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Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart is a leading provider of palliative care and rehabilitation services. Opened by the Sisters of Charity in 1890 as a dedicated Hospice for the Dying, Sacred Heart has grown from a small cottage for terminally ill patients to a modern facility offering specialist palliative care and rehabilitation to inpatients and outpatients.
Operational Structure
Operating as part of St Vincents & Mater Health Sydney (SV&MHS) and managed by
A Memorandum of Understanding between Sacred Heart, the South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service, and the NSW Minister for Health defines its role and funding within the NSW public health system.
Palliative Care Services
Sacred Heart Palliative Care provides an integrated interdisciplinary palliative care service to patients with life-limiting illness. A consultation service is provided to St Vincent’s Hospital, St Vincent’s
• A 50-bed inpatient unit
• A 24-hour community consultative service
• A day activity centre
• Community/respite programs
Pain control, symptom management and pastoral support are some of the key services provided by the team. During 2006-07, approximately 585 patients were cared for in the inpatient unit and 557 outpatients were supported in the community, with outreach clinics in Wagga Wagga and Albury.
A/Professor Richard Chye is Director of Sacred Heart Palliative Care and Director of South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service Palliative Care.
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A major achievement for Sacred Heart Palliative Care has been the establishment of an Academic Unit in Palliative Care. Over $3 million in funding has been secured from a consortium of partners to create the Cunningham Centre for Palliative Care based at Sacred Heart.
A key objective of the unit is to improve the quality and standing of palliative care in
The unit will play an important role in the development of palliative care services throughout
Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Services provide complete patient rehabilitation following an illness, injury or surgery with the aim of helping patients and their carers achieve maximum potential through a multi-disciplinary therapy approach.
The unit provides seven-day rehabilitation and was the first public rehabilitation service in
Patients are transferred from St Vincent’s Hospital, St Vincent’s
• Stroke
• Multiple sclerosis
• Orthopaedic surgery
• Organ transplantation
• Chronic pain conditions
• HIV treatment
Two rehabilitation physicians are dedicated pain management specialists who provide services to the
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A rehabilitation clinic operates two days a week.
This service provides physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology and clinical and neuro-psychology services to patients in the local community.
The unit has developed innovative models of care and is involved in a number of new projects to develop rehabilitation services for targeted groups, including patients with mild stroke and motorcycle accident victims.
Several research projects were undertaken in the last 12 months, including a study of central pain post stroke and research paper detailing the first 50 transplant patients to be admitted for rehabilitation.
SACRED HEART HOSPICE ABN 69053439820
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