Bermuda

 

Health Facilities & Agencies

Agape House
Friends of Hospice King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH)
7 Point Finger Rd., Paget DV 04
Tel: 239-2025 • Fax: 239-2155
Website: www.friendsofhospice.bm
Registered Charity #391

 

Mission: Agape House is a 12-bed hospice which provides a programme of palliative care and physical, psychological, social and spiritual supportive services for terminally ill patients and their families.

 

Bermuda Diabetes Association
46 Point Finger Rd., Paget DV 04
Tel: 236-3668 • Fax: 236-3969
Email: bda@northrock.bm
Registered Charity #143

 

Mission: To promote awareness to all ages about the signs, symptoms and treatment of diabetes and the extremely serious complications, that may result from poor control of the disease. To provide support and hope in the field of diabetes. To provide education about leading healthier lifestyles, prevention and management of the disease.

 

Bermuda Mental Health Foundation
Richmond House
Ground Floor, 12 Par-la-Ville Rd.,
Hamilton HM 08
Tel: 278-7908
Fax: 292-0865

Email: sharon.smith@conyersdillandpearman.com
Registered Charity #394

 

Mission: To promote activities that develop public awareness, acceptance and integration of the mentally ill into the community. To develop support groups. To act as an advocacy group for the mentally ill. To develop the operation of communal residential facilities for the mentally ill to enable them to live and work in the community and enjoy a better quality of life. To develop day-care and sheltered occupational workshop facilities for the mentally ill.

 

Bermuda Red Cross
Charleswood
9 Berry Hill Rd., Paget DV 03
P.O. Box HM 772, Hamilton HM CX
Tel: 236-8253 • Fax: 236-8267
Email: redcross@logic.bm
Registered Charity #419

 

Mission: To give skilled and impartial care to people in need and crisis in their homes and in the community, at home and abroad, in peace and war.

Equipment Rental: We have an extensive selection of equipment for rent to assist seniors in getting out of hospital sooner or to help seniors in their everyday life.

Please call 236-8277 for further information.

 

Bermuda Cancer & Health Centre 
46 Point Finger Rd., Paget DV 04
Tel: 236-1001 • Fax: 236-0880
Email: info@chc.bm
Website: www.chc.bm
Registered Charity #070

 

Mission: To Educate our community about prevention and early detection of cancer and other health issues impacting Bermuda. To Promote a healthy and productive lifestyle. To Provide access to early detection screening, health supplies, information and educational services. To Enable and Empower our community, and so positively impact on the incidence of cancer and the promotion of wellness in Bermuda.

Just Between Us
46 Point Finger Rd., Paget DV 04
Tel: 236-4563
Registered Charity #399

 

Mission: To educate and inform the public about early detection, current treatments and research of Breast Cancer.

 

Services include:

 

• Group support for women who have had Breast Cancer and related treatment
• Trained volunteers, who are breast cancer survivors, visit recently diagnosed women with breast cancer upon the request of the physician, patient, family or friends and provide informative pamphlets, and are prepared to listen and give emotional support
• Monthly meetings provide an informal forum to share concerns, get answers and hear qualified speakers
• October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Ostomy Association Of Bermuda
P.O. HM 2281, Hamilton HM JX
Tel: 236-6272, 236-4162, 293-0413,
236-8429 • Fax: 232-0949
Email: pkgardner@northrock.bm
Registered Charity #128

Mission: Support Group for Ostomates and would be Ostomates. Members are dedicated volunteers who assist with this health organization with people who have had or will have intestinal or urinary diversions.

 

Patients Assistance League & Services (PALS)
18 Point Finger Rd., Paget DV 04
Tel: 236-7257 • Fax: 236-7250
Website: www.pals.bm
Registered Charity #171

 

Mission: To provide cancer patients with quality care primarily in the home setting in order to enhance their quality of life. To provide support and assistance to cancer patients and their families. To meet the physical, social and emotional needs of patients. To promote health, dignity and independence, regardless of ability to pay, to the extent of the resources of P.A.L.S. To maximize the use of volunteers and voluntary funding by encouraging the support for P.A.L.S. from the community at large.