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Pretoria Sungardens Hospice was founded by Shelagh Lahoud and subsequently established in 1985, and Mamelodi Hospice in 1993. These hospices were established out of a need that existed in the community to take care of terminally ill patients. This particular Hospice and the one sattelite Hospice serve the greater Tshwane Metropolitan area. The main administrative and in-patient unit is situated in Pretoria (corner of Gen. Louis Botha and Lynnwood Road).
We offer a programme of specialised home-based care to patients and their families who must cope with terminal illness such as Cancer, HIV/AIDS, final stages of emphysema and Motor Neuron Disease. Although we have a 7-bed in-patient unit on our premises, which provides short-term medical care, including pain and symptom control, the main thrust of our work is for our professionally trained nurses to visit the patients and their families in their own homes to provide physical care, practical help and emotional support (currently 400 patients).
The Hospice team is also involved in day-care programmes, bereavement counselling and training.
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