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Hospice

Director: Dr. Francesco Bona

Description

Hospice at IRCCS Candiolo is a residential center dedicated to palliative care, designed to provide dignified and compassionate support for patients who no longer respond to specific therapeutic treatments. Each individual receives personalized care within a serene environment tailored to their unique needs.

Palliative Care

Palliative care encompasses a range of therapeutic, diagnostic and supportive interventions for both patients and their families, aiming to provide active and comprehensive care. It is not limited to pain management, but seeks to enhance overall quality of life, always respecting the patient’s wishes.

When home care is not possible or not feasible or appropriate, the hospice offers the most suitable setting  for receiving compassionate and specialized care.

Multidisciplinary Care

Care is delivered through the integrated work of multiple professionals, including palliative physicians, pain therapists, psychologists, physical therapists, nurses, and spiritual assistants. This integrated approach ensures comprehensive, person-centered care.

Psychological support service

The hospice provides psychological support for palliative care patients and their caregivers.

Therapeutic groups for caregivers are also available offering emotional support throughout the care journey.

Goals

  • Provide care for patients with serious illnesses for whom home care is no longer feasible or appropriate
  • Achieve the best possible pain and symptom control, while prioritizing the patient’s well-being
  • Support family members, involving them throughout the care process
  • Ensure high-quality, up-to-date care through continuous professional education inf palliative care
  • Protect the dignity of the person at every stage of illness, respecting their wishes and choices
  • Enhance every moment of life through personalized care plans focused on the patient’s real needs

Patients’ rights

Within the hospice every person is at the center of care and decision-making, with full recognition of their rights:

    • Informed consent. The person has the right to evaluate and possibly provide consent to any medical treatment, which cannot be imposed in any way.

    • Right to information. A person has the right to know any news pertaining to his or her health status. If he prefers not to be informed about diagnosis and prognosis, he can make such arrangements.

    • Right to privacy. The person may arrange for no one to be made aware of his or her medical situation, or identify a person or persons deemed appropriate for the reception of news about it.

    • Right to the relief of pain and suffering. Every person must be guaranteed the best quality of life. Therefore, health care providers must implement all strategies to control pain and mental and physical suffering.

    • Right to psychological help and spiritual support. The person has the right to obtain psychological support from suitable professional figures in terms of culture and experience and also to obtain spiritual comfort from representatives/officials of one’s religious faith.

    • Right to the closeness of loved ones. The person has the right to the comfort of loved ones, including through physical proximity.

How to access

  • Admission begins with an interview with the patient and/or family, during which staff assesses medical history, general condition, prognosis, residual autonomy, and care needs.
  • Access to the palliative care program generally requires a referral from the family doctor or attending hospital physician.

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