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About the charity
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Highland Hospice
Highland Hospice is the only Hospice serving adults with incurable life-limiting disease in the Highlands of Scotland and is acknowledged as the centre of specialist palliative care expertise in the region. The Hospice currently provides a 10 bed In-Patient Unit in Inverness and a Day Hospice on the same site.
Other onsite healthcare and related services for patients include physiotherapy, occupational therapy, emotional and psycho-spiritual therapies and complementary therapies. Medical staff also provide a service within Raigmore Hospital and community hospitals as well as visiting patients at home. The Hospice also provides bereavement counselling for relatives, a 24 hour
Other onsite healthcare and related services for patients include physiotherapy, occupational therapy, emotional and psycho-spiritual therapies and complementary therapies. Medical staff also provide a service within Raigmore Hospital and community hospitals as well as visiting patients at home. The Hospice also provides bereavement counselling for relatives, a 24 hour telephone helpline and education and training for other healthcare professionals to enhance their ability to provide palliative care in their own communities. While the majority of the referred patients have cancer, the Hospice is increasingly called upon to care for people with other incurable life-limiting disease including lung, kidney or heart disease and neurological conditions such as motor neurone disease.
Charity Registration No
SCO11227
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