Therapy is an essential part of the care we give at St Gemma’s Hospice, and can improve patients’ quality of life, both physically and mentally.
Therapy Services
Our therapy team
The therapy team at St Gemma’s Hospice have an active role in supporting and educating patients and their family and/or carers in order to promote life and enhance its quality.
Our therapists work throughout the Hospice, on our In-Patient Unit and in Out-Patients as well as providing therapies to our patients in the community.
For more information about St Gemma’s therapies, please contact us on 0113 218 5500 or email TherapyServicesTeam@st-gemma.co.uk
Our therapy services include
Complementary Therapy
Complementary therapies can help with both physical and emotional symptom management.
These therapies can include using treatments such as reflexology, aromatherapy, massage, reiki and hypnotherapy to help patients manage anxiety, fatigue, breathlessness, skin problems or pain.
Creative Arts
Creative arts sessions take place in a bright and well-equipped art room in St Gemma’s Out-Patients and are led by our creative arts workers and art volunteers.
We offer a wide range of art and craft activities, which are tailored to patients’ individual aims, interests and abilities wherever possible. The sessions aim to promote active, creative expression and increase confidence, enjoyment and self-esteem.
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy can help patients maintain or improve their independence, manage their symptoms and optimise their quality of life.
Our physiotherapists will tailor programmes specific to patients’ goals, which could be to improve mobility and movement, help manage pain, improve breathlessness and much more.
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapists assist patients whose ability to cope with activities of daily living (self-care, work or leisure) have been impaired due to physical, psychological (anxiety) or cognitive (memory or understanding) problems.
Occupational therapy aims to help you and the significant people in your life to:
- Adapt to changes in ability and lifestyle through engagement with activities of purpose and meaning.
- Develop or enhance coping skills through the use of strategies such as anxiety management, fatigue management and other techniques to help adjust to reduced ability.
- Ensure your home environment is suitable for your needs by providing home assessments and equipment as required.
- Participate in activities which are meaningful and rewarding to you.
- Promote a sense of emotional, psychological and spiritual well-being which may address potential social isolation by engaging with local community and support networks.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is natural that you may not know what to expect from hospice care and that you may have many questions. Please visit our Frequently Asked Questions where we have tried to answer as many queries as we can.
