Hospice Awareness Week May 1 –A , 202

Its Hospice Awareness Week, which is a special opportunity for us to let people know a little more about hospice Whanganui.

At Whanganui hospice our nurses and healthcare assistants work until 10pm every night, 7 days a week in the community, visiting and caring for patients and whanau in their homes, with on call Registered Nurses and Doctors available 365 days of he year.

Our team will care for patients wherever they choose to be. This is most often in their own homes, or rest home facility, but whether people live in rural or urban areas, we will be there.

Hospice Whanganui have a partnership with St johns Ambulance who can also provide timely support throughout the night to all hospice patients. Our new Partnership with most GP Teams in Whanganui enables or palliative patients care from there GP free of charge.

We would like to take this time to thank our incredible team at Hospice Whanganui who cover so much ground every week, whether they are on the phones, out and about in patients’ homes, providing training and support to other health providers or supporting all the nonclinical operations needed to keep this service running smoothly. We are immensely proud of them for their commitment to bringing excellence to all aspects of their work and relationships. Their passion for palliative care shines through and touches the lives of hundreds of people in our community every year.

Hospice relies heavily on the generosity of our community to raise the vital funds needed to keep our doors open and we are so grateful to those businesses that continuously support us to deliver our essential service to our community.

Over Hospice Awareness week we will be running our street appeal on the 16th and 17th May at Majestic Square and Trafalgar Square. And on the 18th we will be at the Markets and Mitre 10 Mega, where will also be selling a Fire wood raffle worth $600 which was kindly donated to us from one of our nurses.

If your not out and about, you can simply scan the QR Code on the right to donate.

Please check out our website and our Facebook page for upcoming events and ways to get involved.

Thank you, Whanganui for your amazing and ongoing support. We are grateful and could not do this work without your generous support and encouragement each year.

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