The Hospice is not just a place, it is a whole concept in care.
For over 34 years the Sobell House Hospice Charity has been offering care and support to those members of our community affected by 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 and a new Triage Service. Over the years the place of music, art and complementary therapies, chaplaincy work and social care have all been affirmed and established.
In Spring 2003 a new 20-bed hospice was opened on the current site to provide a modern hospice and improve the service to the community of Oxfordshire. The hospice currently costs over £3.4 million a year to run, and depends greatly on the money raised by the Sobell House Hospice Charity and the generosity and support of local companies and individuals.
At Sobell House the focus is very much on the patient and the family, not the disease. Patients with terminal 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.
“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.”
