Your Stories
Volunteers, patients and their relatives who have benefited from the Hospice often contact us to talk about their experiences and to help us publicise what we do. Many are motivated because they want to give something back, help us raise the profile of our services or encourage donations or fundraising.
We feel privileged when people agree to share their thoughts with us and we always ensure they are completely comfortable with any article we write and how we use that information.
Here are some of these stories:
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""Dawn Worlledge and Rick Alderton had waited a long time to get married. They had been courting for more than 20 years and had talked about tying the knot before.""
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05/10/2012 |
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"Every day has been a challenge for Les Burgess since his wife died. They had been married almost 45 years and rarely been apart."
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08/09/2011 |
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"The last weeks of Steven Govender's life were the best he could have hoped for thanks to the care he received at St Elizabeth Hospice."
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08/09/2011 |
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" It was a great help in those final hours that the Hospice at Home nurse did not show any emotions at all, she was caring, but professional. Pip came out of the room and left us with Sarah."
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24/02/2011 |
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"Everyone was absolutely wonderful and they couldn't have made things any easier for our family."
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28/10/2010 |
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"Kate spent her last three weeks in the Hospice and the staff there were brilliant. The care she received was exceptional."
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18/10/2010 |
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"The people at the Hospice do a wonderful job and this gives me the opportunity to give something back. I believe it is a wonderful charity to raise money for."
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19/07/2010 |
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"The support that is given, not just for the person that is ill but the whole family, is wonderful. Terry chose to be there. It was so relaxed. The staff and volunteers were lovely. The nurses are always there when you need them."
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28/04/2010 |
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"Whilst Janette was at the Hospice everyone there was so caring, nothing was too much trouble for the staff and volunteers. It is a world where people know what your problem is, but they make it easier for you to be there because they are always so welcoming and always there to help."
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28/04/2010 |
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"When we were told there was no treatment that would cure Terry we just didn't know what to do. It was like a bombshell and then the district nurse told us about the Hospice at Home team."
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20/04/2010 |
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"My brother Adrian and I were staying with her and thought she was going to die in the night. The next morning it was obvious there had been a change downwards and we called Hospice at Home. They were brilliant and they put everything in place."
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13/04/2010 |