Hospice Malta is a voluntary, non-profit organisation
committed to providing and promoting free palliative care services to patients suffering from cancer, motor neuron disease, multiple sclerosis, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and other serious life-limiting conditions, including end-of-life respiratory, cardiac, renal, and liver diseases. All services are offered free of charge to patients and their families.
Who is Hospice Malta?
Hospice Malta is a voluntary, non-profit organisation
committed to providing and promoting free palliative care services to patients suffering from cancer, motor neuron disease, multiple sclerosis, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and other serious life-limiting conditions, including end-of-life respiratory, cardiac, renal, and liver diseases. All services are offered free of charge to patients and their families.
Their Objectives
To provide high-quality, patient-centered palliative care across the Maltese Islands to individuals with cancer, motor neuron disease, end-of-life respiratory, cardiac, renal, and liver disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and Multiple Sclerosis — with the aim of improving the quality of life for both patients and their families.
To ensure that all care is person-centered, respectful of dignity, and tailored to individual needs.
To address physical symptoms such as pain, while also supporting emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual wellbeing.
To deliver care through a professional multidisciplinary team, supported by trained volunteers.
To offer comprehensive support to families and caregivers throughout the patient’s illness and during the bereavement period.
To provide all services completely free of charge, ensuring equal access to all in need.
To provide bereavement support as a meaningful and essential part of the care journey.
To promote and facilitate education and training for healthcare professionals and volunteers working in palliative care.
To raise public awareness of the values, principles, and benefits of hospice and palliative care.