Hospice Vision and Values

OUR VISION / TŌ MĀTOU WHAKAKITENGA

Te pairuri tāngata i te wā o te ora, i te wā o te mate

Supporting people with terminal illness to live and die well

OUR PURPOSE / TŌ MĀTOU PŪTAKE

We provide care for people with terminal illness, enabling them to live their lives as fully as possible. We work in partnership with our community, offering education, support, care and advice to family, whānau, carers and health and social service professionals, through a patient’s illness and following death.

We support our patients wherever they want to be – that may be in their home, in a residential care home setting or, if their needs are complex, within our inpatient unit. Where we can, we aim to keep people in their environment, symptom-free, for as long as possible.

We affirm life and believe in making the most of it, neither hastening nor postponing the natural progression of death.

OUR APPROACH / TA MĀTOU MAHI

Te Whare Tapa Wha (the four corner stones of health)

Te Taha Hinengaro – mental wellbeing,

Te Taha Wairua – spiritual health,

Te Taha Tinana - physical health,

Te Taha Whanau – family welling.

OUR VALUES / Ō MĀTOU UARA

Te whakamiha / Respect We embrace and honour the unique, individual needs and differences of all those we deal with.

Te ngākau nui / Compassion We walk alongside those we interact with and are empathetic and life affirming.

Te ngaiotanga / Professionalism We are accountable for our individual and collective actions, using expertise with integrity.

Te mahi ngātahi / Inclusivity We empower our patients and whānau as partners in their care. We value working collaboratively with health professionals and with the wider community.