Founding

The Palliative Care Team Hochtaunus has been operating since July 2013. With its founding by Dr. Elisabeth Lohmann and Dr. Robert Gaertner, the Hochtaunus district was able to establish its own Specialized Outpatient Palliative Care (SAPV) service.

Why a new palliative care team?

One palliative care team per 250,000 inhabitants

According to the law, one palliative care team is required for every 250,000 inhabitants. 10-20 percent of all seriously ill and dying patients require specialized outpatient palliative care (SAPV) due to difficult-to-treat symptoms.

For many people, the term "palliative medicine" is exclusively associated with "death" and "dying," leading to significant uncertainties and fears. Palliative is derived from the Latin word "pallium" (to cover, cloak, alleviate). Accordingly, the focus of palliative medical care is on maintaining the quality of life by alleviating physical symptoms, respecting and protecting dignity, and offering psychosocial and spiritual support until the end of life.

We are organized as a multidisciplinary team , as seriously ill and dying patients and their families face a wide range of symptoms, challenges, and emotional burdens in the final phase of life—needs that cannot be met by a single professional group alone.

Our founders

With remarkable dedication, compassion, and perseverance, Dr. Elisabeth Lohmann and Dr. Robert Gaertner founded the Palliative Care Team Hochtaunus. Many challenges had to be overcome along the way. Their primary goal—then as now—has been to improve palliative care for patients with severe illnesses and to collaborate with all partners involved for the benefit of those in their care.
The company philosophy they founded - the manifestation and maintenance of multiprofessional support for our patients - is both a daily mission and a qualitative benchmark. This philosophy continues on in the generational change in management that took place in March 2022.