Our Daycare guests access various activities when they visit us including: computer classes, arts and
crafts, exercise classes, educational visits and entertainment shows. Here we bring you a roundup of
some of the activities they have been doing since our last newsletter.
We’ve enjoyed some great entertainment; our Daycare guests
were involved with a ukulele band and even learnt how to play
the instruments. Thanks to The Bold Balladiers who gave a lovely
Victorian themed performance with singers.
Our Men’s group have been enjoying playing dominoes and
gardening; particularly planting sunflowers for our garden.
Thursday’s group also enjoy acting with plays written by one of
our Daycare guests
It’s been a time of
celebrations in Daycare,
especially for one of our
guests who celebrated
their 90th birthday;
they were in good
company as we also
celebrated Her Majesty
the Queen’s 90th with
a series of tea parties,
complete with bunting
and of course cake!
What is Daycare?
Day Care is one of the services provided by St. Clare’s Hospice
that offers support to guests with life limiting conditions, some
of these include:
•
Cancer
•
Heart Failure
•
Motor Neurone Disease
•
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases
(COPD)
The Day Care Unit is a friendly place where patients can
access various services to help with their physical, emotional,
psychological, social and spiritual wellbeing.
Who can make a referral?
Any health professional involved in the patients care can make
a referral to day services.
Patients will generally be contacted within 2 weeks of the referral
being received with a date and time for assessment.
To find out more about Day Care please contact Jacki
Richardson, Day Care Sister on 0191 529 7100 or email
When is Day Care Available?
St. Clare’s Day Unit provides 15 places each day
Tuesday to Friday and is open between 10am-3.30pm.
Who is in the Team?
The Day Care team consists of:
• Nursing Sister
• 2 Health Care assistants
• Ambulance Driver
• Team of Volunteers
What Services are Available?
All Day Care patients have a nursing assessment and
where needed, a medical assessment on their first visit.
This identifies any needs prior to accessing the clinical
services on offer which include:
Physiotherapy, Lymphodema care, Complementary
therapy, Counselling, Occupational therapy, Befriending
service and Carer support. We can also refer our day
patients for a week/fortnights respite to the In-Patient
Unit should the need be required and beds available.
Lots of arts and crafts activities have been taking place
with book folding, knitting, jewellery making and candle
decorating among just a few of the things our talented
guests are making.
At the time of writing preparations were taking place
for the annual Daycare family fun day on Saturday 13th
August at Bamburgh Grove Community Hall. Make sure
you visit our Facebook and Twitter pages to see how
much was raised!
Thank you to all the guests and staff who have been
working hard on the event.
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