Seaton Hospice at Home
A specialist palliative care nursing service entirely funded by The League and provided by Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Palliative care for adults
in and around Beer, Colyton or Seaton
Seaton Hospice at Home
The League has been supporting home nursing services in this community for almost as long as it has existed – the first Hospital at Home service started as the Community Hospital was being built. For approaching 20 years this has been a palliative care nursing service, and we are very proud to have been at the forefront of such an innovative and forward-thinking initiative. The service has evolved and changed over the years, and in its current form, is provided in conjunction with RDUH, and has been running since April 2023.
The aim of this service is to ensure that care and support is provided to people in our local community with life limiting illnesses, as well as their carers and families. We commission and fund a specialist palliative care nursing team to provide 24/7 care to patients in their own homes.
Working closely with our health and social care teams as well as other organisations in our community, our aim is to work with each patient and their family to understand their individual needs and wishes and provide them with the care and support they need to have the best possible quality of life and to enable the patient to remain in their preferred place of care.
‘You matter because you are you,
and you matter to the end of your life.
We will do all we can not only to help you die peacefully,
but also to live until you die’.