Swaruma Palliative Care is an organisation that strives to live up to the WHO acclaimed Kerala model community based, Neighbourhood Network in Palliative Care. We intend to provide medical and socio-economic support to bed ridden patients and their families in desperate times, especially during the terminal stages of the disease or where no more hospital support is required. Home care is our core activity, where we visit the terminally ill patients suffering from cancer, stroke, spinal injury, acute diabetes, nephritic diseases, as well as children afflicted with cerebral palsy, autism, mental retardation and similar conditions. Our approach is patient centric and focused on relieving their pain and other distress. We aim more on giving life to their days and not days to their life as we believe every human deserves dignity in life and death.
Swaruma has been functioning since 2016. We work in close association with the local governmental palliative facilities in various panchayats in kanjirapally Taluk.
Swaruma did an amazing job of taking care of our mother who was bedridden for a long time. The Palliative team visited our mother frequently for the past 3 years. Whenever they visited, our mother was so happy and received them as her own children. Coordinator, Palliative Nurse and their teammates considered our mother as their mother and used to call her "Ammukutty". They shared jokes with her and encouraged her whenever she was down. As the last days of her life arrived, they took the time to create awareness about death in her and strengthened her. We are very happy and satisfied about swaruma Palliative Care team.
Ponkunnam
