care-for-children-with-cancer-there-is-always-something-we-can-do/#respond Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:43:53 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=941 One of the most difficult decisions facing parents and physicians in the management of a child with cancer is finding the balance between “cure at all costs” and palliative care – moving the focus of treatment towards symptom control, thereby minimising suffering and maximising quality of life. One of the crucial aims of paediatric palliative [...]

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