Cancer Hospice Opens New In-patient Unit
A new in-patient unit has been opened in the Marie Curie Cancer Care hospice in Belfast, which has marked a major milestone in its ongoing redevelopment.// The unit has made provisions for 18 individual en-suite rooms each of which open out onto a courtyard area. In addition the rooms can provide for a family member to stay overnight with the patient. Manager of clin...Wayne Rooney’s Fiancée Launches Hospice Wek
Fiancée of England star Wayne Rooney, Coleen McLoughlin launched Children’s Hospice Week in the UK today. She expressed her desire to raise awareness of the work hospices do as well as aid in the raising of much-needed funds.// Coleen, 20, has personal experience to speak from. Her eight-year-old sister, Rosie, suffers from genetic disorder Rett Syndrome and is a regular visitor to Cla...Elevate End- Of- Life Experience by Enhancing Quality of Hospice Care
“Dying is more than a set of problems to be solved. The nature of dying is not medical, it is experiential. Dying is fundamentally //a personal experience, not a set of medical problems to be solved”- Dr. Ira Byock Many of the terminally ill or the old and infirm, who are approaching the end of their lives, are in need of hospice care. The focus of hospice care is not to cure the unde...India Plans Hospices for HIV Positive Women
The Indian minister in charge of womens affairs has announced that the federal government is planning to set up hospices for HIV positive women . Minister for Women and Child Development Renuka Chowdhury said, "We plan to start hospices in villages for those women who are thrown out of their homes due to their HIV positive status. These women will be provided training so that they c...