Options for care outside your home

Hospices provide specialised care for people with a terminal illness. They also offer support and counselling to the patient, their family and friends.

There are two hospices in the local area.

Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice

The hospice is situated in the quiet calm of Bostall Woods, Abbey Wood. The hospice offers services to residents of Royal Greenwich and Bexley who need respite, specialist symptom control, supportive care or end of life care, for those with a life limiting illness and their families or carers.

They can also provide care to people in a variety of settings, not just in the hospice building.

Further information is available on the Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice website.

Demelza South East London

This hospice in Eltham is open to children and families and offers the following principal services:

• residential short breaks for children in a six bedded unit, together with accommodation available for families wishing to stay with their child
• end of life care
• community services offering trained nurses and carers to help with children at home
• day care to enable families to leave their child with professional carers during the day
• bereavement services and practical advice to the immediate and wider family.

Please note that there is no parking at the hospice site.

Further information is available on the Demelza website.