• delivered in your home
• holistic
• compassionate
• innovative and
• flexible.

• promote comfort
• improve quality of life
• support the patient
• support family, carers and friends involved in providing care.

• providing a supportive 24-hour service
• providing a respectful compassionate service that guides but does not take over
• enriching the quality of living and dying through personalised home-based care
• helping patients of all ages to live well in their home
• providing holistic care that addresses physical, emotional, social, cultural or spiritual needs
• taking time to get to know what the patient and their family need to help them live, die and grieve well
• sharing information, knowledge and care with the patient, their carers, families and other health care providers.

• specialist palliative care nurses
• supportive care workers
• patient and family support volunteers.

• Ballarat
• Hepburn
• northern end of Golden Plains and
• western end of Moorabool Shires.

We

• usually care for approximately 200 registered patients
• provide bereavement support to the carers of our patients
• provide a free equipment loan service for our patients (wheelchairs, lift recliners, commodes and other personal items)
• care for palliative patients of all ages; helping to fulfil their wishes to die at home
• pride ourselves on  making a difference to the people we care for.

A downloadable brochure is available here.

From the World Health Organisation.

www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au

www.pallcarevic.asn.au

www.palliativecare.org.au

www.advancecareplanning.org.au

www.caresearch.com.au

www.health.vic.gov.au

www.carersvictoria.org.au

www.multicultural.vic.gov.au

https://flyingdoctormemorylane.org.au/