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Dorothy House Hospice Care Wendy Barker Head of Family Support Services

Dorothy House Hospice Care Wendy Barker Head of Family Support Services. Gloucestershire. Swindon. Dorothy House service area and adjacent hospices. Bristol. Taunton & Yeovil. NHS Funded. Community nursing & family services in patients’ own homes

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Dorothy House Hospice Care Wendy Barker Head of Family Support Services

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  1. Dorothy House Hospice CareWendy BarkerHead of Family Support Services

  2. Gloucestershire Swindon Dorothy House service areaand adjacent hospices Bristol Taunton & Yeovil NHS Funded

  3. Community nursing & family services in patients’ own homes • Hospice inpatient unit with 10 beds • Specialist doctors on site and on call • Day patient unit What does Dorothy House provide?

  4. What does Dorothy House provide? Hospice at home service Family Support services, pre- and post- bereavement Outreach centres at Trowbridge and Peasedown St John Complementary therapies for patients and carers

  5. Providing support to patients, family and carers before and after bereavement • Social work • Psychological service • Adult bereavement service • Children and young people’s service • Chaplaincy Family Support Services

  6. Help patients, families and carers with emotional, social and practical needs • Pre- and post-bereavement support • Work with children and young people before and after the death of a parent/grandparent • Support bereaved relatives with a team of 30+ trained volunteers How do we respond?

  7. Helping children to understand and cope during their parent’s illness and after their death Children & Young People’s Service

  8. Things children tell us.........

  9. CYPS - Therapyand Play

  10. Safeguarding Children and Adults from Abuse 1

  11. What do we do? Jessica’s story • Jessica • Ex-partner Mark • Their children: Tom (10) and Lucy (8) • Jessica’s mum: Sue

  12. Dorothy House Hospice CareWendy BarkerHead of Family Support Services wendy.barker@dorothyhouse-hospice.org.uk

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