To palliate is ‘to make a disease or its symptoms less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause’. Our team provides palliative care for those with a chronic progressive illness including progressive pulmonary disorders, renal disease, chronic heart failure, HIV/AIDS, progressive neurological conditions, and cancer.  Care is targeted at supporting a patient’s physical, emotional and psychosocial needs, providing comfort and improving quality of life.

Hospice care is compassionate comfort care, as opposed to curative care, for people facing a terminal illness with a prognosis of six months or less (based on their Physician’s views). Our team provides patients and their loved ones meaningful time together when the focus of care turns from active treatment to comfort and quality of life.  Hospice is not a place but, rather a full range of services which put patients and families in control, while journeying with them through their last months together.

In-patient care is provided for end of life care if families are unable to manage the care at home.  Care is provided around the clock in a comfortable home-like setting at Jasmine Villa.

We are also able to provide temporary in-patient care for pain control or acute and/or complex symptom management that cannot be managed at home.

Holistic therapies are often used to bring a higher quality of life and enhance patient-centered care. From pet visits and massage, to aromatherapy and Reiki, Jasmine has a team of qualified professionals who can provide these specialised services to elevate our patients’ hospice or palliative experience.

Jasmine offers several key services that assist patients and their families within the comfort of the patient’s home, including symptom management, education, and overall support. Our specialist nurses’ clinicians are available via phone 24 hours a day to answer questions and dispatch someone to the bedside if needed. In addition, medical equipment can be delivered to the home.

Respite care provides up to 5 days in-patient care for a hospice patient so that family members can take a break from their caregiving duties to relax and recharge, travel, recover from an illness or attend to other matters.

Being a caregiver can be both immensely satisfying and incredibly challenging. Caring for a loved one requires the acquisition of new skills and education about illness.  Assuming the responsibility for care can be extremely exhausting, both mentally and physically.

Our team can provide caregiver support as you step into the role of the day-to-day, primary caregiver. Your Jasmine nurse, aide, doctor, and volunteer will supplement the care you provide to your loved one, and the team can be reached any time of day or night for assistance. You will not be alone.