Palliative care

Ringwood Private Hospital's Palliative Care Unit (Jamieson) provides specialised care and support in a compassionate and dignified manner for patients and families living with terminal illness.

The benefits of our service include:

• A holistic approach in meeting the psychological, emotional, social and spiritual needs of each individual and their family
• Access to a multidisciplinary health care team
• Means of support for patients and their families in the transition between hospital and home based care
• Optimises quality of life
• Symptom management for people dealing with terminal illness.

Our specialist palliative care team consists of:

• Cancer support coordinator
• Dietician
• Grief and bereavement counsellor
• Medical oncologists and radiation oncologists
• Physiotherapist
• Social worker and pastoral care worker
• Trained nursing staff.

Our team works with patients and families to care for someone living with terminal illness.

For further information please call our Hospital Coordinator 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on 03 8804 4261.