An Angel’s Touch
Our dedicated multidisciplinary healthcare teams are on call round-the-clock, making an average of 39,000 home visits islandwide every year. Besides serving from our central headquarters at Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital, we have four satellite centres spread across the island for more accessibility to patients.
Each satellite comprises a team of doctors, nurses, medical social workers, a patient care administrator, as well as trained volunteers, who offer personalised support and care to patients and their families at no charge. Also available are the services of Spiritual Counsellors, Occupational Therapists and in-house Pharmacists. These teams provide services such as
Providing medical prescriptions
24/7 helpline to ensure support is readily available
Assisting patients and their families with the emotional and social aspects of coping with death, grief and loss
Guiding families on how to care for their loved ones at home
patients served
home visits made
of our patients are >60 years old
Vigil Angels made
visits in the last year
of our patients passed on at home, compared to 26% nationally*
*source: Ministry of Health
Source of Referrals
- Government Restructured Hospitals69 %
- National Cancer Centre22%
- Community Hospitals, Hospices, Nursing Homes and Other Healthcare Organisations9%
Vigil Angels: Soothing the Senses
Gentle aromatherapy massages, bed baths and familiar music playing in the background. These comforting elements are part of the Vigil Angels experience, which focuses on the dignity of imminently dying patients.
The Vigils Angels programme began with a vision to provide humanistic support in the final hours. At the end of life, most patients have a simple wish – to be clean and comfortable. Yet, as patients grow weaker, caregivers and family members are sometimes hesitant to clean and sponge him or her, for fear of causing more pain and distress.
Our Vigil Angels seek to bridge this gap and provide grieving families with some respite, as well as enabling families to spend some quiet time with their dying loved one.
Length of service for home hospice patients
- <30 days40%
- 31-60 days19%
- 61-90 days10%
- 91-180 days15%
- >180 days16%