Marymount Hospice.
Marymount Hospice provides the specialist palliative care service for Cork
City & County.
It is a multi-disciplinary service, which strives to meet the needs of patients
and their families when illness is at an advanced stage. Palliative Care
is available to patients of all ages.
Care may be delivered in a variety of settings. These include the In-Patient specialist unit, the Day Care service or at home supported by the specialist Home Care service.
Marymount Hospice is situated within St. Patricks Hospital on Wellington
Road, Cork City (021/4501201) and is the base for the delivery of a comprehensive
palliative care service.
What is Palliative Care?
Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual.
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In-Patient Unit.
Services and Facilities.
- Inter-disciplinary Care Team
- Specialist Medical Care
- Nursing Care
- Family and Bereavement Support
- Physiotherapy
- Pharmacy
- Spiritual Support.
- Daily Mass by C.C.T.V. to Wards
- Access to Day Care.
There are 24 beds in the In-Patient unit, divided into single rooms, double rooms and multi bedded rooms.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.
Q. Why are people admitted to the In-Patient Unit?
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A. There are many reasons why admission may be advised. These include:
Control of symptoms including pain.
Specialised care at any stage of your illness
Specialised care and support for you and your family in the final phase of your illness.
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Q. What staff care for the patient?
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A. An experienced inter-disciplinary professional team delivers care. The team is Consultant led. The team members include Doctors, Registered Nurses, Physiotherapists, a Pharmacist, Social Workers, Chaplains and Care Assistants, supported by catering, house keeping, administration staff and volunteers.
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| Q. How can a patient be admitted to Marymount? |
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A. For patients at home, admission to the unit may be organised in the following ways:
(a) By the General Practitioner (G.P./Doctor) who will make the appropriate referral to the Hospice directly.
(b) By the Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care (Home Care Nurse) or the Palliative Home Care services in collaboration with your General Practitioner.
For patients in another hospital, admission is arranged in the following way:
(a) The Consultant in the acute hospital liaises with the team at Marymount or with the Clinical Nurse Specialist in the acute hospital. The specialist Consultant in Palliative Medicine will visit the patient in the acute hospital (Mercy University Hospital, Cork University Hospital, South Infirmary / Victoria Hospital or Bon Secours Hospital). If admission is advised, transfer to Marymount is arranged as soon as a bed becomes available.
(b) Admission of patients from other acute hospitals in the region is by direct referral by the Consultant in charge
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Q. Can the patient come to visit beforehand?
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A. Yes, patients and relatives are encouraged to visit by prior arrangement.
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Q. What should patients bring with them if they are being admitted?
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A. Patients should bring slippers, a dressing gown, night clothes and day clothes, personal toiletry items such as toothpaste, toothbrush , hair brush/comb, soap, etc. We will supply face cloths and towels. Please bring any medication being taken for the staff to check. These will be returned to the patient's family to take home . The hospital will only be using drugs issued by the Hospital Pharmacy. Patients are welcome to bring personal items such as photographs with them. The Hospital cannot be responsible for items of value. It is advised to bring small amounts of cash only, for the daily paper etc.
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Q. What are the Visiting Hours for families?
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| A. Visiting hours are open for the family members of patients. Children under 15 are welcome between 9.00a.m. and 9.00p.m. but they must be under the direct supervision of an adult (other than the patient) at all times. Children may visit a close relative at any time by prior arrangement with the Ward Manager. At the patient's request, the nursing staff will restrict visitors. |
For further information contact;
The Assistant Director of Nursing
St Patricks Hospital (Cork) Ltd
Wellington Rd
Cork
+353 (0)21/4501201
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