Family Support

Advice, support and information can be provided on a range of issues that frequently arise when facing illness including:

• Financial and welfare rights advice
• Social work advice
• Emotional and personal problems
• Practical and social care needs
• Psychological support for patients, carers, children and families

Counselling and psychotherapy enables people and families to talk confidentially about concerns.This can help people to adjust to living in new circumstances and relieve stress and anxiety. Individual, couple and family counselling is offered, including work with children and young people.

We offer an ongoing bereavement service to family and friends of patients who have been known to the Hospice. We recognise that bereavement is a natural process and everyone will cope differently with their grief; we therefore provide a range of support:

• Written information related to bereavement and grief
• Telephone support
• Individual bereavement support
• Couple and family counselling
• Support to children and young people
• Monthly group support meetings

Referrals are made via the GP, Hospital, Macmillan Nurses or District Nurses.