MISSION: “La Piedad” Hospice has as a mission the care of people in the end of their life stage , looking after and assisting them as well as their family members and others close to them , improving the quality of life in their final stage, taking into account the whole of their human dimension (physical, psychological, social, spiritual). Hospice care is a service that improves the quality of life of people with terminal diseases approaching their physical emotional and spiritual distress . Hospice care helps families in a period of significant change. Hospice affirms life and neither hastens nor postpones natural death however long that may be. It offers individual care   to satisfy needs and wishes of every patient and relative. We work to shelter patients , relatives and carers under a blanket of support that relieves stress, anxiety and fear.


PROGRAMS:

"HOUSE HOSPICE LA PIEDAD"

Objective: Provide humanized care at the end of life. Taking care of all the dimensions of the human person.

Description: Comprehensive care for the patient in the final stage of life. Caring for both the sick and his family. Symptom control and pain relief.

Target population: Patients with a diagnosis of incurability, patients with terminal diseases.

Location: The Hospice is located in the city of Esperanza, Santa Fe Province. We receive patients from nearby cities and the region.


"DAY CENTER FOR ONCOLOGICAL PATIENTS"

Objective: Provide comprehensive and multidisciplinary care. Develop resilience, this being the universal human capacity to face life's adversities, overcome them or even be transformed or strengthened by it.

Description: Promote activities / workshops that favor participation in performance in various roles.

Target population: Patients on cancer treatment.

Location: The Day Center is in the final stages of construction. Located in the city of Esperanza, Santa Fe Province. We receive patients from nearby cities, and from the region.


"EDUCATION IN PALLIATIVE CARE"

Objective: Training and training in palliative care to health teams, and volunteers from our experience in the Hospice.

Description: Talks, exhibitions, conferences, workshops, participation in Congresses.

Target population: Health teams, medical and nursing students. Volunteers and caregivers.

Location: Provide education beyond our daily spaces. Taking advantage of the opportunity that education allows us to meet different people and contexts to share knowledge.


Telephone: 3496-412029.
Address: Av. Córdoba 3029 - Esperanza, Santa Fe.