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Hospice/Palliative Care unit - IAHPC Institutional Lifetime member
Hospice/Palliative Care unit - IAHPC Institutional Member

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Europe

• Institute of Oncology Ljubljana Slovenia, Ljubljana
  Institute of Oncology Ljubljana is a public health institution providing health services on the secondary and tertiary levels as well as performing educational and research activities in oncology in Slovenia. It was founded in 1938 and at that time was one of the first comprehensive cancer centres in Europe. The Institute supervises programs on the comprehensive management of cancer diseases in terms of prevention, early detection, diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation, research and education. The Institute implements and monitors the National Cancer Control Program. The major goals of this program are to reduce cancer incidence and the cancer death rate, to ensure equality of access to treatment potential and a high quality of life to cancer survivors, and also to provide palliative care.
• Ljubhospica House Slovenia, Ljubljana
  The Ljubhospica House is intended for patients with advanced incurable end-of-life disease who have completed treatment, but need careful relief of their symptoms and support in life-ending processes. In the house we accompany individuals individually, not only following physical but also emotional, spiritual and social needs. We provide support to family and friends, both before and after the death of our user.
• Palliative Care Development Institute Slovenia, Ljubljana
  
• Slovensko Drustvo Hospic(Slovenian Hospice Association) Slovenia, Ljubljana
  Slovenian Hospice Association is a non-governmental, non-profit and humanitarian organization, established in 1995. Our association operates in public interest in the field of health and social care, all our services for users are free of charge. It is the only NGO in Slovenia, which has been active for 25 years in the field of dying, death and grieving: 25 years of compassionate monitoring of the dying and their relatives, 21 camps for grieving children and 15.000 hours of voluntary work per year, clear ethical and professional standards and the detabooization of death among the rest of population. In the past years, the Slovenian Hospice Association with its headquarters in Ljubljana has developed a network of eleven regional committees throughout Slovenia.Our mission is with all subtlety to listen to the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of dying patients and their relatives, alleviating suffering, supporting in their personal transformation and achieving the desired quality of life by providing a comprehensive compassionate care, education and advocacy for everyone who chooses to live to the end in a home or home-like environment.

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