National Network

The National Palliative Care Network “Hospices of Hope Moldova” was launched in 2017 and consists of five interdisciplinary teams that provide home-based palliative care services. Hospices of Hope Moldova consistently supports four partner organizations in Ocnița, Soroca, Orhei, and Taraclia, and in 2023 it launched its own interdisciplinary team in Chișinău, which is the fifth team within the network.

The “Hope Day Centre” (Centrul de zi Speranța) Team in Chișinău

The Hope Day Centre Chișinău provides access to a wide range of services for people with conditions that affect their quality of life. You are welcome at the Hope Day Centre Chișinău to benefit from both group and individual occupational therapy sessions.

The Centre’s professionals are available to help you cope with your concerns. Here you will find a warm and friendly environment where you can meet new people and take part in enjoyable activities. We are supported by volunteers who regularly join us to facilitate activity groups such as arts and crafts. We also organize group activities and recreational moments.

 

The “Wings of Hope” (Aripile Speranței) Team in Orhei

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The NGO “Wings of Hope” (AO Aripile Speranței) is the first provider of free palliative care services in Orhei District for adults and children suffering from cancer and other incurable diseases. During 2014, the organization carried out over 1,500 home visits through its mobile team, delivering high-quality medical and social services as well as psycho-emotional support. By 2021, the team expanded its services to approximately 5,000 home visits per year.

On 7 June 2022, the Orhei team expanded further with the establishment of the first Day Centre and home-based palliative care service “Wings of Hope” in Orhei. The Centre organizes weekly activities for patients and is also open to refugees from Ukraine who require medical, psychological, or social services.

“On behalf of our team and our patients, we express our sincere gratitude for the support provided by Hospices of Hope, which enables us to work with dedication and to alleviate the suffering of those in need.”

Victoria Tintiuc, Director, AO ‘Wings of Hope’

Contact details:
Vasile Lupu Street 1, Orhei – Day Centre and Home Care Services

 

The Soroca Team – NGO “Angelus Soroca”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The public association “Angelus Soroca” was established and legally registered with the Ministry of Justice in 2013, with the aim of improving the quality of life of patients with incurable diseases in advanced and terminal stages, as well as that of their families.

The mission of the Soroca team is to improve the quality of life of patients with progressive and advanced incurable oncological diseases by providing palliative care services. Its vision is that all patients with advanced and incurable illnesses should have access to palliative care.

Within the association operates a mobile team that regularly carries out home visits, providing both medical assistance and psycho-emotional support to bedridden patients suffering from terminal incurable diseases. The mobile team also offers voluntary support to grieving family members. Patients receive medications and para-pharmaceutical products, and all services provided by Hospice Angelus are free of charge.

Angelus Soroca provides monthly care to approximately 60 beneficiaries of all ages, suffering from advanced-stage chronic illnesses and other life-limiting conditions, with a life expectancy of under 12 months, uncontrolled symptoms, significant psycho-emotional or spiritual distress, and/or a certain level of dependency.

Activities carried out:

• Provision of home-based palliative care, including medications and para-pharmaceutical items

• Psychological support for patients and their families

• Training family members on appropriate patient care

• Raising public awareness of the special medical, social, spiritual, and psycho-emotional care needs of people with incurable illnesses and their families

Contact details:
16 Mihai Eminescu Street, Soroca, MD-3000, Republic of Moldova

 

 The Ocnița Team – “Angelus Ocnița”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The public association “Angelus Ocnița” was founded in 2010. According to its operational regulations, AO Angelus Ocnița provides home-based palliative care services to cancer patients in stages 3 and 4, considered terminal. The organization operates within Ocnița District, serving an average of 50 patients per month.

The team provides counseling services to patients and their families during the illness, as well as to family members after the patient’s death. It also delivers medical palliative care, social assistance, and psychological support to all oncology patients, especially those with stomas, helping them avoid isolation within their families and society.

Contact details:
64 Independenței Street, Ocnița, MD-7103, Ocnița District, Republic of Moldova

 

The Taraclia Team – “Angelus Taraclia”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angelus Taraclia is one of the four mobile partner teams of Hospices of Hope Moldova and operates to support patients in terminal stages and with life-limiting prognoses, providing care to approximately 50 patients per month from Taraclia District, including surrounding villages.

Maria Chiose, Team Leader, notes that patients are extremely appreciative of the visits they receive from the team:

“We grow attached to each patient and support them both psycho-emotionally and by providing the necessary medications, so that beneficiaries can live each moment without pain and truly enjoy life.”

Contact details:
91 Voczalinaia Street, MD-7401 Taraclia, Republic of Moldova