New daily hospice Aumannplatz: Help for seriously ill from April 11th!

New daily hospice Aumannplatz: Help for seriously ill from April 11th!

On April 2, 2025, the Aumannplatz day hospice prepares for its official opening on April 11th. Numerous guests are to be welcomed on this day, including DI Klaus Rosino, managing director of the St. Carolusheim and the CS Caritas Socialis, who will initiate the event at 11:00 a.m. As part of the opening, an insight into life in the day hospice and the palliative care care is given, followed by an adventure walk by the new premises from 11:30 a.m.

The concept of the Aumannplatz daily hospice is aimed at offering people with severe, progressive or incurable diseases specializing palliative care care. A maximum of six day guests can be recorded from Monday to Friday. The area of ​​the daily hospice is 320 m² and includes a kitchen for up to 12 people and a living room with access to the winter garden and garden. Here a direct gap between mobile care and inpatient hospice is closed, which makes this an important facility in the field of palliative care.

offer and support

The day hospice offers a variety of individual therapies that are tailored to the needs of the guests. In addition to palliative care for pain relief, physiotherapy, art therapy as well as psychological support and pastoral care are used. Voluntary hospice companions: inside is actively integrated into the daily design in order to provide the guests comprehensive care. This integrative and holistic approach is part of the comprehensive philosophy of the CS Hospiz Vienna, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.

The CS Hospiz Vienna not only offers the palliative care unit, but also a mobile palliative team that covers the needs of the seriously ill people and their relatives in various life situations. As part of the daily hospice offers, a free and donation-financed model is offered, which is characterized by medical competence, individual care as well as psychological and spiritual support in difficult phases of life.

context of palliative care

The daily hospice is opened against the background of a growing need for specialized palliative offers. Palliative medicine plays a crucial role in acute crisis situations in which outpatient treatments are often not sufficient. The focus is on the remedy of acute problems and the return to outpatient care. If discharge is not possible, an organization of alternative supply options is made, which means that the Aumannplatz daily hospice in a wider network of palliative offers plays a central role.

In the palliative care stations, seriously ill and foreseeable patients are accompanied, although long -term care is not possible. Such facilities are mostly part of acute hospitals. A palliative medical consultation service ensures that treatment is tailored to the individual needs of the patient, which is done by the close cooperation with the treating teams. This multiprofessional approach also includes physiotherapists, psychologists and pastors and illustrates how important comprehensive care is in palliative care.

The opening of the Aumannplatz daily hospice on April 11 will not only be the beginning of a new facility, but also a significant step in improving palliative care in the region. It is a place where people in difficult situations receive support and support they need.