Hospice in Aylesbury wants patients to choose where they receive end of life care
They're offering at home care for patients
Last updated 29th Jun 2022
The Florence Nightingale Hospice in Aylesbury want people to have the option to receive care in their own homes in their final days.
This comes after the death of cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James, who talked in detail about her experiences with Bowel cancer on her podcast 'You, Me and the Big C'.
As well as at home care services, the hospice offers a free Bereavement Listening Service to anyone registered to a general practitioner in Bucks who have experienced loss or is coming to terms with the diagnosis of a life-limiting illness.
Both of these services, like most other hospice care provisions around the country are funded by charitable donations and could not exist without support from the local communities.
The charity is set to hold it's annual Midnight Walk next month, as part of their commitment to raise £1 million per year to fund hospice services across Buckinghamshire and beyond
Chief executive Officer Jo Turner said: "Dame Deborah was cared for at home in her final days. We fund a service called Florence Nightingale F&N at Home which is a hospice at home service with specialist nurses and health care assistance going out into patients homes.
We think that it's really important. Like Deborah said, it's really good for patients to choose what they would like - if they would like to be cared for at home, that is really important."
To find out more about the Midnight Walk or how you can support the charity, visit https://www.fnhospice.org.uk/