I am an existing patient

We offer a range of therapies to help empower patients to live their life with a terminal illness. Improving mobility and every day tasks to make things as comfortable as they can be allowing you to do what you want. We also offer therapies to those important to patients who may benefit from the services we provide.

Counselling is an opportunity to share your thoughts, feelings and experiences which you may not feel able to share with loved ones. Counselling is a talking therapy and can help bring a new understanding to your situation and the challenges and changes that this may bring.

Creative therapy is a great way for you to express yourself. You don’t have to be ‘creative’, or  ‘good’ at music as such. to reap the benefits.

Living Well is able to offer a wide range of different complementary therapies completely free of charge. These are provided by our team of professionally qualified therapists who volunteer across the Hospice.

Currently, complementary therapies at Hospice Day Service are paused. Hospice Day Service is running in a virtual capacity to keep everyone safe.

Reflexology

The therapy involves massaging the feet, centring on points on the foot that relate to parts of the body.

Reiki

Reiki is a nurturing, harmonising and balancing form of energy treatment. It is hands-on, very gentle and non-intrusive, using universal energy (“rei-ki”) to treat the mind and body, and our emotions and personal wellbeing, promoting a better flow of energy within and around us.

The reiki practitioner gently places their hands in a series of non-intrusive positions either lightly touching or over the patients body.

Acupuncture

The acupuncture group aims to help with all varieties of stress and anxiety related conditions by using very thin needles that are inserted into the ear at specific points.

Yoga

The Yoga group works through a series of movements focusing on strength, flexibility and breathing to boost physical and mental wellbeing.

Qi Gong Yoga

The Qi Gong Yoga group is a slightly different form of yoga. This group works by using postures, exercises, breathing techniques, and meditations. Its techniques are designed to improve and balance the body’s energy.

Massage

The Yoga group works through a series of movements focusing on strength, flexibility and breathing to boost physical and mental wellbeing.

Head Massage

Head massage involves the therapist massaging on or around the scalp causing blood to rush to the massaged area and stimulates the scalp. Is it a very relaxing form of massage.

Bach Flower Remedies

Bach remedies are extractions from nature that can help balance emotional and thought highs and lows where needed. Their effects can be felt quite quickly after taking them, particularly in a crisis. Only 1 or 2 sessions needed.

Osteopathy

Osteopathy is a manual therapy that aims to improve health across all body systems by manipulating and strengthening the musculoskeletal framework. An Osteopath will focus on the joints, muscles, and spine, aiming to increase the mobility of joints, relieving muscle tension and enhancing the blood supply to tissues.

Hand Massage

A form of massage in which parts of the hands are rubbed by a masseuse using their fingers and knuckles. A hand massage aims to relax and calm.

Hospice in the Weald provides Benefit Support and related guidance to patients and those important to them.

We aim to improve your quality of life and that of your family, helping you to cope with some of the most difficult aspects of your illness.

It’s important to us to know that you are getting all the help and support that you and your family may be entitled to. We are able to help relieve physical symptoms, provide emotional support and  also with more practical issues.

Finding out which benefits may apply to you and applying for them can make you feel like you are navigating through a maze – but we’re here to help you.

We currently have a varied timetable of activities that you can get involved with including virtual sessions, online if you prefer or are unable to attend the Hospice in person.

You may be able to benefit from In-Patient Care at Cottage Hospice or on the In-Patient Ward. The Hospice Outreach Service will be able to advise you and help you make a decision on whether this is right for you.