“Patricia Mary Padfield (known as Pat) was 92 when she passed away on the 25th of February 2022 under the care of the Hospice nurses. Pat led a very productive life with an excellent work ethic, owning a number of businesses (a sports store in Melbourne and...
GV Hospice “Christmas Trees of Remembrance” once again provide a ‘compassionate public space’ for sharing memories of loved ones in a collective way. Community members are are invited to place a notecard on the tree, acknowledging that special person who...
While 1 in 90 nurses across Australia are palliative care nurses, unless you have been involved or helped by such a service it is hard to truly understand what palliative care is. The specialist palliative care nurses at GV Hospice are seeking to encourage health...
Every day is different at GV Hospice, but the mornings always start the same. Review of the ‘after-hours calls’ or visits, prioritise people who are unstable or deteriorating, and discussion of carers who may be at risk of ‘carer exhaustion’. Allocation of visits to...
Reflections from Nurses at Goulburn Valley Hospice Care Service during Palliative Care Week 24-31 May 2020 Palliative Care…. It is more than you think!Working in the speciality of palliative care that is so strongly connected to a community, we have seen first-hand...
