Rooted Care and Living
Rooted Care and Living

Palliative care

Comfort care at home rather than hospital, with hospice services coordinated for you.

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Service Overview

Our Palliative Care lets someone stay in a home at the end of life, rather than moving to hospital.

The nurse practitioner remains the most responsible provider through end of life, and we coordinate hospice services on the family’s behalf.

Why Choose Us

Being able to stay put at the end of life is the whole point of a small home. Our

  • Palliative Care means comfort, familiar surroundings, and people who already know the person, at the point when that matters most.

  • Stay in place: No move to hospital at the end of life.

  • Comfort first: Pain and symptom management as needed.

  • Hospice coordinated: We arrange the services on your behalf.

How it works

01

Consultation

Guided care for lasting well-being.

02

Strategy

Thoughtful strategies for lasting wellness.

03

Execution

Turning care plans into comforting action.

What’s Included

Our Palliative Care covers care through the end of life, in the client’s own room:

  • Comfort care, with pain and symptom management

  • Medication administered as often as needed

  • Personal support worker care day and night

  • Meals, where the client is able to eat

  • Coordination of hospice services

  • Support for the family throughout

Meet the founder

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Gloria Holder

Nurse Practitioner and Founder

Gloria Holder has practised nursing for more than twenty years. She is the founder of Rooted Care and Living and the most responsible provider for every client: she carries out health assessments, diagnostics, and medication administration, assesses each prospective client to confirm the home can meet their needs, and trains the personal support workers who work alongside her.

Words from our clients

Margaret Whitfield

Margaret Whitfield

Daughter

Delroy Campbell

Delroy Campbell

Client

Mei Lam Chow

Mei Lam Chow

Client

Sunita Raval

Sunita Raval

Daughter

Peter Doyle

Peter Doyle

Son

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Mum has dementia and we were told a large home was our only option. Here she has her own room, the same faces every day, and someone who knows she takes her tea strong. She has settled in a way we had not seen in two years.

Margaret Whitfield

Margaret Whitfield

Daughter

Delroy Campbell

Delroy Campbell

Client

Mei Lam Chow

Mei Lam Chow

Client

Sunita Raval

Sunita Raval

Daughter

Peter Doyle

Peter Doyle

Son

Rating Image

Mum has dementia and we were told a large home was our only option. Here she has her own room, the same faces every day, and someone who knows she takes her tea strong. She has settled in a way we had not seen in two years.

Margaret Whitfield

Margaret Whitfield

Daughter

Delroy Campbell

Delroy Campbell

Client

Mei Lam Chow

Mei Lam Chow

Client

Sunita Raval

Sunita Raval

Daughter

Peter Doyle

Peter Doyle

Son

Rating Image

Mum has dementia and we were told a large home was our only option. Here she has her own room, the same faces every day, and someone who knows she takes her tea strong. She has settled in a way we had not seen in two years.

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