Our Model of Care

Our Model of Care

Little Haven’s nurses are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week giving professional palliative nursing care and advice to manage patients symptoms and provide support and guidance to carers.
Our model values early access to palliative care and support with care provided in the home, or patients and families may visit our centre at 14 Henry Street for support or therapies.
Our team includes Specialist Nurses, Social Workers, Respite Care Volunteers and Complementary Therapists working with your Doctor to provide a holistic approach to patient care.

The Little Haven Market Place

Clinical Nurse Position – Mentoring provided

Spread over 450 square meters, the Market Place remains a completely volunteer driven operation. The volunteers collect, refurbish and present pre-loved treasures, kindly donated by a generous community. They cook, make jam, create and sell craft items, plants, books, clothing and all manner of things.

All profits from the op shop stays in our community to care for people in their most vulnerable of times.

Market Place trading hours are: Wed & Fri 8am – 4pm and Sat 8am – 1pm. Ph 5481 5270

Follow us on Facebook @littlehavenmarketplace

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Pubmed papers on Our Model of Care

Exploring the 'Citizen Organization' academic paper

Our various fundraising activities significantly strengthen our connection to the community.
Highlighted in one of the two academic papers published internationally on PubMed this year. Drawn from the University of SC's year long research project on Little Haven’s unique Model of Community Based Palliative Care, The paper highlights our model as a "Citizen organisation" with "a perfect symbiotic relationship with the community”.
The second paper is an economic analysis, emphasizing the cost-effectiveness and benefits to the health system.

Positions Vacant

Little Haven Positions Vacant

Are you the next Little Haven Nurse?
Would you like to join the highly skilled Team?
We currently have positions available for a Registered Nurse/Clinical Nurse (min. 32 hrs /fn) and a Social Worker (16hrs / fn).
Recent palliative care/community experience, required. One month orientation provided.
If you're commited to making a real difference to people in their most difficult of times we'd love to hear from you.
Applications are Now Open!

Welcome to Little Haven Palliative Care

Little Haven Palliative Care is one of Queensland's leading providers of community based palliative care nursing services for patients with a terminal illness. Little Haven is a not for profit organisation, providing compassionate and professional palliative care and cancer support to people with an incurable illness and their loved ones in the Gympie and surrounding area. Partially funded by QHealth we rely on donations and the generosity of our community to support us in providing a comprehensive range of Palliative Care services and 24/7 support to to all who needs them -  without fee to the patient.

News and Information
Mary “Lou” Beresford   1937 – 2024

Mary “Lou” Beresford 1937 – 2024

It is with sadness we announce Lou’s passing on March 29th, 2024. In recognition of Lou’s contribution to Little Haven as our first community nurse, we invite all members of Little Haven to attend her funeral service to be held at the Gympie Crematorium tomorrow – Wednesday April 10th at 10am. Some years ago Lou

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Welcome to Kelly’s Blog

Welcome to Kelly’s Blog

March 2024 marks 10 years since Little Haven Palliative Care and Cancer Support took a chance on me and I began a career in Palliative Care. I knew within months that I had found my nursing niche.

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Community Based Palliative Care

Community Based Palliative Care

Community Based Palliative Care – Little Haven a working model. I am incredibly nervous about addressing a group of health care professionals with better credentials in palliative care than I, and nervous that my emotions will overcome me. Because currently my mum’s glioblastoma multiforma, diagnosed 14 months ago, is catching up with her and my

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Humankindness

Humankindness

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy. Standing in someone else’s shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. So it was this week when the QAS was tasked with the responsibility of transporting our palliative patient from their home of 40 years

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Art Therapy at Little Haven

Art Therapy at Little Haven

Individuals with a palliative diagnosis frequently experience feelings of anxiety, depression, aloneness and physical pain as their conditions progress. For family members and carers, consequent bereavement can be a profound experience, associated with deep grief, anger, and depression. Art therapy has been found to respond to the unique needs of these individuals, promoting well-being, interpersonal

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I feel like I also have a terminal illness – it’s called grief

I feel like I also have a terminal illness – it’s called grief

My name is Leesa Sheridan and I said goodbye to my beautiful husband Steve, in September last year. He was 49 years old. Steve was diagnosed with Melanoma in June 2015, then after surgery we hoped we were clear forever, but a year to the date it came back with avengance, it had spread to

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Support Little Haven by a regular contribution

Support Little Haven by a regular contribution

Little Haven has provided professional and compassionate in home hospice care and support to over 2000 families burdened by illness, death, grief or loss. With no fee for service, funding the ever growing demand for our support requires a constant annual community fund raising effort. We know there are many people who would love to support Little Haven’s

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Honouring Community Service: Lions Club of Gympie South’s 43rd Changeover Dinner

Honouring Community Service: Lions Club of Gympie South’s 43rd Changeover Dinner

On Saturday evening the 3rd of June, Little Haven’s CEO Sue Manton attended the 43rd Changeover Dinner of the Lions Club of Gympie South. The event was held at the Gympie South Bowls Club, with lovely dinner prepared and served by the dedicated ladies from the Bowls Club.

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