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Celebrating Our Centenary Life in a New Age Leopardstown Park Hospital Newsletter WINTER 2017 Issue 47 Vol 14 In this Issue Celebrating Our Centenary ………………………1 Greetings from Ann Marie O’Grady, Chief Executive ……………………………………2 Farewell to Nóirín and Rita ………………………3 Farewell from Rita …………………………………4 Farewell from Nóirín ………………………………4 …So it’s Au Revoir from them and Hello from Us …5 Commemoration of the Centenary of the Foundation of Leopardstown Park Hospital ……6 Leopardstown Park Hospital, 1917–2017: A Home for Wounded Soldiers ……………………7 Gertrude Dunning: A Woman of Many Names …9 Launch of Leopardstown Park Hospital, 1917–2017: A Home For Wounded Soldiers …10 Chairman’s Centenary Speech, 17 June 2017 10 Address by H.E. Robin Barnett, British Ambassador to Ireland …………………14 Address by Minister Humphreys, Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs ……………………15 Keep the Home Fires Burning …………………16 Farewell to Gerard McEntee ……………………17 The Far-From-Ugly Ducklings …………………18 McEvoy Family Concert …………………………18 Celebrating Our Centenary Congratulations to our Centenarians …………19 A Quick Hello from Liz, Buster and Sam Cusack 20 Computer Swallowed Grandma …………………20 This special edition of Liana celebrates 100 years of Lest We Forget ……………………………………21 Leopardstown Park Hospital. A lot has happened With Thanks to Former Matron, Joan O’Neill …22 Royal British Legion (ROI) Annual Ceremony and there have been many changes since the of Remembrance and Wreath Laying …………23 ‘Join the Navy and See the World’ ……………24 hospital was founded in 1917 during World War 1. Medicine for the Older Person …………………25 Through Art, Hope is Never Lost ………………26 Spring ………………………………………………27 Music Therapy ……………………………………28 The Story of the Limerick – In Memory of John Crisp …………………………29 The Sheikh’s Will – A Lesson on Solving Problems …………………30 Condolences ………………………………………31 Dates for your Diary ………………………………32 We hope you enjoy this edition. We have tried to satisfy all our readers as best we can with an eclectic mix that encompasses the past, the present and the future and which includes news, humour, Leopardstown Park Hospital Board, personalities, work and play. We can only guess what LPH will be Foxrock, Dublin 18 XH70. like in 100 years’ time. Perhaps readers would like to give us their Tel: 01 295 5055 Fax: 01 295 5957 ISDN: 01 2160500 thoughts on what they think the world will be like in 2117? Email: [email protected]. Website: www.lph.ie LIANA Newsletter Winter 2017 | 1 LPH NEWS At the same time we have been working hard Greetings from Ann Marie to plan for a new hospital. The Leopardstown O’Grady, Chief Executive Park Hospital Trust commissioned a planning process called a Protective Development Control Plan (PDCP) to look at the Hospital They say that the sign of cranes is a sign of site, how and where a new Hospital might be progress and a healthy economy and certainly delivered, and to get a high level view of size Leopardstown Park Hospital is heading and layout of a new Hospital, as well as how positively towards that at this time. As is well to best utilise the site as a whole. The team known our old buildings are not suitable for working on this have included LPH Trust, LPH supporting the modern delivery of care for Board, LPH Management and HSE Estates, older persons, particularly for ensuring that as well as a broad range of professionals as each individual has the necessary privacy and part of the architect led design team. As part dignity that all of us would want. So we are on of this process we have already entered into a journey to improve our physical initial preplanning meetings with Dun surroundings which will enhance the care we Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. This are already delivering. PDCP has now been finalised. The PDCP allows for the option in the future of expanding So what's happening now and next? the capacity of the Hospital up to 250 beds, if We are currently carrying out some works on the requirement and funding is available. our large open plan nightingale units (Kiltiernan, Kilgobbin, Tibradden & Engagement has taken place in September Enniskerry). We have reduced the number of with the HSE in relation to progressing the beds in these units by 16, giving greater space replacement of the Hospital. It has been jointly for our residents and allowing the creation of identified that Phase 1 will look to replace 125 some quiet areas for residents and their beds with compliant modern, single room families to make use. In addition, significant accommodation. A high level plan for this has works have been carried out in Djouce unit, been developed and we are expecting to