2023-24 ANNUAL REPORT
The 2023/24 financial year has been one of change and growth for Ballarat Hospice Care. This year, we’ve...
We are a team of specialist palliative care nurses, supportive care advisors, patient and family support volunteers, and compassionate administration and support staff. We cover the City of Ballarat, Hepburn Shire, the northern end of Golden Plains Shire and the western end of Moorabool Shire.
Established by community members in 1985, our not for profit organisation guides patients, and supports carers and families to live, die and grieve well.
We aim to:
In 1984, local community members identified a need for community based palliative care services. A steering committee was formed and in 1985, after much consultation, an incorporated association was formed.
In 1989, Ballarat Hospice Care was recognised as a model for palliative care services.
Service development continued, and in 1999 the organisation purchased and refurbished a new headquarters at 312 Drummond St Sth, Ballarat.
Since then, Ballarat Hospice Care has expanded its services and capacity in response to the growing population and community need.
During 2016, a fundraising appeal was launched to purchase land for the construction of a Palliative Care Hub in Alfredton.
The community raised $1.2 million, and in 2018 Ballarat Hospice Care received additional support through the Rural Health Infrastructure Funds program.
Ballarat Hospice Care moved to the purpose built Palliative Care Hub in September 2019. This building was designed with our staff and our clients in mind. It is a place of calm, where clients can meet to receive any number of services, and ultimately find a soft place to land.
We have been providing in-home specialist palliative care services for over 30 years.
We support our patients’ choices in their preferred place of death. We are the local home based specialist palliative care service for an extensive area. Our team travels across 3483 square kilometres, reaching communities in the City of Ballarat, Hepburn Shire, the northern end of Golden Plains Shire and the western end of Moorabool Shire.
To offer our community a speciality palliative care service focussed on end of life issues and care.
Ballarat Hospice Care, using a skilled, interdisciplinary team approach, facilitates with compassion, the provision of home-based, holistic palliative and end of life care.
Ballarat Hospice Care is governed by a Board of Governance, who volunteer their time and expertise to the organisation. Ballarat Hospice Care staff are dedicated and committed people who care deeply for the patients they support.
The rules of Ballarat Hospice Care are available here.
DipBus, former Chartered Accountant
Appointed 2021
Sub-committees: Finance, Nominations & Recruitment
B.Bus, Member Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
Appointed 2023
Sub-committee: Finance
B.Ec
Appointed 2013
Sub- Committees: Clinical Governance, Risk, Nominations & Recruitment
B.A. (Sociology), Grad. Dip. Bus. Admin., Dip. Fin. Services. GAICD
Appointed 1998
Sub-Committees: Communication & Engagement, Risk, Nominations & Recruitment
JD, B.Bus(Law)
Appointed 2023
Sub-Committee: Communication & Engagement
BHlthSc(Nurs), GradDipPallGerontics, MHlthServMt
Appointed 2022
Sub-Committees: Clinical Governance
MB.BS, FANZCA
Appointed 2023
Sub-Committee: Clinical Governance
MBA, MHSc(Podiatry), BPod
Appointed 2024
Sub-Committee: Clinical Governance
GCertAppMgmt, MEmergMgmt
Appointed 2024
Sub-Committees: Risk Committee
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