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>Little Haven Week 2015 Friday 10th July to Sunday 19th July followed by The Pop Up Shop opening on July 20th Please join us for Little Haven Week 2015 as we celebrate another year of providing quality end of life care and cancer support to residents of the Gympie and surrounding region and kick start

Saturday 20th July 2013 from 12.30pm Christmas need not come but once a year, celebrate with all the trimmings at The Little Haven Palliative Care Lunch. Scrumptious three course traditional Christmas Lunch with Great Entertainment by the ever popular Tom McCahon for just $35 adults or $20 children (5-12) Entree Pumpkin Soup with Crispy Roll

From the New England Journal of Medicine…… The demand for palliative care specialists is growing rapidly, since timely palliative care consultations have been shown to improve the quality of care, reduce overall costs, and sometimes even increase longevity. The field grew out of a hospice tradition in which palliative treatment was delivered only at the

Palliative Care Australia has just published a great article about Palliative Care Biography Services here . This is a wonderful article beautifully written by one of their Biography Volunteers. Little Haven  has also been offering this service to our patients for the past couple of years with some really heart warming responses to it.  Our volunteer Graeme Chisolm

Christmas is a wonderful time to pause and count our blessings and delight in our family and friends. Unfortunately for some, the Christmas season is also one of sadness and loss. Even though I lost my father a number of years ago, Christmas is a time when I feel his absence most acutely. Dad left

  The August 2012 Bridal Expo promises to have something for everyone. Local businesses will be there to help Brides and Grooms to make their special day an occasion they will remember with a smile forever. If you are graduating this year and looking to see what is available for you locally then the Expo is the

Event Name: Annual Memorial ServiceLocation: Wesleyan Methodist Church – Exhibition RoadStarts Sunday 22 July 2012 at 2:00pm and ends Sunday 22 July 2012Description: The annual Little Haven Memorial Service provides a chance to reflect on the memory of loved ones and for us to pay tribute to the 140 patients we have cared for and

Ladies Night The Pavilion Gympie Friday 3rd August 2012 from 6.30pm Link out: Click here  “If ever there’s been a show that does exactly what it says on the tin then Ladies Night is surely it. Raunchy, risque and rollicking good fun”.   Chris High The ultimate night out and not only for the girls! FEATURING KEN JAMES              

Springtime At Springhalls 741 Shadbolt Road Cedar Pocket Saturday 13th September 1.30 – 5.30pm A fun afternoon with delicious food, music, games on the lawn, raffles, auctions and a most fashionable hat competition! Delicious High Tea style menu served to you Licensed Bar Relax and listen to the music of  wafting across  the beautifully manicured gardens

And so as the year draws to a close a huge thank you to all our beautiful staff who have had a very busy year juggling an enormous workload and doing it with their usual grace and good humour. Thank you to every one of our committee and volunteers who give so generously of their

We live in a society that doesn’t like to talk about dying, let alone plan for the care it would like to receive at the end of life, and we know that one of the greatest barriers to receiving quality care at the end of life is a lack of knowledge and preparation. We are

It is quite natural to be afraid about palliative care. It conjures up images of a death sentence and the use of morphine to make patients stuporosed until they die. Palliative care deals with death and is therefore always stuck with this myth and misunderstanding about what it is. Palliative care is not just about

The Little Haven staff and committee thank the Gympie community for your fantastic support throughout 2010 including our 100+  wonderful volunteers. Together we are making a real difference to those in our area during their darkest hours by providing compassionate care and living support. Your generosity has ensured this care has been available to 121

LITTLE Haven Palliative Care’s Sue Manton has won the Regional Service category at the Queensland Regional Achievement and Community Awards held at the Leichhardt Hotel, Rockhampton on Saturday night. The awards recognise groups, business and communities who play a vital role in enhancing the social or economic sustainability in areas such as environment and Landcare initiatives,

Little Haven Cooloola and Sunshine Coast Palliative Care  business manager Sue Manton has been named one of three finalists for the Regional Service Award in this years Regional Achievement and Community Awards which has a prize of $2500. The nomination notes that through Sue’s efforts the centre continues to provide a vital community service by improving end