Caring For You

At Heart of Kent Hospice we put you at the heart of your care. Find out more about the support we can offer.

We understand a referral to our charity can leave you and your loved ones with many questions.

Rest assured our team of nurses, doctors, healthcare professionals, colleagues and volunteers are here to help you maintain your health and wellbeing to live as comfortably and independently as possible, for as long as you are able. Every one of our patients is different and their needs and concerns are individual to them.

This is why we tailor our Hospice care and support to your specific circumstances and take a holistic assessment of your needs, whether they are physical, emotional, spiritual or social.

I think what it would help people to know is that the Hospice isn’t about dying, it’s about enabling you to live with the time that you’ve got left.

Leanne

Making a referral

How can I be referred?

Your referral may come from your GP or district nurse, from the hospital via your medical team, from a care worker or other healthcare professional. You can even refer yourself or ask a family member to do it for you.

Making a referral

Hospice Hub

Access our specialist compassionate care and support via our new Hospice Hub service.

Our Hospice Hub offers a range of sessions where our patients, family members and carers can access our specialist care, support and advice, as well as the opportunity to share peer-to-peer support with others facing similar challenges.

Hospice Hub

Dementia care

We provide award-winning specialist dementia support services for patients and their families living with dementia.

Seeing people early in their diagnosis means we can help them live well and independently for as long as they can.

Dementia care
Heart of Kent Hospice's Head of Hospice Dementia and Frailty Care Home Team Tracy Jackson on the telephone at her desk

Support for carers

Our support for loved ones and carers, as well as the patient themselves, encompasses all aspects of life and is tailored to the needs of each individual.

Our Support Team provide tailored emotional, psychological, social and spiritual support to everyone that needs us.

Support for carers
Heart of Kent Hospice nurses

Inpatient care

Like the rest of the Hospice, our Inpatient Unit is bright, airy and welcoming. It’s a calm and peaceful place, but with its fair share of fun and laughter.

Inpatient care

Compassionate Neighbours

Are you affected by serious illness, dementia, over 85 years old or do you care for a loved one who is? The Compassionate Neighbours project aims to tackle social isolation and loneliness for those living with a terminal illness or frailty.

Compassionate Neighbours
Heart of Kent Hospice Much Loved three white candles in memory

Bereavement support

How we mourn and deal with a loss is entirely personal. The most important thing to realise is that you don’t need to face it alone.

Bereavement support

Welfare advice

Our Welfare Advisers can help you to claim any benefits you are entitled to, and advise and signpost you on matters relating to employment and pensions.

Welfare advice
Heart of Kent Hospice community Team

Care at home

At any one time, we help over 800 people living with terminal illnesses to live comfortably in their own homes.

Care at home

Children and young people's support

We offer bespoke care for children and young people whose loved one has been diagnosed with a terminal illness.

Children and young people’s support

Spiritual care

The Spiritual Care Team is here to offer you spiritual support and a listening ear. Your individual experience, feelings and views will be respected whatever they may be.

Spiritual care

Counselling support

Counselling enables you to express your thoughts and feelings in a safe space, you will be supported to explore these in some depth and helped to consider ways that may help you cope during this time.

Counselling support

Feedback

Let us know what you think

We welcome your feedback on all matters relating to the Hospice, our colleagues and the services we provide.

Feedback