The Diary Of A Hospice

Lindsey Lodge Hospice has welcomed Anne Currie as its new Chief Executive, succeeding Karen Griffiths after her nine years of dedicated service. Anne brings extensive experience from the hospice sector, having previously served as Head of Operations for Marie Curie North West and Chief Executive of Forest Holme Hospice.To introduce Anne to the community, long-serving volunteer Jill Perry conducted an interview, exploring her background and aspirations for Lindsey Lodge. Here's a summary of their conversation. The full interview can be seen on our You tube channel https://youtu.be/--uTp1TllRE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spoke to Bronwyn a patient from our Inpatient Unit who came in for Symptom Management. Bronwyn talks to Marketing Manager Elizabeth about how life at Lindsey Lodge was not what she expected. Lindsey Lodge Hospice provides care for adults with life-limiting illnesses and aims to provide specialist palliative care for day and inpatients to the highest standard, consisting of symptom management, emotional support and end-of-life care.To find out more visitwww.lindseylodgehospice.org.uk or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We sit down with our Clinical Director, Operational Matron and Advanced Care Practitioner Occupational Therapist to talk about our new look Outpatient Programme.Early palliative care improves the quality of life, survival, clinical outcomes, mood and healthcare satisfaction in patients. Our historic offer of a daycare, well-being service to patients with apredominately-social-focused model required a Quality Improvement program as the hospice evolved, patients’ complexity increased. The results of the quality improvement are currently ongoing but early indications see an improvement in individualising patient care with goals setting and personalised to the patients being set showing improvements to the patient's quality of life. Quantitative and qualitative outcome measures were collected.Lindsey Lodge Hospice provides care for adults with life-limiting illnesses and aims to provide specialist palliative care for day and inpatients to the highest standard, consisting of symptom management, emotional support and end-of-life care.To find out more visitwww.lindseylodgehospice.org.uk or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.