The Hospice Outreach Program has temporarily replaced the residential hospice concept, purely because of cost. The outreach service caters to patients in their own homes, and through a team of medical and welfare professionals assesses the patient's need, provides aides to assist with shopping and light household duties, recruits nurses to administer a professional service, round-the-clock if necessary. The outreach provides equipment for loan or rental, lymphatic pumps, wheelchairs, bedpans, dripstands etc.