Mercy Palliative Care

Palliative care involves a range of services that support people and their families with advanced disease, when cure is no longer possible.

Our aim, through this care and service provision, is for each person to experience the best quality of life possible for them — physically, emotionally, socially and spiritually.

Our specialist palliative team includes doctors, nurses, social workers and grief and bereavement counsellors. Each member of the team provides treatment focused on relieving suffering in relation to distressing physical pain and symptoms. The team also provides care to relieve psychological, financial and emotional burdens, with a particular focus on family care and support.

Our team is deeply committed to providing care to people in their place of choice, and we strive to discuss and encourage patients to document these decisions on our Mercy Health Advance Care Plan, very early in the admission process.

Please use the Mercy Palliative Care referral form when referring to inpatient or community palliative care.

Catchments for service provisions include seven local government authority areas: City of Brimbank, Hobsons Bay, Maribyrnong, Melbourne, Melton, Moonee Valley and Wyndham.

Volunteering in palliative care

Mercy Palliative Care volunteers work with patients, their families and friends. They offer support, companionship and respite in the patient’s own home or in hospital. They provide their own dimension of care. We provide 30 hours of training for palliative care volunteers in a number of areas prior to volunteering.

Click the link to apply.

For more information please email [email protected] or call 03 9313 5700.