Palliative care Wairarapa

Palliative care recognises that there is no cure for your condition, but carers can support your independence and well being to help you get the most out of your time. They can help you to manage your physical, emotional, spiritual and social well being.

The Wairarapa Palliative Care Service aims to ensure that patients receive quality, coordinated health care and support services based on a palliative approach.

Your general practice team is supported by palliative care specialist services. Community health care also provides services as part of this palliative care network.

Kahukura is the specialist palliative care nursing service in the Wairarapa region.

We work in conjunction with Te Omanga Hospice to provide specialist nursing and medical palliative care. Our team of nurses provides services and support across the Wairarapa. We work very closely with the person's general practitioner and practice nurses.

We care for people in their own home and we provide support in the hospital and in aged residential care facilities. This includes a dedicated nurse educator who provides training to staff and volunteers from all agencies involved in palliative care.

People with life-limiting illness may be cared for in:

• their own home
• hospital
• aged residential care facilities.

Kahukura palliative care team

• phone 06 370 8436 or 027 230 7427 (8am to 4:30pm, 7 days a week)

FOCUS is the Needs Assessment and Service Coordination agency for the Wairarapa region.

FOCUS has a palliative care team who can ensure that people are linked to services which may support them. Support includes access to:

• physiotherapists
• occupational therapists
• social workers.

More information about FOCUS (internal link)

Hospice Wairarapa offers a range of practical, emotional, spiritual and social support services to people with life-limiting illnesses and their whānau.

Our services are free and accessible, providing support from the time of diagnosis through to bereavement. We develop personalised plans to enhance the quality of life of the person using our support services.

We support individuals at home, in hospitals, and in aged care communities, working closely with other healthcare providers to ensure comprehensive care.

How we can help you — Hospice Wairarapa (external link)

Community specialist nursing services in the Wairarapa region (internal link)