Palliative Care

Palliative care at home across Lincolnshire

Comfort and company at home for someone with a life-limiting illness.

When someone has a life-limiting illness, being at home - with their own things and the people they love - can matter more than anything.

A live-in carer provides the everyday comfort and companionship, day and night, while nurses and doctors manage symptoms and medication.

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A carer's hands cradling those of an older person

Signs it may be time

Your relative wants to stay at home for the time they have left
A move home from a ward or hospice is being planned
Family want to be together without carrying everything alone

How your carer helps

Comfort

Washing, changing and repositioning, as advised by the nurses.

Food and drink

Little and often: tempting snacks, drinks and keeping lips moist.

Company

Sitting with someone, reading, talking or simply being there.

Nights

Someone awake to their needs so the family can sleep.

Liaison

Letting the nurses know straight away if symptoms shift.

In Lincolnshire

Across Lincolnshire, community nursing teams and hospices such as St Barnabas Hospice support people at home. Your carer works within the plan they set.

Arranging care quickly

These situations rarely wait. Phone the moment you know help is wanted and we'll work to have someone with you in days. Where needs are escalating fast, the nurses can ask the NHS to fast-track Continuing Healthcare funding.

Your questions

That's the nurses' job - injections and syringe drivers stay with them. Our role is comfort, personal care and keeping them informed.

Possibly. When someone is approaching the end of life, a doctor or nurse can apply for fast-track Continuing Healthcare, and if granted the NHS covers the full cost.