Discover the care and support we offer
We provide Hospice care & support to patients and their loved ones living in Kent and East Sussex. Learn more about how we can help you.
If you or someone you love may benefit from Hospice care, you can find out more using the information below. For support or advice at any time of the day or night, please visit our Help Hub.
We provide Hospice care & support to patients and their loved ones living in Kent and East Sussex. Learn more about how we can help you.
Complete one of these short forms and we will contact you. There is no need to wait for a referral from your GP or healthcare professional.
We need to raise over £8 million every year to provide outstanding Hospice care to the local community. To get involved with our fundraising activities, design your own, or make a donation, use the information on this page.
If you and your loved ones want to be more involved in the care, we can help empower you to deliver that care. At Cottage Hospice, you’ll be supported by trained workforce which includes nurses, volunteers and nursing assistants – they’re on hand if you have any questions or need any help. If you feel you can’t or decide you don’t want to, that’s ok, there’s no pressure or expectation from us.
Care in the final weeks of life can be a completely new experience, but this doesn’t have to be daunting; it can be fulfilling and comforting for both yourself and the patient and advice and assistance is on offer all the time to best support you. Typically, family caregivers might ask for help with moving their loved one, managing symptoms and some personal care, though help is available for anything when needed.
A key piece of information at Cottage Hospice is the Informed Guide, there to empower the family caregivers looking after their loved ones in the final days of life. The Informed Guide can be accessed in all of the rooms as video clips and in a binder: it is written as pick up, put down materials for just when you need it.
The Informed Guide is there to relieve the pressure and stress and to better ‘inform’ families about what the end of life can bring to help balance that uncertainty and ease any worries. Family caregivers have said that the guide is easy to understand and provides valuable reassurance when caring for their loved one.
Members of the workforce are available all hours of the day and night to support family caregivers and patients at Cottage Hospice. You can also talk to our Counselling and Support Service.
You’ll be able to talk to someone at Cottage Hospice to find out more. It’s important to care for yourself, the family caregivers, both physically and mentally/emotionally and sometimes the way to do this is by taking a break and talking to someone about how you’re coping. Just ask the staff on duty to help you access this.