ANNUAL REVIEW 2016/17 Honouring the Past and Looking Towards the Future
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In the late 1990s, before the founders began to move into retirement, the hospice began a strategic planning exercise which gave all of its Executive Board from 1988 to 1994, and a member of the Education Committee until her retirement. Her successor at Te responsive and empowering. Research is another of the goals, as is teamwork and leadership, with a commitment to interact, IN 2003 HOSPICE NEW ZEALAND EVOKED A CONSTITUTIONAL ABILITY TO CREATE HONORARY collaborate, share information, take responsibility, set standards and provide feedback to improve the quality of palliative care. MEMBERS. ALL THREE OF THE INAUGURAL HONORARY MEMBERS WERE FROM TE OMANGA: w SIR ROY MCKENZIE, MARION COOPER AND JEAN PARR. in 1994. In 1993, foundation trustee Richard Martin became the Chair, a position he held until his resignation in 2001. His contribution to Te Omanga was considerable. As well as attending board meetings for 22 years and being available throughout Te Omanga has travelled far since 1979. When she made a submission to the Royal Commission was succeeded as Chair by Sir Somerford Teagle, who had joined the board in 1995. Over the next few years, the other new trustees Looking back, she thinks that might be an understatement. It certainly took about twenty years palliative care was a core health service. Max Cooper and Sir Roy McKenzie resigned as trustees in 2003. Sir Roy still retains a high level of interest, attending every board Omanga. Sir Roy and Lady McKenzie are now patrons. Over the past 25 years they have donated between $1.5 and $2 million to Richard Turnbull at Wellington Polytechnic, and later developed by Jean Parr and overseen by Whitireia Polytechnic, led the way which he has been responsible have also made a number of large donations to other hospices in New Zealand. of nurses, trainee doctors, and general practitioners with training in palliative care. Rest-home nurses, who have more recently attended training at Te Omanga, have also been keen to put into practice what they have learnt about teamwork, communication, caring for families, and providing much more than just symptom control. Some of these nurses, on returning to their rest-homes, have received awards for twenty years’ service, and 63 for ten years. 83 84 ANNUAL REVIEW 2016/17 Honouring the past and looking towards the future “Those who had the foresight to establish Te Omanga are to be celebrated by our community. They have given us a lasting and quite outstanding example of how care in a community can be provided when it is needed.” ROD GILLESPIE, CHAIRMAN 1 OUR HISTORY Te Omanga Hospice began providing services to the Hutt Valley Community on the 6th of September 1979. It was the first home-based hospice service in New Zealand to provide a programme of total care and to offer a comprehensive education programme. The service was the vision of Marion Cooper, supported by her husband Max, and Sir Roy McKenzie and Shirley, Lady McKenzie. Together they founded Te Omanga Hospice to provide care and support to people diagnosed with terminal cancer who wished to be cared for at home until they died. The vision has expanded to include all people living with a terminal illness, whether it be cancer or non-cancer. OUR VISION Everyone with palliative needs in our community receives responsive, proactive and equitable care. OUR PURPOSE • To provide expert and compassionate palliative support, information and advice to patients and wh-anau living in the Hutt Valley • To work collaboratively with all health and social care providers to ensure as many people as possible benefit from our expertise through education • To improve communities’ understanding and acceptance of death and dying • To improve and ensure equity and inclusion in our services • To be true to our values as a good employer • To be good stewards of resources OUR VALUES • Respect – working in a respectful and non-judgemental way • Partnership – working together to ensure the best outcome for hospice patients and their families • Compassion – being empathetic, caring and encouraging • Learning – from each other OUR PROGRAMME OF CARE Te Omanga Hospice provides palliative care through an interdisciplinary team of specialists doctors, nurses, therapists and specially trained volunteers to those living with a life limiting condition in the Hutt Valley. We provide care for people in their home, at our Inpatient Unit, and support the delivery of care in Residential Care Facilities, the Hutt Hospital and in conjunction with General Practitioners. 