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“You matter because you are you and you
matter until the last moment of your life. We will do all we can, not only to
help you die peacefully but to live until you die.”
Dame Cicely Saunders, Founder of the UK Hospice movement.
What is hospice care?
Hospice care is based on the simple idea that a dying patient is a living person,
with unique physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs.
What makes St Ann’s Hospice special?
At St Ann’s Hospice, we enable people living with life-threatening illnesses
to achieve the best possible quality of life, while providing support to their
families and carers. Split over 3 sites across Greater Manchester – at
Heald Green, Little Hulton and the Neil Cliffe Cancer Care Centre in Wythenshawe
– St Ann’s cares for more than 3,000 people every year, completely
FREE of charge. This means that when a person has a life-threatening illness,
they do not have to worry about who will look after them or how much it will
cost. All the staff at St Ann’s Hospice ensure that every patient and
their family receive the love, care and support they need.
What services does St Ann’s Hospice offer its patients
and their family and carers?
People aged 18 or over who are suffering from a life-threatening illness
can come to stay at the Hospice where they are cared for by nurses who help
to manage their pain and control their symptoms. As an INPATIENT at the Hospice,
patients can watch television, read magazines, have their hair done, relax in
the garden, rest in bed or spend quality time with their family and friends.
Our DAY THERAPY SERVICE welcomes people with life-threatening illnesses to spend the day at the Hospice, giving them some time away from home, where they can receive support to help cope with their illness. As well as having access to nursing care, they can also benefit from a wide variety of physical and psychological support structures such as spiritual support, physiotherapy, reflexology, aromatherapy and beauty treatments. There are also many activities on offer such as arts and crafts – including woodwork, collage and creative writing – as well as entertainment and sharing meals. For some patients, day therapy enables them to meet others in the same situation and share their feelings or talk to staff about their worries. For others, it is an opportunity to meet new people and make new friends whilst participating in life and enjoying a degree of normality. It also allows a day of rest for their carer.
For those patients who do not wish to come to the Hospice, we have a COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICE of nurses and volunteers who go to people in their own homes to provide them with the specialist care they need. However, it is not only the patient that needs support: we also recognise the importance of caring for the family and friends of people who use the Hospice. Often, these people feel very sad or confused about why their relative or friend is so poorly and sometimes need a rest from caring for the person they love. St Ann’s Hospice helps to provide that rest and also offers bereavement support and counselling to carers, families and friends of patients.
Did you know?
• £300 million must be raised each across the country to keep hospices going – this makes local charitable hospice care the largest fundraising cause in the UK
• Cancer-related conditions account for 95% of all hospice admissions – although St Ann’s services are available to patients with any life-threatening illness. One in three people will develop some form of cancer in their lifetime
• It costs £9 million a year to run St Ann’s Hospice, of which we receive 35% from the Government, meaning we need to raise approximately £16,000 a day ourselves to keep our doors open
• 89.4p of every £1 of our income is spent on the costs of patient
care