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Hospice Groups

Byron Hospice Service ( formerly Amitayus)
Post: PO Box 696 Mullumbimby NSW 2482
Phone: (02) 6684 3808
email: amitayus@mullum.com.au
web: www.amitayus.org.au

St. Vincents Palliative Care Service
Dalley Street, Lismore NSW 2480
Tel: (02) 6627 9282
email: svh_pccs@svh.org.au

Hopewell Hospice, Gold Coast, NSW
www.hopewell.org.au

Home Hospice Australia
HOME Hospice is a FREE program available to anyone in Australia.
http://www.homehospice.com.au/

Karuna Hospice Service (Brisbane, Australia)
Karuna is located in Brisbane, Queensland, in Australia. Karuna is a specialized home based palliative care service, which offers compassionate care for individuals and their loved ones who are dealing with life limiting illness, as well as grief and loss. Karuna is based on a blend of the principles of modern palliative and hospice care as well Buddhist philosophy. All services are available to clients of all religions, philosophy, culture and belief. We offer our care in a compassionate and secular way.
Karuna offers a variety of services including:
•    Homecare service: Karuna offers highly trained and specialized palliative care Nurses (24 hours support), counselling, social workers, spiritual support and volunteers. These services are offered with no charge to the clients.
•    Cherish Program: This program provides three counselling sessions to persons other than Karuna home care clients, either by phone or at the Karuna office face to face. This service is offered on a donation basis.
•    MindLife Education Program: The MindLife education program offers support to both Karuna staff and volunteers as well as the community through training programs, meditation classes, education courses and day sessions.
•    Mandala Books: Mandala Books is a fabulous Buddhist bookshop with an extensive range of over 5000 titles. Open Monday-Friday 9am-4.30pm it also offers mail order and wholesale for dharma centres and other retail outlets.  Website: www.mandalabooks.com.au
•    Palliative Care Information Service (PCIS): PCIS is a Queensland wide telephone service that provides information and emotional support to individuals affected by life limiting illness, their family, friends, carers and health professionals. The free call number is 1800 772 273 and is available 9am-5pm Monday-Friday. Website: www.pcis.org.au
KARUNA CONTACT DETAILS:
Email: karuna@karuna.org.au
Website: www.karuna.org.au
Telephone: +61 (0)7 3632 8300
Fax: +61 (0)7 3857 8040

Office Address: 27 Cartwright St, Windsor, QLD 4030, Australia
Postal Address: PO Box 2020, Windsor, QLD 4030, Australia