The Hospice is not just a place
It is a whole concept in care.
For more than 30 years the Sobell House Hospice has been offering care and support to those residents throughout Oxfordshire suffering with life limiting illnesses.
The years since it’s opening in 1975 have seen the hospice develop across a number of fronts, including the opening of the Day Centre and provision of home care. In recent years the place of complementary therapies, chaplaincy work and social care have all been affirmed and established. In November 2001 a new 20-bed hospice was built on the current site to provide a modern hospice and improve the service to the community of Oxfordshire. The hospice costs in excess of £3million a year to run, a large part of which comes from the generosity and support of local companies and individuals throughout the county such as yourself.
“Our aim is to offer psychological, social and spiritual care to those facing illness, death and bereavement. In partnership with all those involved, we focus on quality of life, respecting the uniqueness of each person who comes to the Hospice. We seek to contribute to the development of palliative care through education and research.”
At Sobell House the focus is very much on the patient and the family, not the disease. Patients with life limiting illness often need more care than those whose illness is curable or chronic. As a result they can feel vulnerable and disadvantaged.
During the course of a typical year the hospice is involved with approximately:
- over 3,000 home care visits
- over 3,000 day centre visits
- over 500 people received residential care
- 400 families received help during bereavement
Those visiting the hospice for the first time often comment that it is not the gloomy and depressing place they had imagined it to be. Instead they find a place that if full of life and even joy.
Sobell House Hospice Charity, Registered Charity No. 1118646
