Helderberg Hospice will in future be marketed as Helderberg Hospice Palliative Care Specialists. Palliative care is an approach which focuses on improving the quality of life of patients and their families facing the unique problems associated with being diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. This is done through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification, impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and associated symptoms, and by providing the emotional, physical, psychosocial and spiritual support the patient and their family may require.