May 5, 2025 | Donate to Elderly, Healthcare, Holiday care, Hospice, Nurses, Palliative Care, Respite, Respite Care, Somerset West
Hospice Week in 2025 is from May 4th to May 10th. This is an annual celebration of hospice and palliative care services, recognising the work of professionals and volunteers. It is a week to celebrate the achievements of hospice and palliative care programs, highlight partnerships, and raise awareness about the importance of palliative care. Palliative care is all about providing relief from the symptoms and stress of serious illness, aiming to improve the quality of life for both patients and their families.
At HSFA, our Kiewiet unit offers palliative and respite care, including:
– 24-hour nursing care in a safe and caring environment
– Furnished temporary accommodation
– All meals and teas
– Emergency call buttons
– Activities and entertainment
– Laundry and housekeeping services
– Retirement Village Package DSTV
We’re committed to compassionate care, ensuring our residents get the support they need during these times. “Providing palliative care is not just about medical support; it’s about offering comfort and dignity to our residents during their most vulnerable moments.”, Nazelle Speelman, Nursing Care Manager at HSFA.
The HSFA also supports and partners with
Helderberg Hospice and acknowledges what an important role they have in our community.
For more info, visit our website at
www.hsfa.org.za or drop us an email at frailcare@hsfa.org.za.
Feb 20, 2025 | Frail Care, HSFA Staff Training, Palliative Care, Respite, Training
We are incredibly proud to announce that 10 of our caregivers have successfully completed their Introduction to Palliative Care course with APCC!
Hosted by
Helderberg Hospice, this training equipped them with essential skills to provide compassionate and specialized care to our residents. A huge shoutout to Sr. Thandi, who put them through their ranks and ensured they excelled in both their exam and practical assessments!
This training was made possible thanks to a generous donation received by Helderberg Training Centre, which we are utilising to upskill our employees and enhance the quality of care we provide.
Thank you to everyone who played a part in this journey—together, we are making a real difference!
The team that benefitted: Bernadette Wessels, Cindy Wessels, Vuyokazi Vavi, Bongiwe Combo, Nombeko Mqanduli, Roche Cloete, Patience Ntsholo, Eunice Ntsholo, Monique Visagie and Deidre Samuels
Oct 14, 2024 | General
PatchSA is a national network that focuses on supporting the provision of palliative care to an estimated 800,000 – 1,000,000 children living in South Africa with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition, and their families. This year the HSFA staff participated in their #HatsOn4CPC Charity Competition by wearing some funky hats to help build awareness on World Palliative Care Day 2024 on this 14th October 2024. World Hospice and Palliative Care Day takes place on the second Saturday of October every year. It is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual. @PatchPalliative
The HSFA has a palliative care wing at our Frail Care support centre. Call our unit manager on 021 8525130 for further information.
#HatsOn4CPC Charity Competition @PatchPalliative
Jun 12, 2023 | Palliative Care, Respite, Respite Care, Somerset West, Temporary Elderly Care
Kiewiet is HSFA’s newly opened Respite and Palliative Care Unit. The service includes 24-hour nursing care for the older person requiring Respite, Post Operative and Palliative support, in a safe and caring environment. Respite care provides short-term relief for primary caregivers. It can be arranged for just a day or for several days or weeks for temporary frail care or post operative / hospitalisation care following a step-down facility. Palliative care is specialised medical care that focuses on providing patients relief from pain and other symptoms of a serious illness, no matter the diagnosis or stage of disease. Palliative care teams aim to improve the quality of life for both patients and their families. Services at Kiewiet Unit include: • Furnished temporary accommodation • All meals and teas • 24-hour nursing care (note this is not a stepdown facility) • Emergency call buttons • Activities • Retirement Village Package DSTV • Laundry • Cleaning / housekeeping • Situated on Vonke Park which has 24-hour security.. Call Hanlie Theron on 021 8525130.
. The service includes 24-hour nursing care for the older person requiring Respite, Post Operative and Palliative support, in a safe and caring environment. Respite care provides short-term relief for primary caregivers. It can be arranged for just a day or for several days or weeks for temporary frail care or post operative / hospitalisation care following a step-down facility. Palliative care is specialised medical care that focuses on providing patients relief from pain and other symptoms of a serious illness, no matter the diagnosis or stage of disease. Palliative care teams aim to improve the quality of life for both patients and their families. Services at Kiewiet Unit include: • Furnished temporary accommodation • All meals and teas • 24-hour nursing care (note this is not a stepdown facility) • Emergency call buttons • Activities • Retirement Village Package DSTV • Laundry • Cleaning / housekeeping • Situated on Vonke Park which has 24-hour security.. Call Hanlie Theron on 021 8525130.
