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Contents 3 Letter from Val 5 Year in Review 7 Christmas on IPU make the support we offer as effective as possible. 8 Living Well 11 Family & Bereavement Support We will also need to involve you, the 13 Celebrating A Life On Film public, that might be directly say as 15 Make, Do and Mend Community Neighbours offering Welcome to the VOICE, St Mary’s 16 Volunteers’ Voice friendship and support, or, by getting Hospice annual newsletter and involved in learning about Death, Dying 17 Community Neighbours Annual Report. As always it shares a and Grief so you can be part of a 19 Blooming Good snapshot of the year that’s gone Compassionate Community. Watch this 20 How Are We Funded? alongside a glimpse of the year space for things to get involved in!! ahead. Highlights from Fundraising Of course providing extra care means 23 Super Supporters Hopefully by the time you read this, we raising more funds than ever before Share Their Stories will have started the work to get our and this newsletter talks about some of 25 Businesses ‘Giving Back’ new Barrow building ready for action, the changes this year. Some brilliant 27 News in Brief and you’ll have read about it in the new events are taking place and lots of 29 Education press. Maybe you told us the activities supporters are getting involved. I’d like you’d like to see there? If so we’re to thank everyone who has contributed 30 Gallery of Supporters grateful to you. We look forward to this year whether as volunteers, 32 Gifts in Wills seeing you in our building. participants, supporters or sponsors. 32 Lottery Your support makes our caring possible. 35 New Look Orangery Cafe It’s an exciting time. This building will, 36 A Bit More Shop Chatter as far as we know, be the first hospice Over in our shops too there have been building to open in full collaboration changes. You might have noticed most 38 Celebrating 30 Years! with other local charities, health and of our shops have had a make-over and social care organisations. We believe are looking very groovy and smart. They this is the best way to fill the building now receive more donations and again St Mary’s Hospice with varied, useful and interesting we’d like to thank both donors and Ford Park Crescent, activities to help those living with illness shoppers for another successful Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7JP in Furness be fit, active and well. shopping-therapy year. Each time you Tel: 01229 580305 give or buy we can offer more care. Email: [email protected] Why is it particularly important to have Website: www.stmaryshospice.org.uk this building? Britain’s population is And I can’t end our year without www.facebook.com/stmaryshospiceulverston living longer and as the babies from mentioning guilt-free cake. There’s @stmaryshospice both post war booms age the always cake at the hospice. If they’re population of over 65s will grow every not munching away in Day Hospice or stmaryshospice_ year. Unfortunately many of these Living Well then it’s on the menu in the Charity No: 517738 people will have some kind of long Orangery cafe. Where else can you say A company limited by guarantee, registered in lasting illness and we estimate that over that a piece of cake is actually working England and Wales. Company number: 2016831. the next 20 years 200 more people to Spread the Love of the hospice? Publishers: each year will need hospice services. Come on in and buy some cake, you Majestic Publications Ltd know you want to. 5 Minerva Court That’s a big increase. Chester West Employment Park Thank you for being our supporter, Chester, CH1 4QT There’s no way we can do all of that ourselves so we’ll be working more Val Stangoe Tel: 01244 852360 closely than ever with other groups to Chief Executive 3 HOSPICE AT HOME Priding 24 hr c aoss Fness 1289 and a lge pt of Sth Lakes 334 429 TOTAL REFERRALS PATIENTS NIGHT SITS INPATIENT UNIT DAY SERVICES 9 Beds at the Hospice in Ulvst A range of thapeutic activities including 6 week Living Well proamme f patients and cs to teach self-ce management skills, both seated and standing adapted Tai Chi 198 and cplementy thapies. 67% ATTENDEES FOR TAI CHI :51 USERS OF ONE ON ONE COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY :110 TOTAL BED ATTENDEES ADMISSIONS OCCUPANCY WEDNESDAY SOCIAL GROUP :13 ATTENDEES WEEK FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES LIVING WELL GROUP :67 YEAR IN REVIEW IN YEAR Beavement and family suppt, including access to specialist children’s svices, prided as pt of r cprehensive family suppt activities. £3.2m TOTAL 492 REFERRALS APPROX % OF COST TO RUN OUR COSTS ARE THE HOSPICE FUNDED BY THE NHS : AN AMAZING VOLUNTEERS HELP US Christmas on IPU “You knew in the most poignant moment in your life you were not alone.” Barbara Thanks to our community St Mary’s expect but that you possibly would do in your own home. has nine individual rooms which Someone had bought him this special gin. Gerry liked a glass of provide patients and families with a gin, but having said that, he hadn't had one in a long time. I think calm comfortable environment in he just liked the idea of it. He pulled off the cylinder covering the which to receive specialist palliative bottle – now you see it, now you don't kind of thing! He was care. Patients come in for symptom laughing away. It was amazing really that he made us all laugh on management, respite care or care at that day and nobody came in and interrupted us while we were the end of life. Barbara kindly shares her family’s experience there. We were allowed to have that precious family time. In the of coming to St Mary’s… hospice there was always that acute awareness of not just his needs but our needs as well. My Grandson who is 16 said, “that After a hospital stay in August 2017, Barbara’s husband Gerry was the best Christmas ever Nanna.” changed his mind from wanting to die at home. He decided to visit the hospice with Barbara, after which he was very clear “Gerry was certainly at peace here. Here everything’s done for about where he wanted to be. you, you are the most important thing. The whole person is considered, it’s about what is unique to that person. It’s almost Gerry came into St Mary’s In Patient Unit in December 2017, like an extension of your home. A nice thing that struck me was and Barbara and her family spent Christmas at the Hospice. that you couldn’t see any medical equipment as you would in a “By Christmas Gerry had the whole family with him, and we hospital and that is what made it feel more like your home.” had a great Christmas day in the hospice. It was just made so wonderful by the hospice. You know, they came in serving the Barbara’s daughter Sarah-Jane added: “Thank you for all you drinks. That was a surprise to everybody! They came in all do at St Mary's. It is truly a gift of a place and we do hope dressed up and they had a lovely Christmas trolley all trimmed many more families get to experience the precious moments up. They brought him a present in the morning and sung carols of the gift of life we did even in the stark days of death.” at the foot of his bed, all the things that you just wouldn't Hospice at Home St Mary’s is able to provide the right care, comfort and support in by Health Care Assistants, to enable carers to get out during the place you want to be. Our hospice is more than one single the day for a break, or to attend an appointment, to shop etc. location. We understand that many people would prefer to be • Did you know that the cost of a Hospice At Home visit is £234? cared for at home, surrounded by family, friends and things they love. Thanks to our community and our Hospice at Home team “It was very comforting to know they were there for all the we can give our patients and their loved ones that choice. family” • Our Hospice at Home community nursing service is delivered “It gave me a ray of hope and cheered me along. The girls were by palliative care nurses and health care assistants, supported so helpful and down to earth.” by doctors, who bring their skills and expertise into homes to “The Hospice at Home team were fantastic and helped us all support patients and their family. greatly during a very difficult and sad time” • In the last year, the team has looked after 334 Patients and “I felt better knowing I had the night time support of the their families. We provided 429 Night Sits to give a family wonderful staff. Both of us felt in control of what was happening member a rest from their caring responsibilities overnight. and secure in the knowledge that my husband could die with • We have started to provide some Day Respite Care, delivered dignity which he did at home with all his family present”. 7 © Image courtesy of Milton Haworth. St Mary’s CEO Val Stangoe (Left) and Caroline Glading (Right) Senior Complementary Therapist Reaching more people, more of the The expansion plans are also linked to Foundation.