St Elizabeth Hospice has been developing Zest since 2015, working closely with children’s hospice services to ensure young adults have a smooth transition into adult care.
Zest supports young adults aged 14 and upwards with progressive and incurable illnesses to ensure that they get the specialist care, tailored treatment and services they need to be able to enjoy life to the full.
Zest currently offers a range of services for young adults and their families. Click the buttons below to find out more:
Due to medical advances and treatment, people are living longer, and that includes young people who have complex incurable conditions, such as muscular dystrophy, complex cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis and cancer.
From the age of 16, young adults are too old to be treated by children’s services and are faced with the daunting prospect of adult care.
Working closely with children’s services, Zest ensures young adults have a smooth transition from children’s to adult care.
We have been working with Zest young adult patients, their families and children’s services to develop our young adult service through co-production to ensure we are providing the right care and support for young adults and their families.
We offer a developmentally appropriate approach, tailored to each individual and their own aspirations for life. We can offer regular reviews to support young adults and their families to achieve their goals and having the best quality of life.
We currently offer:
The team here at St Elizabeth Hospice like to start getting to know young adults from the age of 14 to prepare them and their family for the transition to our services. We provide shared care with local children’s services to enable a smooth transition into adult care.
Our team can provide support with transition coordination, to help families navigate the journey of transition from children’s to adult’s services. We are happy to attend education, health and care plan reviewing meetings and other transition planning meetings to support an easier transition from children's to adults services.
As part of our transitional care service we run a monthly young adult social group called Zest X-Change in our day centre at the hospice on Foxhall Road, enabling young adults and their families to build connections with St Elizabeth Hospice through regular, meaningful visits.
If you would like to find out more about our service you can speak to a member of our team or arrange a visit, or find out about any upcoming open events. Call our team on: 01473 707032
We can take a referral direct from a patient, family member or carer, or from a professional.
We accept referrals for young adult aged between 14-40 year olds who are living with a life-limiting or life threatening conditions.
To improve and support quality of life whilst living with an incurable and/or progressive condition, including:
If you are looking at developing a transitional care and young adult service and would like advice, please get in touch on 01473 707032.
Our transitional care team are happy to support other organisations in introducing and implementing the service.
