End of Life / Palliative Nursing
Given the choice, 75% of people would prefer to stay at home to die (National Audit Office, November 2008)
Since 1962, Consultus' Care and Nursing teams have helped thousands of people to achieve their wish of dying in the privacy of their own homes. Today, our experienced Live in Nurses provide their Clients with a high quality, 24/7 nursing care service.
Consultus Nurses will:
- ensure their Client's dignity and self-respect are maintained at all times
- provide a personalised care plan that will take into account their Client's needs, preferences and choices
- provide their Client with relief from pain and other distressing symptoms
- offer continuity of care with two or three Nurses on a rota
- integrate the social, psychological and spiritual aspects of their Client's care
- liaise closely with other healthcare professionals to ensure the best support systems are put in place
- enable the Client to lead as active a life as possible
- offer a support system to help the family cope during the Client's illness and in their own bereavement