significantly improving the bathroom area for commence the formal design phase in the residents. near future. (Photo credit: Karl Hussey) 2 | LIANA Newsletter Winter 2017 LPH NEWS So very busy and exciting times. However I to engage with others and when they want know that some residents have expressed more privacy. I can assure you that this is very concern regarding moving to single room high in all our considerations. accommodation and the primary reason for this is a fear of isolation. It will be really We look forward to working with residents’ important, as part of all these physical families and staff to really improve our changes to our buildings, that we provide physical infrastructure which will make a privacy and dignity but don't cause social significant difference to all those who receive isolation as a result. It is important that our services. It's great to dream big and be in residents can have choice of when they want a position to achieve that. Exciting times! Farewell to Nóirín and Rita By Lorraine McWilliams On 11 April 2017, we gathered to say a sad Rita are always in good humour and they are farewell and a very grateful thank you to always full of compassion for others. Their Noirín Scully and Rita Conroy. For many interest in life and all that it holds is an years, the ladies have been magnificent in inspiration to all of us. their dedication to the hospital, the staff and the residents. They are known most In their speeches, CEO Ann Marie and particularly as the efficient and gifted editors of Eugene Magee gave glowing tributes, thanked the in-house newsletter, Liana. No surprise the ladies profusely and presented them with then that their farewell party was filled with framed pictures of LPH. Rita’s husband, Stan, laughter, tears, reminiscences and cake. was photographer on the day. To Stan too, we all say a profound ‘thank you’ for all the work No matter what life throws at them, Noirín and he has done with Liana over the years. Photo credit: Stan Conroy LIANA Newsletter Winter 2017 | 3 LPH NEWS Farewell from Rita By Rita Conroy After 15 years, on April 11th 2017, we said Additionally we covered Christmas festivities, “Goodbye” to compiling and editing Liana band concerts (by the superb Army No.1 Newsletter. Band), Garden parties and Garden Fetes and many other events. A time of very mixed emotions. We were sad to relinquish it, but very happy to hand it over to We owe thanks to so many people. To all the the very capable hands of Lorraine and Pete staff whose profiles were featured. To those McWilliams. They will, I am sure, produce an staff who gave us leads into stories of the even better newsletter reflecting the life and residents and encouraged those residents to times of Leopardstown Park Hospital. share their story with us, i.e. – Liz Cusack (Clevis), Margaret Hegarty (Day Care During our 15 years we were very privileged to Manager), Ger Lee, ward staff, physio staff, have residents share their life stories with us. catering staff to name but a few. The Johnny Wetherall story, the articles from Tom Harmon, the poignant wartime I mentioned to Lorraine that I feel quite jealous experiences of Dr. Mayne and many more. of her and her husband’s new role. While I am in the Coffee Dock on Saturdays I chat to a lot We appreciated the regular submissions from of people. As we talk I recognise a story that’s Geoffrey Medcalf relating to the Veterans there for the telling. This could be said of all of Support Group. The late Frankie Hennell’s us! jokes and quiz corner. Frank McGrath (Irish Times journalist) made us laugh at the antics Many thanks to the Chairman, Eugene of “Pete Briquette”, his cat. The flying high Magee, Ann Marie O’Grady, CEO and Ger articles from Ted Jones and many more Lee, Administrator for making our “Farewell” people who gave us their time and allowed us so memorable. We hope to keep in touch for have stories of human interest to publish. many more years. Farewell from Nóirín By Noirín Scully When my friend Rita suggested that I go with hospital newsletter was one of them. Rita and her to attend a meeting of volunteers in LPH, I I looked at each other and we decided to have wasn’t all that enthusiastic. Rita was already a a go. And so Liana was born. fully fledged volunteer and she can be very persuasive when she wants to be. “Sure you This all happened in the Spring of 2001 and might as well come along,” she said. “Just to our first issue was launched later that year see what it’s all about.” So I did. which consisted of four A4 pages. Gradually we increased the number of pages which over The meeting was held in the concert hall the years averaged 24 to 28.
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