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1.
What is a palliative care?
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Palliative care is a concept of
active and comprehensive care of
patients suffering severe and
advanced illnesses. The concept
includes symptom control as well as
psychological, social and spiritual
support to these patients and their
families. Palliative care allows for
the best possible quality of life in
final phases of a patient’s illness.
The palliative care teams consist of
professionals including: doctors,
nurses, social workers,
psychologists, pastors as well as
trained volunteers.
2. What is a hospice?
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A Hospice is a facility specialised in palliative care
services that is providing the best
possible care in accordance to the
palliative care concept. ‘Hospice’
does not necessarily mean an
institution in which patients are
treated. It is rather a specific
concept of care provided to these
patients regardless of them being at
home, in hospital, nursing homes or
an in-patient hospice itself.
Hospices are not long term
institutions. Patients are treated
in hospices for 10 - 14 days.
Patients are not coming in hospices
to die, but for relieving some of
the symptoms like pain, sickness,
breathlessness, etc. Hospices
provide a psychosocial and spiritual
support to the patient who find
themselves in a hard situation, as
well as give the families an
opportunity to take a breath.
Considering the nature of the
illnesses patients have under the
care of the hospice, it is often the
case that they will die in the
hospice.
3. BELhospice's fees?
4. How BELhospice can help?
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We, at BELhospice, have two medical
teams available (doctor and nurse)
who pay visits to patients in the
hospitals. Medical teams also visit
patients at their homes and those in
long term homes. The doctor’s job is
mainly to examine patients, advise
on further therapy, discuss the
disease with the patient and the
patient’s family members as well as
to meet with the patient’s resident
doctor or the one who is treating
them at home and discuss all the
issues involved in prescribed
therapy and adequately designed
palliative care. The nurse’s job
encompasses all activities relevant
to the position.
5. How patients may ask for help?
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If patients are treated in the
Clinical Centre of Serbia (KC
Serbia) or the Medical Centre
“Bezanijska kosa” (KBC Bezanijska
kosa), then these patients may be
referred to us by the doctors in
charge of their treatment. Of
course, other patients, who live
within Belgrade and are in need of
palliative care, may contact us
directly at: Tel: +381 11 33 43 311
or at our email address:
belhospice@nadlanu.com
6. How about visits to patients outside
Belgrade?
7.
Can patients with neurological symptoms
also be helped by
BELhospice?
8.
Can the BELhospice team prescribe
required therapy?
9.
Can BELhospice give financial
assistance?
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Donations made to BELhospice are
used to provide free-of-charge
services to patients. However, as
BELhospice is still in its initial
phase of development, we cannot
offer financial assistance to
patients and their families.
10.
Does BELhospice have a hospice facility
or hospital beds for such
patients?
11.
Do patients have to come to BELhospice’s
premises, or do
BELhospice’s medical teams visit the patients at
their location?
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BELhospice’s medical team, with
permission of the patient and their
resident doctor, may visit the
patient at their location within
Belgrade’s territory wherever
necessary. There are also certain
cases when patients may come to
BELhospice’s premises but an
appointment must be made earlier and
such consultations may be arranged
at the following telephone number:
+381 11 33 43 311, between 9 a.m.
and 1 p.m. on workdays.
12.
Is palliative medicine considered to be
part of alternative
medicine?
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