About Hibiscus Hospice

 

Hibiscus Hospice is a community asset. Founded in 1985, it was registered as a charitable trust in 1992, is governed by an elected board of trustees, owned by the community and run for the benefit of the community.

We provide a home-based palliative care service in the area from Puhoi in the north, Kaukapakapa in the west, Dairy Flat and Redvale in the south as well as Waiwera, Orewa, Silverdale, Red Beach and the Whangaparaoa Peninsula.

Hibiscus Hospice is a member of Hospice New Zealand and one of 37 hospices providing palliative care around the country.

We really are here to help you!

We understand that the thought of a Hospice referral can be frightening. We respect and understand these feelings but please be assured that we affirm life and recognise dying as a normal process. We neither hasten nor postpone death. Our main intention is to assist you and your family to maintain life as normally as possible; to assist with pain and other symptoms and if you wish to provide physical, emotional, social and spiritual support.

We believe that the quality of life for people with terminal illnesses should be made as positive as possible. We provide specialised palliative care to enable patients to remain in their own home until they die. Our care is focused on the family as much as the patient as we assist them through this period. The Hospice nursing team works alongside the patient’s own doctor, the Hospice Medical Consultant and other professional services.

The goal is that in most cases people can be cared for in their own homes if that is their wish.

As a member of Hospice New Zealand, Hibiscus Hospice follows prescribed standards of care and the International Hospice Philosophy.

Our Philosophy

• Affirm life
• Recognise dying as a normal process and neither hasten nor postpone death.
• Help patients and their families prepare for death in a way that is satisfactory for the patient and family
• Recognise grief as a normal response to loss
• Provide a palliative care service that is culturally appropriate and is based on need.

Our Vision

Compassionate care for people affected by life limiting illness and support for their families.

Our Values
In our community the end of life is as worthwhile and valued as its beginning and how it is lived. We will treat others with compassion, commitment and dignity. We will be dependable, innovative and cheerful in what we do.