2 LIVING EVERY MOMENT Tui’s family had always been great supporters of Te Omanga over the years but it wasn’t until Tui was diagnosed with cancer that they truly understood what hospice care was all about. Having no experience of hospice, Tui and her husband Bruce thought hospice was a place where people came to die. “It just blew me away to find out it is more about living than dying” said Tui. When finding out their Mum was ill, Tui’s eldest daughter quickly returned home from London and her son flew back from Australia to make sure their Mum was fine. “It’s the first time in donkey’s years the family has all been together like this” said Bruce. While Tui was staying at Te Omanga’s Inpatient Unit, her family organised a wedding for her youngest daughter who recently had become engaged. Within three days, a wedding dress, suits and bridesmaids were organised and a ceremony was held in the beautiful hospice gardens. Tui treasured the memories, “it was unbelievably special and absolutely the best time.” When Tui returned home from the hospice, Te Omanga nurses visited often to ensure she was getting the care and support she needed. “We feel super cared for by everyone at the hospice, it’s the most amazing place” she said. Bruce agreed, “the people are what makes the place.” 3 WE CARED FOR 515 PATIENTS & THEIR FAMILIES AND THERE WERE 145 PATIENTS ON OUR PROGRAMME AT ANY ONE TIME IN A YEAR PROVIDED CARE FOR AN AVERAGE OF 132 DAYS PER PATIENT SUPPORTED 42% OF PATIENTS SO THEY CAN DIE IN THEIR OWN HOME THERE WERE 225 ADMISSIONS TO OUR INPATIENT UNIT OUR NURSES MADE AROUND 7,000 VISITS TO PATIENTS IN THEIR OWN HOME PROVIDED CONSULTATION & ADVICE FOR OVER PATIENTS300 AT THE HUTT HOSPITAL 4 WITH OUR GREATEST THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED US IN THE 2016-17 FINANCIAL YEAR A1 Apparel BNI Upper Hutt Business David Cheape Executive Laundry Hiremaster Event and Boosters Party Ltd Anne & Keith Quinn MNZM David Daily Charitable Trust Explore - Auckland BNZ Partners Lower Hutt House of Knives - Petone Advance Electrical David Horsburgh Expressions Arts & Bob & Elaine Moffat Entertainment Centre House of Travel Air New Zealand Denise Kramer Boon Group - Liz & Chris Ezra Builders Hugh Cooke Alana Estate Vineyard Deryn Schmidt Boutique Boon Fairweather Family Trust Hutt Art Society- support Alfred Memelink Devham Services Limited Borthwick Estate from Ray White Real Estate Farmers Queensgate All About Nail & Beauty Dilmah New Zealand Limited Lower Hutt Boulcott’s Farm Heritage Farmers Upper Hutt Ann Topp Golf Club Direct Security Services Hutt City Auto Services Farrah’s Annual Stonestead Outdoor Brady Dyer Photography Diva Beauty Therapy Hutt City Council Quilt Festival Fawcet Trusts Partnership Brendan Foot Holden Dixon & Dunlop Hutt City Dental Antiques & Collectibles Field & Green Brian Cooper Dogs R Us Hutt Mana Charitable Trust Vintage Fair- Diane Akers Fig Tree Cafe and Brian McGuinness Donnelly Marketing Hutt River Valley Rotary Club ANZ Staff Foundation Delicatessen Brother International Dorothy L Newman Hutt Valley Country Music ANZCO Foods Rangitikei Fine Signs (NZ) Ltd Charitable Trust Club Apex Print & Design First Sovereign Trust Limited Brown & Co Doug Rothery- Brady Dyer Hutt Valley High School Armstrong Prestige Photography Fix Fashion Bryan and Margaret Williams Ideal Electrical Wellington Dowse Art Museum Flowers Etc Build a Birthday Iluma Art Hair Company Dulux Footwear and Apparel Bunnings Warehouse Petone Imagine Childcare Aston Norwood Cafe & NZ Ltd Duncan Spence Function Centre Bupa New Zealand Limited Immigrant’s Son Expresso Four Winds Foundation Dzine Signs Autotech Associates Burns Pharmacy Infinity Foundation Francis Henrietta Muter Trust Eastbourne Hutt Rotary Aviation Security Service Cafe Blume Interislander Fratelli Eastbourne Lions Club Avison’s Home & Giftware Caffe L’affare Irene Baker Foy Charitable G R Dobbs Charitable Trust Eftpos and Retail Solutions Trust B Gifted California Garden Centre Ltd Gary and Kathleen Yellin Lower Hutt Ivan and Nancy Davis Bank of Hell EJ & MC O’Brien Trust Gavin Murphy Charitable Trust Chalet Caterers Bank of New Zealand Electrical Generation Services Gaynor Charitable Trust Jack Jeffs Charitable Trust Lower Hutt Chaplow’s Custom Picture Framers Ella Monnery Gee & Hickton Funeral Jacky Pearsons Barlows Transport Directors Charmaine’s on Royal Ellen G Jake Bailey Baylands Brewery Geraldine Booth Optical Chef To Your Door EM Pharazyn Trust Jegual Investments Ltd Bayleys Capital Commercial Global Wine and Beverage Limited Chris Bishop, National Party Embassy Theatre Jessica Irene Williams Company Ltd Bayleys Real Estate Chris & Kathryn MacKay Entertainment Publications Jewel, Petone Godfrey’s Lower Hutt NZ Ltd Beautiful Landscapes Chris MacKay Financial Jim & Joan Malcolm Goodness Planning Estate of Adrianus Johannes Bed Bath & Beyond Jina’s World of Fresh Heeffer Graeme Mitchell Clegg Family Charitable Trust Produce Bert & May Wilson Estate of Audrey Isabel Grant Henderson Charitable Trust CoCo At The Roxy