History
The Hospice is included in the Territorial Presidium of Montegranaro, located on the 3rd floor, under the responsibility of District management. The unit is comfortable and welcoming, being open since 2009.
Profile
The professional team of the hospice is composed of:
- Oncologists, including the Head Clinician, the Director of the U.O.C. Oncology, Dr. Lucio Giustini, which ensures the governance of the clinical offer to patients.
- A Psychologist who provides support to patients and families.
- Specialized medical consultants (anesthetist, physician, dermatologist, cardiologist, orthopedic, etc.) of which the weekly, scheduled presence and/or a request.
- 1 Nursing Coordinator: a figure dedicated to connecting the hospital and territory and presides over the routes organizational acceptance, reception and taking charge.
- 6 full time nurses.
- 7 socio-health support workers assistance.
- Physiotherapists.
- Spiritual Assistant.
The whole team is available to provide information and responses to requests from users.
Specialities
The Hospice is a highly specialized place regarding symptom management, and in the first place, management of the pain. We consider the patient as one person and not a bed number. We provide a small and comfortable environment within single and personalised rooms, and the creation of "reception spaces" for the family members, allowing respect for privacy and attention to basic needs. It is a place where psychological needs are protected, of "security" and of "belonging" to one's own family unit, ensuring a high quality of medical and nursing assistance and authentic human relationships, indispensable to encourage the maintenance of a dignified quality of life.
Palliative and Supportive Care
Assistance for the dying is agreed within the multidisciplinary team, with consideration for the complexity of the problems, above all psychological and ethical.
The group of nurses, given the frequency and the intensity of contact with the dying, count on the support of other professionals, in the first place the doctor and the psychologist, discussing and settling, by mutual agreement, the essential principles to be followed, in the interest and respect of the majority quality of life desired for the patient.
The needs of the dying person do not differ from those of any patient, but in the dying they are more intense, and their satisfaction cannot be postponed in time. Because of this, importance is placed on the state of health and satisfaction of physiological needs, and above all, on feelings of security, love, consideration and self-realisation, working towards Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
The goal of assistance in this phase of life is to propose to the patient an atmosphere in which a serene death is possible, where they are free from pain though remaining conscious and possibly also able to communicate.
Last update: October 2022
