End of life care

Tailor-made care

Saint Michael’s offers personalised and responsive care during the advanced stages of a person’s illness and last days of their life. Everyone accessing our care can expect to be treated with kindness, compassion, respect and dignity.

Our end of life care services are offered from our hospice building and out in the community. We take a holistic approach which supports your ongoing social, emotional, spiritual and practical needs, as well as those of friends, family and carers.

Here you can find information about care at our hospice inpatient unit, and care at home.

Accessing support

If you think you could benefit from using a Saint Michael’s service, please talk to your GP, district nurse, specialist nurse, consultant or any other healthcare professional involved in your care about your options.

Saint Michael's Hospice

Inpatient care

Saint Michael’s inpatient unit (IPU) offers you expert, 24-hour care in your final weeks and days.

Our inpatient unit overlooks the picturesque and tranquil Crimple Valley in Harrogate. We have 10 individual rooms, each with high-quality bathroom facilities.

Each room provides a comfortable and safe space for you to receive the highest standard of care. As well as furniture designed with your comfort and relaxation in mind, each room features air conditioning, a telephone, TV and WiFi internet access. During your stay, our expert catering team are keen to create meals you can enjoy.

What matters to you, matters to us.

During COVID-19, our aim is to keep you as safe as possible. To enable this, generally up to two visitors are welcomed by appointment between 2pm and 8pm, for four hours at a time. Your visitors will be provided with PPE to wear.

Saint Michael's HOME service

Care at home

At Saint Michael’s we know that often people wish to receive care and support in the place they call home, in familiar surroundings with family, friends and the things that matter to them.

As part of our HOME service, Saint Michael's healthcare assistants visit people in their own homes to offer support with personal care, daily activities such as bathing and eating, and the monitoring and management of symptoms.

The service helps people to return from hospital sooner, feel more comfortable, and achieve their wish to stay in their preferred place of care for as long as possible.

Information for health or social care professionals

View our admissions policy and download a referral form

Information for referrers

Beautiful care, seamlessly provided

Anne Boland shares her experience of Saint Michael’s HOME Service care, following the death of her best friend and former hospice care colleague, Dora.

"After several years of illness and knowing she was dying, Dora wanted to die at home. I personally was overwhelmed by the incredible care that Dora received in her last days. In these rather strange Covid-19 times, we forget that such beautiful care is still being seamlessly provided as indeed it was for Dora by the Saint Michael’s HOME team. They were all working together to provide the most loving end of life care, just as Dora had given to others, and as a result of that care, Dora was able to die at home."

Hear more stories from those who have used our services