Our Aims
Julia's House is Dorset's only hospice dedicated to children with life-limiting conditions. The majority of the children we care for are unlikely to live beyond the age of 18.
Complementing the work of the Julia's House Community Team, which consists of 80 Nurses and Carers who travel the county, the children's hospice provides life-changing support for families both in their own homes and in the hospice itself. In 2009 we provided 22,592 hours of care (comprising 14,197 in the hospice and 8,395 in the community) - an increase of 81% on the year before’s total of 12,488
Receiving only approximately three per cent of our funding from the Government, Julia's House relies on the Dorset community to help raise the remainder of our required income. In 2010, we estimate that it will cost nearly £2.6m to continue to provide our vital services.
In 2010 Julia's House aims to:
- Open the hospice for 24-hour care at weekends. This will give families a real break from the pressures of caring for a seriously ill child.
- Offer round-the-clock care in the hospice when a child needs care at the end of their life. This involves NHS doctors working with our nurses
- Increase the hours of care we provide in children's own homes
- Provide more complementary and music therapy services
- Run more social events for the children's mums, dads, brothers and sisters, to relieve the pressure of their daily lives
- Ask parents how we can improve our services
